Army Tank Automotive Command, Research & Engineering Directorate
The purpose of this manual is to provide a composite reference for information pertinent to characteristics of standard ordnance tracked and wheeled vehicles and related components. It is intended to minimize the individual need for periodic...
The U.S. Army, after years of false starts and unfilled promises, is about to make good on its commitment to field an unmanned aerial vehicle system at the maneuver brigade level. Called the Shadow 200 tactical UAV (TUAV), it promises to...
This field manual develops basic principles applicable to the supply of ammunition. For discussion of ordnance service in the field, see FM 9-5. This manual deals with the ammunition administrative and operational functions of the commanders and...
This thesis examines the feasibility of using biodiesel-blended fuel to operate U.S. Army tactical vehicles within the continental United States (CONUS). The mixed methodology included quantitative and qualitative data, synthesizing two primary...
Ordnance, ammunition, and explosives are essential commodities to the warfighter. History shows that effective operational ordnance logistics, supplying the warrior with the munitions they need, is imperative to combat readiness. Adherence to a...
United States. Army. European Theater of Operations. Office of the Chief Surgeon
This manual is for medical depot companies engaged in tactical operations. Includes the principles of supply operations and procedures involving receiving, recording, storing, and issuing medical supplies.
Headquarters, European Theater of Operations, United States Army
This annex outlines theater redeployment and redistribution policies relating to requirements, maintenance, rehabilitation, preservation and packing of supplies and the marking, documentation and movement of supply shipments to ports of embarkation...
This study investigates whether the Army should procure the total quantity of Black Hawk helicopters needed to meet Bottom-Up Review Army force structure requirement of four corps and fifteen divisions. Procurement of Black Hawk helicopters was...
From a series of studies covering the operations of the Japanese Armed Forces during World War II. This revision of the studies is more detailed and benefited from additional fact-checking and reinterviews. This document covers Installations and...
This document describes the Japanese field artillery during World War Two. It addresses the following topics: organization (division and heavy artillery, and observation regiments); basic doctrine (relation of artillery to infantry, forward...
America's prosecution of the War on Terror has identified a need for more Special Forces Operators, as they are ideally suited for this type of conflict. The ethical dilemma comes in the question of quality versus quantity and the production of...
The United States Air Force (USAF) has developed the ability to strike newly detected targets within minutes by pre-positioning aircraft near potential targets. This “dynamic targeting” process provides responsiveness and flexibility, but it...
"The present text-book has been compiled with the object of presenting as clearly as possible the elementary principles of the course in Ordnance and Gunnery as taught at the Military Academy, and of so arranging it that it can be readily used for...