Tactical And Technical Trends
Subtitle: Nos. 21-30
Publisher: The Department
Published: 1943
Place of publication: Washington, D.C., USA
Language: eng
Description: "This bulletin consists of recent information (in WWII) on tactical and technical developments and trends affecting the operations of the Arms and Services. It details numbers 21-30, with dates ranging from March 25, 1943 to July 29, 1943. Part I has sections 1-25; part II contains 26-30." Parts I and Parts II are in 1 file."
Table of contents: title: TACTICAL AND TECHNICAL TRENDS; title: No. 21; title: March 25, 1943; title: Prepared for; title: ARMY GROUND AND AIR FORCES AND SERVICES OF SUPPLY; title: by; title: MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE, WAR DEPARTMENT; title: CONTENTS; title: SECTION I; title: Air; title: 1. The Me-323 Transport 1; title: Antiaircraft; title: 2. German Air-Raid Warning System 3; title: Antitank; title: 3. German AA Guns for Use against Mechanized Vehicles . 4; title: 4. German 76.2-mm Self-Propelled Gun 6; title: 5. Finnish Tank Traps Over Frozen Rivers 8; title: Armored Force; title: 6. Pz. Kw. 3 with 75-mm Gun 11; title: Chemical Warfare; title: 7. Three Japanese Lacrimatory Weapons 11; title: Engineers; title: 8. Japanese Field Works at Buna 17; title: Infantry; title: 9. Japanese Ruses - Buna Area 18; title: 10. Japanese Tactics on Guadalcanal 18; title: Ordnance; title: 11. Italian 45-mm Mortar 19; title: 12. Some Notes on German Weapon Development 22; title: Quartermaster; title: 13. Axis Use of Diesel Oil for Anti-Freeze 26; title: 14. Gas and Oil in German Mechanized Vehicles 26; title: General; title: 15. Food Available in the Jungle 28; title: 16. Japanese Date Systems 31; title: Glossary; title: 17. Code Names of Japanese Fighter Aircraft 32; title: SECTION II; title: Some German Views on Fortifications 35; title: A. Elements of Modern Fortification Design; title: B. The Failure of Fortifications in the 1940 Campaign; title: ----------; title: TACTICAL AND TECHNICAL TRENDS; title: No. 22; title: April 8, 1943; title: Prepared for; title: ARMY GROUND AND AIR FORCES AND SERVICES OF SUPPLY; title: by; title: MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE, WAR DEPARTMENT; title: CONTENTS; title: SECTION I; title: Air; title: 1. Italian Fighter Planes 1; title: Antiaircraft; title: 2. Flak Directional Arrows to Guide German Fighter Planes. 3; title: Antitank; title: 3. German 75-mm Antitank Gun 6; title: 4. Vulnerable Spots for Incendiary Grenades on German Tanks 7; title: 5. German Antitank Units in Rearguard Action in Africa. ... 10; title: Armored Force; title: 6. Observations on German Employment of Armored Infantry 10; title: 7. Ammunition Carried by German Tanks 13; title: Artillery; title: 8. German 150- mm Self-Propelled Gun 13; title: Chemical Warfare; title: 9. Three Japanese Incendiaries 15; title: 10. Japanese Personal Decontamination Kit 18; title: Engineers; title: 11. German Winter Field Fortifications, and Use of Ice-Concrete 20; title: 12. German Engineer Attack Methods 26; title: 13. Anti-lifting Device Fitted to French Antitank Mine 27; title: Infantry; title: 14. German Patrols in North Africa. 28; title: 15. German Use of Aircraft for Ground Security at Night .... 28; title: 16. Japanese Tactics in New Guinea 28; title: 17. Some Principles from the War on the Russian Front .... 29; title: Medical; title: 18. Japanese Water -Purification Kit 33; title: Ordnance; title: 19. Interchangeability of Pistol Ammunition 35; title: 20. German 150- mm Infantry Howitzer. 35; title: 21. German Long-Range 172-mm Gun. 35; title: Quartermaster; title: 22. A 550-Pound "Food Bomb" 36; title: 23. Enemy Fuels Examined 36; title: Signal Corps; title: 24. German Emergency Signal Container and Flare Pistol ... 38; title: SECTION II; title: Operations and Tactics — Guadalcanal 43; title: -----------; title: TACTICAL AND TECHNICAL TRENDS; title: No. 23; title: April 22, 1943; title: Prepared for; title: ARMY GROUND, AIR,  AND SERVICE FORCES; title: by; title: MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE,; title: WAR DEPARTMENT; title: CONTENTS; title: SECTION I; title: Air; title: 1. Recent Flying Limitations Imposed on German Aircraft . . 1; title: 2. The Me-109 G 2; title: Antitank; title: 3. German Antitank Magnetic Charge 3; title: Armored Force; title: 4. Coins as a Measurement of Armor Thickness 6; title: Artillery; title: 5. German Visual Signal System for Artillery Fire Control. . 7; title: Chemical Warfare; title: 6. German Acid Smoke Float 7; title: 7. German Chemical Warfare Vehicles 9; title: Engineers; title: 8. German "S" Mines Combined with Tellermines 13; title: 9. German Views on Russian Summer Camouflage 13; title: Infantry; title: 10. Some German Battle Observations on the Russian Front . . 20; title: 11. German Views on Russian Tactics in Woods 21; title: 12. Fighting on the Kokoda Trail in New Guinea 22; title: Ordnance; title: 13. German Bomb with Nose Extension Rod 24; title: 14. Italian 8-mm Breda Medium Machine Gun, Model 37 ... . 25; title: Quartermaster; title: 15. German Convoy -Control Signals 28; title: SECTION II; title: German Close-in Tactics Against Armored Vehicles 31; title: ----------------------; title: TACTICAL AND TECHNICAL TRENDS; title: No. 24; title: May 6, 1943; title: Prepared for; title: ARMY GROUND, AIR, AND SERVICE FORCES; title: by; title: MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE,; title: WAR DEPARTMENT; title: CONTENTS; title: SECTION I; title: Air; title: 1. GAF Aircraft Markings 1; title: 2. German Air Support of Tanks in Africa 3; title: Antitank; title: 3. The German "AP 40" Antitank Shot 4; title: Armored Force; title: 4. Suggested Reorganization of the Rifle Company of a German Armored Reconnaissance Battalion 4; title: 5. German Heavy Tank--PzKw 6 6; title: Chemical Warfare; title: 6. German Chemical Warfare Notes 8; title: 7. German Area Smoke-Screening 8; title: 8. German Warning Flags for Gassed Areas 11; title: Engineers; title: 9. German Field Exploder, 1941 Model 12; title: 10. Some Booby Trap Precautions 12; title: 11. German Mine- Locating Instruments 14; title: General; title: 12. Notes on German Divisional Intelligence 15; title: Infantry; title: 13. Italian Rock-Climbing Platoons 16; title: 14. Some Japanese Defensive Methods 16; title: 15. Further Notes on the Malayan Campaign 19; title: 16. Notes on German Paratroops- -New Type 105-mm Mortar 20; title: 17. MG Tracer Cross-Fire to Indicate Targets 22; title: Ordnance; title: 18. German 100-mm Mortar 24; title: 19. New German 37-mm Stick Bomb 25; title: 20. German Semi-Automatic Rifle 26; title: 21. Italian 81-mm Mortar Ammunition— Weight Variations. . . 26; title: Signal Corps; title: 22. German Visual Communications Between Aircraft and Ground Troops 26; title: Transportation; title: 23. German Class "52" Locomotive 34; title: 24. New Type German Movable Rail 41; title: SECTION II; title: Notes on German Armored Units 45; title: --------------------------; title: TACTICAL AND TECHNICAL TRENDS; title: No. 25; title: May 20, 1943; title: Prepared for; title: ARMY GROUND, AIR r AND SERVICE FORCES; title: by; title: MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE,; title: WAR DEPARTMENT; title: CONTENTS; title: SECTION I Page; title: Air; title: 1. Italian Cantieri Z 1007 1; title: 2. A New-Type Japanese Medium Bomber 2; title: Antiaircraft; title: 3. German Antiaircraft Ceilings 5; title: Antitank; title: 4. German 75-mm Antitank — 7.5-cm Pak 40 9; title: Armored Force; title: 5. Increased Protection on PzKw 3 and 4 12; title: 6. Protection of Jap Tanks against Sticky Grenades 15; title: Chemical Warfare; title: 7. German Antigas Equipment for Horses 15; title: Engineers; title: 8. Camouflage 16; title: 9. German Warning Devices in Libya 17; title: 10. German Wooden Antitank Mines 17; title: 11. Italian Antipersonnel Mine 18; title: Infantry; title: 12. Some Notes on German Experiences in Russia 20; title: 13. German Combat Instructions 21; title: 14. Japanese Use of Noise as a Weapon 24; title: Ordnance; title: 15. Plastic-Wood Liquid-Air Bomb 26; title: 16. . Italian 5-Kilogram Target- Indicator Bomb 26; title: Signal Corps; title: 17. Axis Smoke Codes and Signals 28; title: Transportation; title: 18. Notes on Russian and Japanese Animal-Drawn Transport . . 30; title: SECTION II; title: Enemy Self-Propelled Guns— A Summary of Known Equipment ... 35; title: Corrections 50; title: ------------; title: TACTICAL AND TECHNICAL TRENDS; title: No. 26; title: June 3, 1943; title: Prepared for; title: ARMY GROUND, AIR, AND SERVICE FORCES; title: by; title: MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE,; title: WAR DEPARTMENT; title: UNCLASSIFIED; title: CONTENTS; title: SECTION I Page; title: Air; title: 1. Aerial Bombing Attacks on Aircraft 1; title: 2. Low- Level Fighter-Bomber Raids 3; title: Antiaircraft; title: 3. German 128- mm AA Gun 4; title: Antitank; title: 4. Development of German Tank and Antitank Guns 4; title: 5. Italian 90/53 Self-Propelled Gun 11; title: Armored Force; title: 6. New Model PzKw 2 12; title: 7. Combat Tactics of German Medium Tank Companies 12; title: Artillery; title: 8. German 75-mm Recoilless Gun, LG 40 15; title: Engineers; title: 9. Enemy Engineer Delaying Tactics  18; title: 10. German Construction Troops 19; title: 11. German Safety-Fuze Igniters 21; title: 12. Land-Mine Laying for Road Obstruction 23; title: 13. Russian Defenses Before Moscow 24; title: Infantry; title: 14. German Combat Experiences in Russian Wooded Country . . 27; title: 15. Some British Observations of Japanese Tactics . . . . 31; title: 16. Japanese Tactics— Milne Bay Operations 34; title: Medical; title: 17. Atabrine for Malaria 39; title: Ordnance; title: 18. Italian 75/18 HE Fragmentation Shell 40; title: 19. Italian 8-mm Breda Machine Gun, Model 38 40; title: Signal Corps; title: 20. German Radio Communication for 105-mm Gun Battery ... 43; title: General; title: 21. Prisoners of War Used for Propaganda 44; title: 22. Notes on Italian Organization 45; title: 23. Experience in Russia Modifies German Training Methods . . 46; title: SECTION II; title: Tactics of Street Fighting on the Russian Front 53; title: ----------; title: TACTICAL AND TECHNICAL TRENDS; title: No. 27; title: 17 June 1943; title: Prepared for; title: ARMY GROUND, AIR, AND SERVICE FORCES; title: by; title: MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE; title: WAR DEPARTMENT; title: CONTENTS; title: SECTION I Pages; title: Air; title: 1. The Present Version of the FW-190 1; title: 2. Russian Attack Aviation 2; title: Antiaircraft; title: 3. German Searchlights 4; title: Antitank; title: 4. The Spotlight Antitank Laying Teacher 6; title: 5. German Use of AT Guns with Tanks 8; title: 6. Destruction of German Tanks 8; title: Armored Force; title: 7. Notes on PzKw 4  9; title: 8. German Destruction of Own Tanks 11; title: 9. Fire from German Tanks in a Night Attack 11; title: Chemical Warfare; title: 10. Japanese Smoke Warfare 12; title: Engineers; title: 11. Laying of Enemy Large Protective Minefields 15; title: 12. German Blast Drive Rod,D. IL 18; title: Infantry; title: 13. German Habits in Defense and Attack 20; title: 14. German Tactics on the Mareth Line 26; title: 15. British Observations on Fighting in Burma 27; title: 16. Japanese Mortar Ranging by Tracer Fire 29; title: Ordnance; title: 17. German 150-mm Rocket Considered Ineffective by British 29; title: 18. Safety Precautions for Japanese ''91" Grenade 30; title: 19. HE Grenades for German Signal Pistol 31; title: 20. New German Semiautomatic Rifle 35; title: General; title: 21. Japanese National Festivals 37; title: 22. Notes on Japanese Forces on Attu 38; title: SECTION II; title: The Forcing of the Narew River Crossing 45; title: ---------------------; title: TACTICAL AND TECHNICAL TRENDS; title: No. 28; title: 1 JULY 1943; title: Prepared for; title: ARMY GROUND, AIR, AND SERVICE FORCES; title: by; title: MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE,; title: WAR DEPARTMENT; title: CONTENTS; title: SECTION I; title: Air; title: 1. Eleven Men Died--Why? 1; title: 2. An Italian Air Force Assault Regiment 3; title: Antiaircraft; title: 3. The Organization of German Antiaircraft Defense ... 4; title: Antitank; title: 4. A German Antitank Gun Emplacement 10; title: 5. German 88's in Tunisia 11; title: Armored Force; title: 6. German Rules for Tank Employment 12; title: 7. German Tank Ruse 13; title: Artillery; title: 8. Notes on German Artillery Forward Observers .... 13; title: Engineers; title: 9. German Tellermines 15; title: 10. Electric Igniter for German S-Mines 22; title: 11. Enemy Booby Trap 25; title: Infantry; title: 12. The German Soldier in Defense 26; title: 13. Russian Notes on Flank Security in a Breakthrough . . 29; title: Ordnance; title: 14. Types of 20-mm Weapons 30; title: 15. Japanese Air Bombs 32; title: General; title: 16. Notes on Japanese Tactics on Attu 33; title: SECTION II; title: Commando Raid on Varengeville France (19 August 1942) 35; title: __________; title: TACTICAL AND TECHNICAL TRENDS; title: No. 29; title: 15 July 1943; title: Prepared for; title: ARMY GROUND, AIR, AND SERVICE FORCES; title: by; title: MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE, WAR DEPARTMENT; title: SECTION I; title: Air; title: 1. Fragmentation Bombs 1; title: 2. Japanese Camouflage and Deception Methods on Airfields 3; title: Antiaircraft; title: 3. New Ultra-High Velocity German "88" 5; title: Antitank; title: 4. German 76.2-mm Self-Propelled Gun 7; title: 5. German "Tank Hunting" Tactics 8; title: Armored Force; title: 6. Armor Arrangement on German Tanks 9; title: Artillery; title: 7. Artillery Command in the German Army 9; title: Chemical Warfare; title: 8. German and Italian Individual Antigas; title: Equipment 16; title: Engineers; title: 9. Construction of a Submerged Bridge 17; title: 10. German Tellermines 18; title: Infantry; title: 11. German Defense of Lines of Communication in Russia 19; title: 12. Japanese Notes on Jungle Warfare 20; title: 13. German Views on Sniping  21; title: 14. German Rearguard Action on British; title: Eighth Army Front 22; title: Medical; title: 15. Some Notes on Health Precautions 23; title: Ordnance; title: 16. Two German 100-mm Smoke/HE Mortars 24; title: 17. German NC 50 Smoke Bomb 27; title: General; title: 18. Inch Equivalents of Millimeter Measurements; title: 19. Security in the British Indian Army; title: SECTION II; title: Underground Mining Operations in Warfare 39; title: ----------; title: TACTICAL AND TECHNICAL TRENDS; title: No. 30; title: 29 July 1943; title: Prepared for; title: ARMY GROUND, AIR, AND SERVICE FORCES; title: by; title: MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE, WAR DEPARTMENT; title: CONTENTS; title: SECTION I; title: Air; title: 1. Italian Macchi 205 1; title: Antiaircraft; title: 2. German 105-mm Antiaircraft Gun 2; title: 3. German Gun-Fire Defense against Low-Flying Hostile Aircraft 6; title: Antitank; title: 4. Attack against German Heavy Tank— -PzKw 6 7; title: Armored; title: 5. German Submersible Tanks. 8; title: Artillery; title: 6. New German 105-mm Gun-Howitzer 9; title: Engineers; title: 7. Clearance of German Minefields in Tunisia 11; title: Medical; title: 8. German Health Pamphlet from North Africa 12; title: Infantry; title: 9. German Night Fighting Tactics 16; title: Ordnance; title: 10. AP Ammunition for German 8.8-cm Flak 41 17; title: 11. German MG-151 Type 15- and 20-mm Aircraft weapons 18; title: Quartermaster; title: 12. Summary of Captured Fuels and Lubricants 20; title: Signal; title: 13. German Radio Tactics 22; title: General; title: 14. German Army Propaganda Units 22; title: 15. The Todt Organization and Affiliated Services 25; title: SECTION II; title: Notes on Combat 35; title: SECTION III; title: Index, Tactical and Technical Trends, Issues 21-30