Tactical And Technical Trends
Subtitle: Nos. 31-40
Publisher: The Department
Published: 1943
Place of publication: Washington, D.C., USA
Language: eng
Description: "This tactical and technical trends publication starts with no. 31 (12 August 1943) and finishes with no. 40 (16 December 1943). Sections include information on air, antiaircraft, antitank, armored, artillery, chemical warfare, engineers, infantry, medical, ordnance, etc."
Table of contents: title: TACTICAL AND TECHNICAL TRENDS; title: No. 31; title: 12 August 1943; title: Prepared for; title: ARMY GROUND, AIR, AND SERVICE FORCES; title: by; title: MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE; title: WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C.; title: CONTENTS; title: SECTION I; title: Air; title: 1. Junkers 52 1; title: Antiaircraft; title: 2. Japanese Antiaircraft Gun Installations 2; title: Antitank; title: 3. Tactics of Russian Antitank Regiments 8; title: 4. A German Antitank Tactic 10; title: Armored; title: 5. Cooperation of German Infantry and Tanks 11; title: 6. Japanese Light Tank 11; title: Artillery; title: 7. Observations on German Artillery Tactics 15; title: Chemical Warfare; title: 8. German Weapon Decontaminant 15; title: Engineers; title: 9. British Demolition and Gapping of Antitank Obstacles 16; title: 10. German Improvised Antipersonnel Mine 18; title: Infantry; title: 11. Construction of a German Battalion Defense Area in North Africa 20; title: 12. Japanese Conduct of the Defense 25; title: Medical; title: 13. Immersion Foot 33; title: Ordnance; title: 14. German 105-mm Hollow Charge Shell 35; title: 15. Gudol Powders 37; title: 16. More Details of the German MG 42 37; title: 17. Prematures in German Four- Barrelled AA Gun 40; title: Transportation Corps; title: 18. Notes on German Rolling Stock 41; title: General; title: 19. Deception Used by German PWs 42; title: SECTION II; title: Operation of Axis Mountain Troops 45; title: Corrections 52; title: ------------------------------------; title: TACTICAL AND TECHNICAL TRENDS; title: NUMBER 32; title: PREPARED FOR ARMY GROUND, AIR AND SERVICE FORCES; title: MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE; title: WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C.; title: CONTENTS; title: SECTION I; title: Air; title: 1. Some Features of German Air Tactics 1; title: Antiaircraft; title: 2. German Aerial Defense with All Weapons 2; title: 3. Organization of Japanese AA Regiment 4; title: Antitank; title: 4. Tactics of German Antitank Artillery 5; title: Armore; title: 5. German PzKw 3  8; title: 6. German Eight-Wheeled Armored Vehicles 8; title: Artillery; title: 7. Artillery and Tank Cooperation—Enemy Methods 18; title: Engineers; title: 8. Notes oh Camouflage 20; title: Infantry; title: 9. Japanese Offensive Tactics 20; title: 10. Rommel's Defenses of Stabilized Position at El Alamelh 33; title: Ordnance; title: 11. German Anti-concrete Shells— 150- and 210-MM Calibers 34; title: 12. Comparison of German Machine Guns 36; title: General; title: 13. Handling of Captured Munitions 40; title: SECTION II; title: German Smoke Tactics for Support of Combat Troops 45; title: ------------------------------------------------------; title: TACTICAL AND TECHNICAL TRENDS; title: NUMBER 33; title: 9 SEPTEMBER 1943; title: PREPARED FOR; title: ARMY GROUND, AIR AND SERVICE FORCES; title: MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIVISION; title: WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C.; title: CONTENTS; title: SECTION I; title: Air; title: 1. Axis Use of Captured U. S. Aircraft 1; title: 2. German Air Tactics - Russian Front 1; title: Antiaircraft; title: 3. British Aerial Dart Gun for Training AA Machine Gunners 4; title: 4. Protection Against Dive Bombing 7; title: Armored; title: 5. German Tank Rubber Analysis 8; title: 6. Mounting of 50- mm Tank Guns 9; title: Artillery; title: 7. Deceptive German Artillery Methods 9; title: 8. Artillery in Combat in Wooded Areas 12; title: Engineers; title: 9. Building with Native Materials 16; title: 10. Methods of Clearing Minefields 20; title: 11. German Improvised Mine 24; title: Infantry; title: 12. Some Basic Tactics of the Japanese 25; title: 13. German Defensive Tactics in Wooded and Marshy Country 27; title: 14. Italian Malaria Prevention 30; title: 15. Army Medical Conditions in North Africa 30; title: Ordnance; title: 16. German 200-mm Spigot Mortar32; title: General; title: 17. Field Note on Sicilian and African Operations 34; title: 18. The Sting Ray or Stingaree 35; title: SECTION II; title: The Economic Organization of the German Army 41; title: --------------------------------------; title: UNCLASSIFIED; title: TACTICAL AND TECHNICAL TRENDS; title: NUMBER 34; title: 23 SEPTEMBER 1943; title: PREPARED FOR; title: ARMY GROUND, AIR AND SERVICE FORCES; title: MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIVISION; title: WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C.; title: CONTENTS; title: SECTION I; title: AIR; title: 1. The Me-410 Aircraft 1; title: ANTIAIRCRAFT; title: 2. Protection Against Japanese Aerial Bombing 2; title: 3. General von Arnim's Orders for Ground Deployment 4; title: ANTITANK; title: 4. Italian L Type Grenade 5; title: 5. German Conversion of French 75's into Antitank Guns 6; title: ARTILLERY; title: 6. Japanese 70-mm Howitzer Model 92 7; title: 7. Notes on German Artillery Tactics in Tunisia 9; title: 8. Russian Artillery Support in Tank Attacks 9; title: ARMORED; title: 9. Notes of a British Armored Force Officer on German Tank Employment 11; title: 10. Detailed Report on the German "Tiger" PzKw 6 13; title: CHEMICAL WARFARE; title: 11. Italian Portable Flame Thrower, Model 41 21; title: ENGINEERS; title: 12. German Compass Card 22; title: 13. German Butterfly Bomb 22; title: INFANTRY; title: 14. Notes on the German Infantry Division 24; title: MEDICAL; title: 15. Notes on Mobile Surgical Units in the Middle East 31; title: ORDNANCE; title: 16. Axis Use of Skoda AA/AT Gun 33; title: 17. Testing Antiaircraft Gun Barrels in Combat Areas 35; title: 18. Japanese 12.7-mm (Fixed Mount) Aircraft Machine Gun 36; title: SIGNAL CORPS; title: 19. German Recognition Signals 38; title: GENERAL; title: 20. Drinking Water from the Rattan Vine 40; title: SECTION II; title: LESSONS FROM THE NEW ZEALAND DIVISION OPERATIONS IN CYRENAICA 45; title: CORRECTIONS 53; title: UNCLASSIFIED; title: -----------------------------------------------; title: TACTICAL AND TECHNICAL TRENDS; title: NUMBER 35; title: 7 OCTOBER 1943; title: PREPARED FOR ARMY GROUND, AIR AND SERVICE FORCES; title: MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIVISION; title: WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C.; title: CONTENTS; title: SECTION I; title: AIR; title: 1. Italian SM-82. 1; title: ANTIAIRCRAFT; title: 2. Employment of German AAA 3; title: ANTITANK; title: 3. Coastal Antitank Obstacles 7; title: 4. Russian Antitank Tactics 9; title: 5. Use of Hawkins Grenades 13; title: ARMORED; title: 6. German Comment on Enemy Tanks 13; title: 7. The German Gun "Ferdinand" 16; title: ARTILLERY; title: 8. 105-mm Airborne Recoilless Howitzer 20; title: CHEMICAL WARFARE; title: 9. Japanese Smoke Weapons 23; title: ENGINEERS; title: 10. Improvised Antipersonnel Mlna 25; title: 11. Japanese AT Mine, Model 93 26; title: 12. Launching the Bailey Bridge 28; title: 13. German Aluminum AT Mine 31; title: INFANTRY; title: 14. Landing Operations 32; title: 15. Notes from Guadalcanal 34; title: MEDICAL; title: 16. German Medical Services 40; title: ORDNANCE; title: 17. Japanese Model 99 MG 44; title: 18. Mine Igniter Adaptation 46; title: 19. 380-mm Spigot Mortar Bomb 47; title: SIGNAL CORPS; title: 20. German Field Telephone Batteries 47; title: SECTION II; title: RECRUITMENT OF THE WAFFEN-SS 51; title: -------------------------; title: TACTICAL AND TECHNICAL TRENDS; title: NUMBER 36; title: 21 OCTOBER 1943; title: PREPARED FOR ARMY GROUND, AIR AND SERVICE FORCES; title: MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIVISION; title: WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C.; title: CONTENTS; title: Number 36; title: SECTION I; title: AIR; title: 1. Dornier 217-E 2; title: ANTIAIRCRAFT; title: 2. German 88-mm Dual-Purpose Gun 3; title: ANTITANK; title: 3. Magnetic AT Hollow Charge 5; title: ARMORED; title: 4. German Armor Against a Bridge 5; title: ARTILLERY; title: 5. Russian Artillery Counter -Preparation 9; title: 6. German 105-mm SP Assault Howitzer 42 11; title: 7. Classification of German Artillery 13; title: CHEMICAL WARFARE; title: 8. German Glass Smoke Grenades. 13; title: ENGINEERS; title: 9. Engineer Practices in Winter 16; title: 10. Firing Load, Tellermine No. 2 21; title: 11. Clearing Unexploded Butterfly Bombs 21; title: 12. Neutralizing Tellermine Igniters 23; title: INFANTRY; title: 13. British Street Fighting Tactics 23; title: 14. A German Field Order 26; title: MEDICAL; title: 15. Notes on Japanese Medical Services 32; title: 16. German Anti-Lice Clothing 33; title: ORDNANCE; title: 17. German Rifle Grenade Equipment 34; title: 18. Japanese 250-kg. HE and Incendiary Bomb 39; title: SECTION II; title: Axis Aerial Gas Weapons 45; title: Corrections 54; title: Readers are invited to comment on the use that they are making of this publication and to forward suggestions for future issues. Such correspondence may be addressed directly to the Dissemination Unit, Military Intelligence Division, War Department, Washington, 25, D. 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Russian Artillery vs Enemy Airplanes 8; title: CHEMICAL WARFARE; title: 6. Comparison Chart of War Gases 10; title: ENGINEERS; title: 7. Principles of Camouflage. 12; title: 8. Engineer Lessons from Sicily 20; title: INFANTRY; title: 9. Some Basic Principles of Coastal Defense 21; title: 10. Japanese Tactics — Arakan Campaign 23; title: ORDNANCE; title: 11. Japanese Equipment Found on Klska 25; title: 12. German Spike Bombs 27; title: 13. Japanese Air Bombs (Army and Navy) 27; title: 14. German Mobile ShopS 30; title: 15. German AT Grenade Rifle 32; title: 16. Japanese 70-mm Howitzer Ammunition 34; title: GENERAL; title: 17. Defense of Populated Places 36; title: 18. German Currencies in Occupied Countries 39; title: SECTION II; title: Japanese Defense of a Coral Island 45; title: ------------; title: TACTICAL AND TECHNICAL TRENDS; title: NUMBER 38; title: 18 NOVEMBER 1943; title: PREPARED FOR ARMY GROUND, AIR AND SERVICE FORCES; title: MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIVISION; title: WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C.; title: CONTENTS; title: Number 38; title: SECTION I; title: AIR; title: 1. Aircraft Against Tanks 1; title: ANTIAIRCRAFT; title: 2. Japanese AA/AT 20-mm Machine Cannon 2; title: ANTITANK; title: 3. New German 88-mm AT Gun 7; title: ARTILLERY; title: 4. Japanese Artillery in the Arakan 7; title: 5. German 75-mm Mountain Gun 9; title: ARMORED; title: 6. German Four-Wheeled Armored Cars 10; title: CHEMICAL WARFARE; title: 7. German Use of Area Smoke Screens 14; title: 8. Italian 2-Kg Smoke Pot 17; title: ENGINEERS; title: 9. Enemy Mining of Roads 20; title: 10. German Camouflage Methods in Sicily 23; title: 11. Engineer Operations in the Jungle 25; title: INFANTRY; title: 12. German Defense of Positions 28; title: 13. Port Moresby - Attack Directive 29; title: 14. Some German Tactics in Tunisia 32; title: MEDICAL; title: 15. German Medical Notes 35; title: ORDNANCE; title: 16. German Paratrooper's Rifle F.G 42 36; title: 17. Japanese Hollow-Charge Rifle Grenade 39; title: QUARTERMASTER; title: 18. Use of Rubber in Japanese Equipment 40; title: GENERAL; title: 19. German Portable Haversack Filter 41; title: SECTION II; title: German Concentration of Fire—Medium Mortars 47; title: -----------; title: TACTICAL AND TECHNICAL TRENDS; title: NUMBER 39; title: 2 DECEMBER 1943; title: PREPARED FOR ARMY GROUND, AIR AND SERVICE FORCES; title: MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIVISION; title: WAR DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON, D. C.; title: No. 39; title: SECTION I; title: AIR; title: 1. The JU-188 1; title: ANTIAIRCRAFT; title: 2. German 37-mm AA Gun 2; title: 3. Russian AA Artillery Methods 5; title: ARMORED; title: 4. German 6-Wheeled Armored Cars 6; title: 5. German Flame-Throwing Tank, PzKw 2 (F) 9; title: ARTILLER; title: 6. German Use of Captured 120-mm Mortars 11; title: 7. German 128-mm SP Gun 12; title: CHEMICAL WARFARE; title: 8. Japanese Flame Thrower Type 93 (Modified) 12; title: 9. Japanese Markings on Chemical Munitions 16; title: ENGINEERS; title: 10. German Mine Detector — Frankfurt 42 16; title: 11. Adhesive Paste for Demolition Charges 19; title: 12. German Wooden Box Mine 42 20; title: 13. Improvised Plastic Mine 24; title: INFANTRY; title: 14. German Motorized Infantry Division 25; title: MEDICAL; title: 15. German Swamp Stretcher 28; title: ORDNANCE; title: 16. Japanese Height Finder 30; title: 17. Enemy Use of Spaced Armor 32; title: 18. Track-Wheel Vehicles 34; title: SIGNAL CORPS; title: 19. New German Emergency Transmitter 37; title: GENERAL; title: 20. Some Aspects of Security 39; title: SECTION II; title: GERMAN FIELD DEFENSES 45; title: CORRECTIONS 51; title: ------------; title: TACTICAL AND TECHNICAL TRENDS; title: NUMBER 40; title: 16 DECEMBER 1943; title: PREPARED FOR ARMY GROUND, AIR AND SERVICE FORCES; title: MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIVISION; title: WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C.; title: CONTENTS; title: No. 40; title: SECTION I; title: ANTIAIRCRAFT; title: 1. German Predictor 40 1; title: 2. Area Burst of German AA Shells 2; title: ANTITANK; title: 3. Vulnerability of Tiger Tanks 2; title: 4. The 75/55-mm AT Gun, Pak 41 5; title: ARMORED; title: 5. German PzKw & — Additional Information 8; title: 6. Armor Skirting on German Tanks 11; title: ARTILLERY; title: 7. German 12-cm Mortar Battalions 12; title: 8. Storage of Ammunition During Rainy Seasons 13; title: CHEMICAL WARFARE; title: 9. Use of Smoke by German Air Force 14; title: 10. Smoke Generators — German 8-Wheeled Armored Car 17; title: ENGINEERS; title: 11. Notes on Applied Camouflage 17; title: 12. Enemy Booby Traps Recently Encountered 19; title: 13. German Armored Portable Pill Box 20; title: INFANTRY; title: 14. The Japs at Buna 23; title: 15. German Close-Quarter Fighting and Withdrawal 24; title: ORDNANCE; title: 16. Japanese 81-mm Mortar Ammunition 27; title: 17. German Grenade Pistol Ammunition 27; title: 18. German Modified Signal Pistol 28; title: GENERAL; title: 19. German Evacuation Order — Sicily 29; title: SECTION II; title: FINNISH VIEWS ON SNIPING 33; title: CORRECTIONS 39; title: SECTION III; title: Index, Tactical and Technical Trends, Issues 31-40 Inclusive 43