Intelligence Bulletin
Subtitle: Vol. 2 No. 4 December 1943
Publisher: United States. War Department
Published: 1943-12
Place of publication: Washington, D.C., USA
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: Intelligence bulletin MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIVISION War Department Washington 25, D. C.; title: December 1943, Vol. 2 No. 4; title: TABLE OF CONTENTS; title: Part One: Japan; title: Section I. Defense Against Airborne Forces; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. General; title: 3. Preparations; title: a. General; title: b. To Defend Airfields; title: 4. Combat Tactics; title: a. General; title: b. Against Parachute Troops; title: c. Against Air-landing Troops; title: II. Notes on Air Tactics Used By Japanese; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Bombing Attacks; title: a. During the Day; title: b. At Night; title: 3. Torpedo Attacks against Convoys; title: 4. Fighter Attacks against Bombers; title: 5. Defense at Night; title: III. How Japanese Raiders Demolish Artillery; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The Treatise; title: a. Organization; title: b. Personnel; title: c. Weapons; title: d. Supplies and Equipment; title: e. Training; title: f. Approach; title: g. Main Points in the Attack; title: IV. Japanese Defense Notes; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Defense Plans for "X" Area; title: a. General; title: b. Tactical Points; title: c. Supplies; title: d. Communication; title: 3. Coastal Defenses; title: a. Reconnaissance; title: b. Tactics; title: IV. Japanese Defense Notes — Continued; title: 4. Comments on Pantelleria Defense; title: 5. Antiaircraft Observation; title: V. Supplementary Notes on Booby Traps and Mines; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Use of Pull-type Grenade; title: a. With 75-mm Shell; title: b. Attached to a Rifle; title: c. Attached to a Door; title: d. Attached to Loose Rocks; title: e. Attached to Felled Trees; title: 3. Use of Antitank Mines; title: VI. Japanese Sentries; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Positions; title: 3. Special Orders; title: 4. Observation; title: 5. Combat Tactics; title: 6. Communication, Movement, Relief; title: Part Two: Germany; title: Section I. German Machine Guns and Notes on Their Use; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The MG 34; title: a. Table of Characteristics; title: b. Method of Operation; title: c. Use as Light Machine Gun; title: d. Use as Heavy Machine Gun; title: e. Use as Antiaircraft Machine Gun; title: f. Use in Armored Vehicles; title: 8. The MG 42; title: a. Table of Characteristics; title: b. Method of Operation; title: c. Construction; title: d. Use as Light Machine Gun; title: e. Use as Heavy Machine Gun; title: f. Use as Antiaircraft Machine Gun; title: g. Possible Use in Armored Vehicles; title: Section I. German Machine Guns — Continued; title: 4. German Tactical Doctrine; title: a. General; title: b. Attach; title: c. Defense; title: d. Conclusion; title: II. U. S. Soldiers Discuss German MG Tactics; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Comments by U. S. Soldiers; title: III. Use of Infantry Weapons Against Parachutists; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The Document; title: a. General; title: b. Use of the Rifle; title: c. Use of the Machine Gun; title: IV. Use of Tanks with Infantry; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The Document; title: a. Attack; title: b. Defense; title: c. Notes on Use of Ammunition; title: d. Peculiarities of Winter Fighting; title: V. Miscellaneous; title: 1. Engineer Reconnaissance; title: 2. The German Soldier Writes Home; title: 3. "Dig or Die"; title: Part Three: United Nations; title: Section I. Security First; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Careless Questions; title: 3. How the Homefolks May Err; title: 4. Security Violations; title: II. How U. S. Artillery Terms Differ from British; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The List; title: III. A Castaway's Diary; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The Diary; title: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; title: Figures 1-5. Japanese Booby Traps; title: Figure 6. Rear Sight of MG 34; title: Figure 7. Two Views of MG 34 on Bipod Mount; title: Figure 8. German Method of Firing MG 34 from Bipod Mount; title: Figure 9. MG 34 on Tripod Mount; title: Figure 10. MG 34 on Antiaircraft Mount; title: Figure 11. MG 34 in Action without Bipod or Tripod; title: Figure 12. MG 42 on Bipod Mount; title: Figure 13. German Vehicle Traps; title: Figure 14. German Machine Guns Sited for Mutual Support; title: Figure 15. German Tactical Employment of Supplementary Machine-gun Positions