Intelligence Bulletin
Subtitle: Vol 01 No 03 November 1942 and Vol 01 No 04 December 1942
Publisher: United States. War Department
Published: 1942-11
Place of publication: Washington, D.C., USA
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, November 1942; title: INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN NO. 3; title: TABLE OF CONTENTS; title: PART ONE: GERMANY; title: SECTION	I. THE INDIVIDUAL SOLDIER; title: 1. What He Is Like; title: 2. How to Identify Him; title: a. Field Uniform of Special Units; title: b. Standard Field Service Uniform; title: c. Insignia of Grade; title: d. Other Distinguishing Marks; title: II. RECONNAISSANCE UNITS; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Extracts from the Captured Manual; title: a. Tasks of Reconnaissance Units; title: b. Motorized Reconnaissance Units; title: c. Partly Motorized Reconnaissance Units; title: d. Conclusion; title: III. DEFENSE AGAINST AIRCRAFT; title: 1. General; title: 2. Use of Searchlights; title: 3. Use of Antiaircraft Artillery; title: a. Heavy Batteries; title: b. Light Cannon; title: c. Machine Guns; title: 4. Use of Barrage Balloons; title: IV. FIFTH COLUMN; title: 1. Historical Background; title: 2. Tactics Used; title: a. Direct Aid to Enemy Operations; title: b. Furnishing Information to the Enemy; title: c. Sabotage; title: d. Subversive Activities; title: V. GERMAN SUB-STRATOSPHERE PLANES; title: PART TWO; JAPAN; title: I. THE BURMA CAMPAIGN; title: 1. Tactics; title: a. The Individual; title: b. Shock Troops; title: c. Use of Weapons; title: d. Observation; title: e. Road Blocks; title: f. Night Operations; title: g. Fifth Column; title: 2. Comments by American Observers; title: a. General; title: b. Specific; title: II. THE SOLOMON ISLANDS CAMPAIGN; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The Japanese Soldier; title: 3. Sniping; title: 4. Deception; title: 5. Camouflage; title: 6. Infiltration; title: 7. Night Tactics; title: 8. Defensive Tactics; title: 9. Weapons; title: III. JUNGLE WARFARE; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The Manual; title: a. Object; title: b. Plans (concealment); title: c. Mobility; title: d. Administrative; title: e. Local Inhabitants; title: IV. NIGHT OPERATIONS; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Methods; title: a. Objectives; title: b. Reconnaissance; title: c. Formation of Plans; title: d. Approach Movements; title: e. The Assault; title: f. Pursuit; title: g. Machine Guns in Defense; title: h. Retirement; title: SECTION V. MISCELLANEOUS; title: 1. Protection Against Gas; title: a. Introduction; title: b. Antigas Clothing; title: c. Antigas Preparations; title: d. Neutralizing Gassed Areas; title: e. Rescuing Victims; title: 2. Festivals and Holidays; title: PART THREE: ITALY; title: SECTION I. WEAPONS MOST FREQUENTLY USED; title: 1. By the Infantry; title: a. Pistols; title: b. Rifles and Carbines; title: c. Light Machine Guns; title: d. Medium Machine Guns; title: e. Machine Carbine; title: f. Antitank Rifle; title: g. Mortars; title: h. Hand Grenades; title: 2. By the Artillery; title: a. Antiaircraft Gun; title: b. Antiaircraft-Antitank Gun; title: c. Antitank Gun; title: d. Field Gun; title: e. Gun-howitzer; title: II. RADIO TRANSMISSION; title: PART FOUR:UNITED NATIONS; title: SECTION I. CAMOUFLAGE; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. How Can a Unit Match an Existing Pattern?; title: a. Desert Pattern; title: b. Rougher Desert Pattern; title: c. Woolen, or Carpet, Pattern; title: d. Polka-Dot Pattern; title: e. Patchwork-Quilt Pattern; title: f. Geometric Pattern (a); title: g. GeometricPattern (b); title: h. Tracks across Fields; title: 3. Why Do Tracks Show Clearly on Grass?; title: SECTION I. CAMOUFLAGE—Continued.; title: 4. What About Tracks in the Desert?; title: 5. Why Are Trenches Conspicuous?; title: 6. How Can We Distort Shadows?; title: 7. Is a Large Mesh Net Effective by Itself?; title: 8. Is There Any Magic in Dazzle-Painting as Such?; title: 9. How Important Is Paint?; title: 10. Conclusion; title: II. RUSSIAN USE OF THE ANTITANK RIFLE; title: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; title: FIGURE 1.; title: (a) German Field Service Uniform (standard); title: (b) German Parachutist's Uniform (standard); title: FIGURE 2. German Insignia: Shoulder Straps; title: FIGURES 3-14. Sketches Illustrating Camouflage Principles; title: ------------------------------------------------; title: MILITARY INTELLIGENCE INTELLIGENCE; title: SERVICE BULLETIN; title: War Department No. 4; title: Washington, December 1942; title: NOTICE; title: The Intelligence Bulletin is designed primarily for the use of junior officers and enlisted men. It is a vehicle for the dissemination to them of the latest information received from Military Intelligence sources. In order to secure the widest possible use of this bulletin, its contents are not classified. It is for the exclusive use of military personnel, however, and no part of it may be republished without the consent of the Military Intelligence Service.; title: "British prisoners have been praised, even by their enemies, for refusing to talk after capture."; title: Part One: Japan; title: Section I. Fighting in the Solomon Islands 1; title: 1. Introduction 1; title: 2. Tactics 2; title: a. Reconnaissance 2; title: b. Infiltration 2; title: c. Sniping 3; title: d. Communication 5; title: e. Antitank 6; title: f. Deception 7; title: g. Camouflage . 9; title: h. Night Operations 10; title: i. Defense 11; title: j. Air 11; title: k. Prisoners 12; title: l. Food 13; title: m. Medical Care 13; title: 3. Weapons 14; title: a. Rifles 14; title: b. Grenades 14; title: c. Mortars 14; title: d. Guns. 14; title: II. Obstacles 15; title: 1. Introduction 15; title: 2. Road Blocks 15; title: 3. Antitank 17; title: 4. Electric 18; title: III. Report by British Prisoners 20; title: IV. Tankette (Light Tank) 22; title: Part Two: Germany; title: Section I. Hints for Soldiers in Libya 24; title: 1. Introduction 24; title: 2. Health 24; title: a. Water 24; title: b. Food  25; title: c. Vermin 25; title: d. Holding Animals 26; title: e. Inoculations 26; title: f. Avoiding Malaria 26; title: g. Prickly Heat ("Red Dog") 26; title: h. Shelter 27; title: i. Clothing 27; title: 3. Relations with Natives 27; title: 4. Suggestions for Drivers 28; title: II. Notes From the North African Theater 32; title: 1. Armored-Car Tactics 32; title: 2. Ammunition Supply for Tanks 32; title: 3. Tank Tactics; title: 4. Tank Repairs 33; title: 5. Armament 33; title: 6. Radio Communication 34; title: 7. Latest Interrogation Procedure 34; title: III. Operating the Mark IV Tank 35; title: 1. Duties of the Crew 35; title: 2. Intercommunication 36; title: IV. The Junkers (Ju) 88 39; title: V. Prisoners of War 42; title: 1. Introduction 42; title: 2. Tricks Used by Germans 44; title: a. "Stool Pigeons" 44; title: b. Man-to-Man 44; title: c. Delayed Action 44; title: d. "Know-air 45; title: e. Third Degree 45; title: f. Try Again 46; title: g. Listening Walls 46; title: 3. How to Resist the Germans 46; title: 4. Intelligence from German Prisoners 47; title: Section VI. Miscellaneous 51; title: 1. Use of Tanks 51; title: a. Tank objectives 51; title: b. Support by other troops 52; title: 2. Treatment for Blister Gas 52; title: Part Three: Italy; title: Section I. The Individual Soldier 54; title: 1. What He Is Like 54; title: 2. How to Identify Him 60; title: a. Standard Field Service Uniform 60; title: b . Tropical Field Service Uniform 60; title: c. Insignia of Grade 61; title: d. Other Distinguishing Marks 63; title: II. Flame Throwers 65; title: 1. Introduction 65; title: 2. Portable Flame Thrower 65; title: 3. Flame-Thrower Tank 67; title: Part Four: United Nations; title: Section I. Maintaining Direction 69; title: 1. Introduction 69; title: 2. Ways and Means 70; title: a. For Day or Night 70; title: b. For Day Only 74; title: c. For Night Only 76; title: d. In the Desert 77; title: II. Small Arms Antiaircraft Fire 79; title: 1 . Introduction 79; title: 2. Tactics Used by the British 79; title: 3. Tactics Used by the Germans 81; title: 4. Tactics Used by the Russians 82; title: 5. Effectiveness of Fire 83; title: III. Dust 84; title: 1. General 84; title: 2. Effects on Man 84; title: 3. Effects on Motors 85; title: a. External 85; title: b. Internal 85; title: 4. Effects on Other Equipment 86; title: 5. Effects on Operations 86; title: List of Illustrations; title: Figure 1. Japanese Tankette, three elevations 23; title: Figure 2. Junkers (Ju) 88 40; title: Figure 3. (a) Italian Field Service Uniform (standard) 59; title: (b) Italian Field Service Uniform (tropical) 59; title: Figure 4. Italian Insignia: Sleeve Patches, Shoulder Straps, and Chevrons 62