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


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