Basic Field Manuals
Training, administrative, and reference data applicable to more than one arm, with special reference to the smaller units.
Volumes
- Vol. I: Field Service Pocketbook. (F. S. P.)
- The individual.
- Chapter 1: Military Courtesy, Salutes, Honors and Discipline
- 1936: [HathiTrust]
- Chapter 2: Personal Hygiene and First Aid
- 1936 [HathiTrust], superseded by FM 21-10, 1940.
- Chapter 3: Equipment and Clothing, Mounted and Dismounted Organizations
- 1938 [HathiTrust], superseded by FM 21-15, 1940.
- Chapter 4: Physical Training
- 1936 [HathiTrust], superseded by FM 21-20, 1941.
- Chapter 5: Map and Aerial Photo Reading
- 1938 [HathiTrust], superseded by FM 21-25, 1941.
- Chapter 8: Defense against Chemical Attack
- 1931: [HathiTrust]
- 1938: [HathiTrust]
- Vol. II: Infantry Drill Regulations. (I. D. R.)
- Drill, dismounted ceremonies, and inspections; the infantry pack, display of equipment, and tent drill.
- Vol. III: Basic Weapons. (B. W.)
- Marksmanship and mechanical training of the rifle, automatic rifle, pistol, machine gun, 37-mm gun, 3-inch trench mortar, bayonet and grenade instruction, technique of fire (37-mm gun, 3-inch trench mortar, and machine gun); musketry and combat practice of small units; instruments.
- Vol. IV: Signal Communications. (S.C.)
- Signal regulations and technical information needed by officers and enlisted men on signal communications duty of arms other than the Signal Corps.
- 1931: [HathiTrust]
- Vol. V: Transport. (T.)
- Equitation, training remounts, use and care of animals and of animal-drawn, pack, motor, and tractor transport.
- 1929: [HathiTrust]
- Part Two: Motors and Motor Transport (Provisional)
- 1936 [HathiTrust], superseded by FM 25-10, 1939.
- Vol. VI
- Administrative Regulations. (A. R.)
- Army Regulations essential to small units.
- 1937: Interior Guard Duty [HathiTrust], superseded by FM 26-5, 1940. [HathiTrust]
- Administrative Regulations. (A. R.)
- Vol. VII: Military Law. (M. L.)
- The Manual for Courts-Martial, including the Articles of War; the Rules of Land Warfare, including recent conventions relative to the sick and wounded of armies in the field and to prisoners of war; an epitome of the legal principles applicable to military forces when aiding the civil power.
- Part One: Manuals for Courts-martial
- Part Two: Rules of Land Warfare
- 1934 [HathiTrust], superseded by FM 27-10, 1940.
- Part Three:
- 1935: Domestic Disturbances [HathiTrust]
- Vol. VIII: Operations of Combined Arms (Small Units). (O. C. A.)
- The principles, doctrines, and methods governing the tactical employment of combined arms with reference to the small units.
