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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
    • Chapter 2: Personal Hygiene and First Aid
    • Chapter 3: Equipment and Clothing, Mounted and Dismounted Organizations
    • Chapter 4: Physical Training
    • Chapter 5: Map and Aerial Photo Reading
    • Chapter 8: Defense against Chemical Attack
  • 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)
  • Vol. VI
    • Administrative Regulations. (A. R.)
      • Army Regulations essential to small units.
    • 1937: Interior Guard Duty [HathiTrust], superseded by FM 26-5, 1940. [HathiTrust]
  • 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
    • Part Three:
  • 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.