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"Index, Issues 11-20 (Inclusive)" from Tactical and Technical Trends

The following index is taken from Tactical and Technical Trends, No. 20, March 11, 1943.

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INDEX, TACTICAL AND TECHNICAL TRENDS, ISSUES 11-20 (INCLUSIVE)

       Issue No.   Page
AIR
Germany
Aircraft cannons121
Airdromes in Western Europe152
Cable cutter181
Camouflage of enemy aircraft131
Decoy targets171
Fighter tactics to avoid antiaircraft fire114
Focke-Wulf 190 compared with Spitfire IX and P-38F113
Gliders and gliderborne troops143
Jettisoning bomb carriers on Ju-88, exploding device for113
Level bomber, evasive tactics of161
Me-210 Fighter-dive-bomber141
Misleading markings on planes203
Rescue buoy122
Salvage of captured aircraft by German Air Force162
Italy
Camouflage of enemy aircraft133
Circling torpedo111
Japan
Camouflage of enemy aircraft132
Decoy ship, a Japanese ruse161
Fighter aircraft191
Fighter tactics201
Pilots151
"Slick" navigation over water173
U.S. planes, use of174
ANTIAIRCRAFT
Britain
Defense of Tobruk114
Germany
Army Fla (AA/AT) battalion, mission of133
Defense115
88-mm antiaircraft gun on railway mounting183
Gun-fire against aircraft148
Heavy antiaircraft battery205
Heimatflak units204
Mobile auxiliary director147
Railway Flak175
Rope barrage194
Six-gun heavy antiaircraft batteries164
Japan
Guns, antiaircraft126
Russia
Defense of motor columns on the march124
ANTITANK
Britain
Siting of antitank weapons134
Germany
Ammunition for 42-mm antitank gun197
Armor penetration of German antitank guns1210
Defensive tactics in Russia183
Penetration performance of antitank guns1711
75-mm antitank guns, new184
Tactics in the desert1410
20-mm dual-purpose gun, tactical use of148
Italy
90-mm multipurpose gun128
1.85-inch antitank gun157
Japan
Action against U.S. tanks195
Russia
Defense, Soviet antitank128
Tactics194
General
Self-propelled guns, new Axis184
ARMORED FORCE
Britain
Armored operations, lessons from1623
Armored units, lessons for1532
Tank versus tank1329
Germany
Armored attack by small units, methods of1625
Armored attack by small units, methods of1728
Consolidation after a counterattack1430
Flame-throwers on tanks199
Heavy tank207
OP vehicles, light-armored1127
Organization of German armored division1329
Pz.Kw. 3 and 4, new armament2010
Security measures of a German armored division1232
Simulated tank attack1629
Tank, Mark IV, crew and communications of1230
Tank-landing craft1126
Tanks, added protection for1333
Tanks, increased protection on1430
Tanks, new186
Tanks, vulnerability of1128
Italy
Semovente 75/18 self-propelled equipment1334
Tank signals1433
Russia
Tank camouflage in winter1732
Tank tactics against German tanks1629
Tank warfare, Russian views on1332
Tanks, employment of185
Tanks in night action1531
General
Armored tactics in the Egyptian offensive1335
Tank warfare in streets1434
ARTILLERY
German
Counterbattery fire, precautions against199
Light-weight artillery1715
150-mm howitzer, self-propelled1215
150-mm infantry gun on a self-propelled mount136
105-mm gun1212
Schwere Wurfgerät 40, additional information on1212
20-mm mountain dual-purpose gun, model 38135
210-mm howitzer1214
Italy
Parachute artillery equipment187
210-mm howitzers1214
General
305-mm Skoda coast defense gun L/501213
CHEMICAL WARFARE
Britain
Mustard gas and incendiary bombs1116
Germany
Antigas clothing, heavy1511
Civil protection against gas warfare in enemy countries1715
Fake gases138
Gas defense equipment1512
Incendiaries1412
Incendiary bomb, 50-kilogram phosphorus1510
Nitrogen mustard gases1218
Protection of horses1718
Smoke against tanks2013
Smoke, employment of in cooperation with combat troops119
Tear gas grenade2013
Italy
Civil protection against gas warfare in enemy countries1715
Incendiaries1413
Japan
Civil protection against gas warfare in enemy countries1715
Flame thrower188
Incendiaries1413
Incendiary bombs1217
General
Incendiary capsules165
Incendiary leaves166
ENGINEERS
Britain
Advanced landing fields, construction of1913
Minefield in North Africa1810
Mobile scissors-bridge15 14
Training of engineer units1416
Germany
Antitank mine--L Pz2015
Booby trap, another1518
Demolition charge for 20-mm AA/AT gun1220
Demolition charge, hollow1816
Igniters, three new167
Methods of crossing ice1718
Mine detector rod1722
Minefields, German methods of clearing1419
Pneumatic boat, large1419
Italy
Mine, variable-pressure1812
Minefields in North Africa167
Japan
Camouflage166
Camouflage garment1416
Camouflage, methods of139
General
Booby traps, enemy1914
Engineer support of tanks1517
Minefields, enemy at El Alamein1910
Minefields in Egyptian operations, notes on138
INFANTRY
Britain
El Alamein line, initial action on1422
Middle East infantry training depot1325
Occupation of a position at night1616
Scouts and observers1821
Street fighting, notes on1724
Germany
Assault detachments1426
Attacks on permanent defenses1614
Attack, stereotyped tactics in Middle East1614
Lessons from German infantry operations1611
Parachutists; organization, training and employment of1118
Pioneer platoon of the German infantry regiment1326
Second German Army training directive, notes from1117
75-mm assault gun, tactical employment of1915
Strong-point, construction and development of1425
Street fighting, notes on1723
Tactics in the final phase at Kharkov1227
Tactics in Russia2019
Tactics--North Africa2021
Tactics--Russian front1817
Tactics, some basic1519
Trenches, concealment of1922
Italy
Counterattacks, small-scale1422
Japan
Landing parties, special naval1313
Notes on Japanese operations1622
Parachute troops, tactics and employment1423
Pay, annual base pay--Japanese Army1617
Tactics on Guadalcanal and New Guinea1725
Task force in China1922
Task forces, use of, in the South Seas1310
Russia
Ski patrols of the Soviet Army1617
Training of automatic riflemen1523
Winter fighting in Russia1220
General
British notes on a campaign in Cyrenaica1820
Burma campaign, further notes on1122
Devices for crossing streams1428
Malaya, lessons from1322
Malaya, notes on operations in1525
Small-arms fire against aircraft1326
MECHANIZED VEHICLES (See Armored Force)
MEDICAL
Britain
Burns in the British Middle East Forces1435
Casualties of British tank personnel in North Africa1336
Treatment of war wounds in the Middle East1533
Germany
Ambulance sled1437
Foot bandages for marching1130
General
Benzedrine and methedrine, use of in war1129
First-aid kit, effective use of1736
Mosquito-repellant lotion1336
Prevention of malaria2023
Schistosomiasis1823
Snake bite1924
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
Britain
Civilian control1438
General staff, arms and services1132
Prisoners of war, British security control of1439
Germany
Identification of German prisoners1925
Instructions to troops who may be taken prisoner1135
Interrogation of prisoners of war1737
Italy
Concealing a withdrawal, measures for1235
General
Effect of rain on desert operations1339
Prisoners of war, some enemy practices used in interrogating1233
ORDNANCE
Britain
Destruction or salvage of enemy munitions1827
Germany
Ammunition for German rocket projector1739
Ammunition for 100-mm chemical mortar1825
Ammunition for 75-mm tank gun, hollow charge1927
Ammunition, stacking of in the field1341
Bomb, new German antipersonnel1824
Bomb, new 70 kilogram2026
Bombs, marking of HE2026
Captured material, use of1828
"Crowsfeet" dropped on landing fields1340
Destruction of abandoned vehicles1828
50-mm antitank gun 381538
Maintenance and repair service in German armored division1137
Markings on German motor-maintenance vehicles1240
Metal spike (crowsfoot)1136
Mobile truck maintenance company1539
Motor vehicles, North Africa2027
Motorcycle tractor1931
New guns1343
New machine gun--m.g. 422028
120-mm mortar1445
Rocket bomb1340
Rocket weapons1826
Shell, anticoncrete1823
Tank recovery platoon, operations of1237
37-mm stick bomb1928
200-mm spigot mortar bomb1632
Italy
Motor vehicles, North Africa2027
Standard weapons1140
Russia
Propeller-driven sleds1237
General
Ammunition, Axis hollow-charge1827
Clearing objects dropped on Allied airdromes1441
"Crowsfeet," report of Italian pilot on1240
Dust, effect on motors1441
Motor transport problems in French Equatorial Africa1442
Sleds for winter warfare1928
QUARTERMASTER
Britain
Supply problem1941
Germany
Concentrated food2030
Division supply, German 21st armored division1634
Equipment, reports from the field on performance of1540
New German methods against Russian winter conditions1241
New Luftwaffe overall2030
Parachute-troop equipment1345
Rations in Libya1829
Road trains1742
Water supplies of a German tank battalion in Libya1635
Japan
Parachute troop equipment1447
Uniform, varieties of1635
General
Conservation of Class III supplies1449
Mobilization of iron stocks1450
Uniforms, reversible1943
United States
Rations and kitchen equipment under desert conditions1540
SIGNAL CORPS
Britain
Signal security in North Africa1943
Germany
Army signal regiment1638
Automatic meteorological transmitter1637
Wire communication in North Africa1542
Italy
Parachute signal flare1329
GENERAL
Discipline, German2031
Factors responsible for British victory in Middle East1450
Japanese field instructions, selections from1639
Movements at night, aids to1638
Pay army personnel in Africa, German2033
Sago palm, food from1644
Summary and evaluation of operations in Egypt, October 23 to November 7, 19421546
GLOSSARY
Britain
Terms used in relation to armor1830
SUPPLEMENTS
11German spearhead in the Kiev operation.
12Some examples of Katakana (Phonetic Japanese) used in communications.
13Notes on Japanese tactics.
14American and British tactics--as viewed by the Japanese.
15Seafood in the Indo-Pacific area.
16German advance from the North--Kiev operation.
17German attack at El Alamein: August 31-September 5, 1942.
18German attack under cover of area smoke screen.
19"Dangers" of the tropics.
20Regulations governing Japanese troops occupying conquered areas.
CORRECTIONS
No. 12, p. 71755
No. 13, p. 312060
No. 14, p. 151955
No. 14, p. 481755
No. 16, p. 431755

 
 


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