John Kettler Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 (edited) This is a great resource and has all sorts of goodies, including AFV, naval and aircraft recognition guides, FMs on German weapons ,the TM for the 88, the Tiger and Panther Fibel, a German-English military dictionary, the tactical manual for a 1941 German infantry company and lots of other fun stuff, all in PDF. This is by no means all about the Germans. Someone posted it on the CoC FB board, and am I glad he did! Mods, the URL looks commercial, but everything here is free, so please don't ding me! After all, Amazon gets a pass. http://www.kingtigerebooks.co.uk/2015/11/wehrmacht-technical-manuals.html Regards, John Kettler Edited April 18, 2018 by John Kettler 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 (edited) Wanted to pass the word I found another great source for free online military manuals. It's got things the Easy39th site doesn't have, covering all sorts of grog goodies. The site honor's the owner's dad in VI Corps Engineers during the war, but it covers all the engineer units, and there is a wealth of material on the site, including 2000 photos! Nor are these the only manuals to be had, just the WW II ones. It's got all the relevant infantry, armor and field artillery manuals and scads of other stuff, including the camouflage manuals for men and equipment--with color plates, so you can see the camouflage at work in the examples of what to do and what not to do.http://www.6thcorpscombatengineers.com/fieldmanuals.html Here is a 1941 manual on recognizing and identifying British armored vehicles. Here's the 1942 tank platoon manual. Camouflage manual for vehicles. there are others for individuals and things like supply depots and bivouacs. The above represent but a smattering of what's available. Huge information resource! Regards, John Kettler Edited April 24, 2018 by John Kettler 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted April 25, 2018 Author Share Posted April 25, 2018 From the excellent tankdestroyer.net (owner's dad was in M10s during the War) comes this set of manuals. The list includes a fair number I've not seen in other lists of manuals.http://tankdestroyer.net/things/manuals Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerKommissar Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 (edited) I prefer the Hun's manuals! It's got pictures! Edited April 25, 2018 by DerKommissar 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 New find! Catalog of Enemy Ordnance. Anything and everything we retrieved in that category, usually in the form of a pic, descriptive text and tabular data. NOT confined to that which shoots or explodes, either. Covers Germany and Japan, but not Italy. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Nice stuff, John, especially the shooting manual for fighters. Thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted July 23, 2018 Author Share Posted July 23, 2018 Aragorn2002, Always happy to help, but I have no idea what this shooting manual is to which you refer. Pray elaborate. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 (edited) 12 hours ago, John Kettler said: Aragorn2002, Always happy to help, but I have no idea what this shooting manual is to which you refer. Pray elaborate. Regards, John Kettler Des Jägers Schiessfibel 1944, ( Fighter pilots machine gun firing instructions 1944), John. Quite interesting. Edited July 23, 2018 by Aragorn2002 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artkin Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 (edited) Wow those German manuals are REALLY well done !!! Thanks John! Edited July 25, 2018 by Artkin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 There is one manual I would love to have. It was an official US Army Field Manual dated June 1944 and listed the full TO&E of the infantry regiment at company, battalion, and regimental levels. Let me be clear, it listed every man, his rank, and primary weapon as well as his position on the organization chart. Unfortunately my copy was destroyed in a fire we had here 12 years ago, and search as I might, I have not been able to locate a replacement. It was just kismet that I came across the one I had in a used bookstore and snatched it up instantly. What a golden find! Michael 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wadepm Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Have you checked here: http://www.military-info.com/MPHOTO/Manuallist/Fmwar.htm If you can find the number there is usually a PDF version out there somewhere. I don't see a regiment level FM, there is a battalion level FM for '44 though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Thanks for that, wadepm. It's not quite what I am looking for, but might be worth having anyway. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted August 5, 2018 Author Share Posted August 5, 2018 Made another find. FM 17-40 Armored Infantry Company, November 1944 https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc11807/m1/ Regards, John Kettler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grunt_GI Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Very cool...the German vehicle recce guide is particularly welcome. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletpoint Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 I love how the entire Panther manual is in verse - all 120 pages of it. Funny how it compares the Churchill tank with the fat, greedy colonialist Churchill sitting at a table consuming the globe with knife and fork. While the Matilda and Valentine tanks are portrayed as streetwalking prostitutes - easy hits for the German "Fachmann mit Routine". (last two pages). Lots of lovely ladies in the Tiger manual, too 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted September 7, 2018 Author Share Posted September 7, 2018 Archive.org is your friend! Here's THE GERMAN SQUAD IN COMBAT, published by the Military Intelligence Service on January 25, 1943 as Special Series No. 9. Believe the strength was later dropped from 10 to 9, but it's 10 here. https://archive.org/details/TheGermanSquadInCombat Regards, John Kettler 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOS:96B2P Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 3 hours ago, John Kettler said: Archive.org is your friend! +1 Thanks John!! You have an impressive ability to track stuff down on-line. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 (edited) On 9/7/2018 at 10:29 AM, John Kettler said: Archive.org is your friend! Here's THE GERMAN SQUAD IN COMBAT, published by the Military Intelligence Service on January 25, 1943 as Special Series No. 9. Believe the strength was later dropped from 10 to 9, but it's 10 here. https://archive.org/details/TheGermanSquadInCombat Regards, John Kettler John, I can't find the original post anymore, but I've ordered several manuals from John Baum, of which the first one arrived today. Top quality and worth every penny. Thanks again for mentioning them! Edited October 19, 2018 by Aragorn2002 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted October 20, 2018 Author Share Posted October 20, 2018 Aragorn2002, Am confused. Is the OP the German Squad in Combat (which I checked just now and works), or did you mean the one for the guy who obtains, painstakingly translates and produces new versions of Merkblatts and the like? If the latter, it's in the 251 not just battle taxis post I made. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aragorn2002 Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 Than that's the one, John. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted October 20, 2018 Author Share Posted October 20, 2018 (edited) Aragorn2002, Here's the link for the 251 piece. Regards, John Kettler Edited October 20, 2018 by John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 (edited) Found, but forgot to best, another one. It's TM 9-1252 Ordnance Maintenance Manual, dated March 1951. It covers no fewer than five separate 40 mm Bofors gun, including dedicated tracked AFV configurations. Grog heaven and includes ammo types and ranges.https://maritime.org/doc/boforstm/index.htm Regards, John Kettler Edited February 19, 2019 by John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted July 21, 2019 Author Share Posted July 21, 2019 While on Tank Archives I found these two gems. Be sure to read the comments. These are not manuals for the AFVs, but instead how to array and use them for various situations. IS-2 and ISU-152 Manualhttps://tankarchives.blogspot.com/2014/10/is-2-and-isu-152-manual.html?fbclid=IwAR1S26GPVnlnKd8QH-WmpUfPTqg499YTgU8qSRjgZlnaEu8uGIOkF_ipNKA Attack and Defense (ISU-122 and ISU-152 Regiments in Combat)https://tankarchives.blogspot.com/2016/07/attack-and-defense.html?fbclid=IwAR3dAH9duH8iwoOH2-iLlsxGh9xFuoK7heCpqyZ1JMrt9F7jjHzLLet5SZ8#more Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted July 24, 2019 Author Share Posted July 24, 2019 (edited) These aren't manuals per se, but they are cogent articles about Army squad level TO&E during WW II and Korea. Not only are these articles informative, but they provide quite the perspective on squad development through time and also have real life examples of these formations in action. The Infantry Squad Part 1: How Did We Get Here? By Chris Raynor NCO Journal March 19, 2018https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/NCO-Journal/Archives/2018/March/Infantry-Squad-Part-1/ The Infantry Squad Part 2: How Did We Get Here? By Chris Raynor NCO Journal March 23, 2018https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/NCO-Journal/Archives/2018/March/Infantry-Squad-Part-2/ Regards, John Kettler Edited July 24, 2019 by John Kettler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted October 3, 2019 Author Share Posted October 3, 2019 From a living history site for a Sicherung unit comes a wealth of German groggery devoted to the nits and grits of soldiering, uniforms, equipment, ant-partisan ops, training and more. These guys are straight up grunts, with the highest rank being an Obergefreiter.http://www.festung.net/livinghistoryarticles.htm Regards, John Kettler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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