Looking for details on a British Army officer not listed here yet? Just e-mail me, and I might be able to help out. Of course, any additions, corrections etc. World War II was the largest and most violent armed conflict in the history of mankind. However, the half century that now separates us from that conflict has exacted its toll on our collective knowledge. Rifle, Caliber . 3. M1 . Rifle, Caliber . M1. 91. 7 (Enfield)*FM 2. 2-12th INFANTRY- VIETNAM Bruce Holzhauer's Unofficial History of the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry regiment, 4th & 25th Divisions, U.S. Technical Manual TM-3 30-480: Handbook on Japanese Military Forces. U. S. Rifle, Caliber . M1. 91. 7 FM 2. 3- 7. U. S. Carbine Caliber . M1 and M1. A1*FM 2. U. S. Rifle, Caliber . M1. 90. 3 (1. 94. Title Affiliation Number; Adjutant General’s Field Manual: War Department: Field Manual FM 12-105: Aerial Surveillance-Reconnaissance, Field Army: Department of the Army: Field Manual FM 30-20: Aggressor Representation. 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The Clansman RT-320 / PRC320 is a lightweight HF/SSB radio station designed as part of the British Army's Clansman range of radio equipments for combat use throughout the world. It was used by long-range patrols and Special. FM 2. 3- 1. 5Browning Automatic Rifle, Caliber . M1. 91. 8A2 FM 2. Bayonet*FM 2. 3- 3. Hand and Rifle Grenades, Rocket, AT, HE, 2. Inch*FM 2. 3- 3. 5Automatic Pistol, Caliber . M1. 91. 1, and M1. A1 (1. 94. 0) FM 2. Revolver, Colt, Caliber . M1. 91. 7, and Revolver, Smith and Wesson, Caliber . M1. 91. 7 FM 2. 3- 4. Thompson Submachine Gun, Caliber . M1. 92. 8A1 FM 2. Submachine Gun, Caliber . M3*FM 2. 3- 4. 5Browning Machine Gun, Caliber . HB, M1. 91. 9A4. Ground (1. FM 2. 3- 5. 0Browning Machine Gun, Caliber . HB M1. 91. 9A4 (Mounted in Combat Vehicles) FM 2. Browning Machine Gun, Caliber . M1. 91. 7 FM 2. 3- 6. Browning Machine Gun, Caliber . HB, M2, Ground FM 2. Browning Machine Gun, Caliber . HB, M2 FM 2. 3- 7. Gun, Anti- tank, M3*FM 2. Gun, M1. 91. 6 (1. FM 2. 3- 8. 03. 7 MM Gun Tank M5 Mounted in Tanks (1. FM 2. 3- 8. 13. 7 MM Gun Tank M6 Mounted in Tanks (1. FM 2. 3- 8. 56. 0- mm Mortar, M2 FM 2. BFM, 8. 1- mm Mortar, M1 FM 2. Mortar Mounted in Half- Track Carrier*FM 2. MM Tank Gun M2 Mounted in Medium Tank M3 (1. FM 2. 3- 1. 05. 10. Howitzer, M3. Communication Procedures Field Manuals: *FM 2. Signal Communication FM 2. Radio Operators Manual, Army Ground Forces FM 2. Combined Teletypewriter (Teleprinter) Procedure FM 2. Combined United States- British Radio- Telephone (R/T) Procedure FM 2. Combined Radiotelegraph (W/T) Procedure FM 2. Combined Operating Signals FM 2. Army Extract of Combined Operating Signals FM 2. Air Extract Combined Operating Signals FM 2. Teletypewriter Switching and Relay Procedures FM 2. Radio Communication*FM 2. Field Wire Systems FM 2. Combined Visual Signaling (V/S Procedure) FM 2. Combined Visual Signaling (V/S) Procedure- -Abridged Version for Radiotelegraph (W/T) Operators. Errata Sheet FM 2. Combined Amphibious Communication Instructions (CCBP- 1) FM 2. Telephone Switchboard Operating Procedure. Transportation Field Manuals: FM 2. Animal Transport*FM 2. Dog Team Transportation*FM 2. Pack Transportation*FM 2. Motor Transport. Interior Guard Duty Field Manuals: *FM 2. Interior Guard Duty (1. Military Law Field Manuals: FM 2. United States Army and Navy Manual of Military Government and Civil Affairs*FM 2. Rules of Land Warfare*FM 2. Military Law Domestic Disturbances. Welfare, Recreation, and Morale Field Manuals: *FM 2. The Band*FM 2. 8- 1. The Special Service Company. Regulating Stations and Base Depots Field Manuals: *FM 2. Military Police. Military Intelligence Field Manuals: FM 3. Military Intelligence- -Combat Intelligence FM 3. Military Intelligence- -Observation FM 3. Military Intelligence- -Examination of Enemy Personnel, Repatriates, Documents, and Mat. Army Forces in the Field*FM 3. Regulations for Correspondents Accompanying U. S. Army Forces in the Field*FM 3. Regulations for Civilian Operations Analysts, Scientific Consultants, and Technical Observers Accompanying U. S. Army Forces in the Field FM 3. Military Intelligence, Military Censorship*FM 3. Recognition, Pictorial Manual, Aircraft*FM 3. Military Intelligence Identification of Soviet- Russian Aircraft*FM 3. Military Intelligence Identification of German Aircraft*FM 3. Military Intelligence Identification of Japanese Aircraft*FM 3. Military Intelligence Identification of Italian Aircraft*FM 3. Recognition, Pictorial Manual, Armored Vehicles*FM 3. Military Intelligence Identification of British Armored Vehicles*FM 3. Military Intelligence Identification of Foreign Armored Vehicles German Japanese Russian Italian and French (1. FM 3. 0- 4. 2Military Intelligence Identification of Foreign Armored Vehicles German Japanese Russian and Italian (1. FM 3. 0- 5. 0Military Intelligence- -Recognition Pictorial Manual, Naval Vessels*FM 3. Military Intelligence Identification of British Naval Ships (1. FM 3. 0- 5. 3Military Intelligence Identification of French Naval Vessels (1. FM 3. 0- 5. 5Military Intelligence Identification of German Naval Ships (1. FM 3. 0- 5. 8Military Intelligence Identification of Japanese Naval Vessels. Special Operations Field Manuals: FM 3. Landing Operations on Hostile Shore*FM 3. Coast Defense*FM 3. Operations in Snow and Extreme Cold (1. FM 3. 1- 2. 5Desert Operations FM 3. Tactics and Technique of Airborne Troops FM 3. Aviation in Support of Ground Forces FM 3. Supply of Ground Units by Air FM 3. Attack on a Fortified Position and Combat in Towns. Security Field Manuals: FM 3. Psychological Operations: FM 3. Electronic Warfare Operations & Intelligence: FM 3. Women's Army Corps: FM 3. Physical Training (WAC)Cost Accounting: FM 3. Maintenance Field Manuals: FM 3. Supply Procedures Field Manuals: FM 3. Rockets Field Manuals: FM 3. Antiaircraft Artillery(Manuals published prior to 1 June 1. FM 4. 4- 2. Employment of Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons*FM 4. Employment of Antiaircraft Artillery Guns FM 4. Antiaircraft Operations Room and Antiaircraft Artillery Intelligence Service FM 4. Service of Antiaircraft Directors M4 and M7 FM 4. Service of Antiaircraft Directors, M9, M9. A1, M9. A2, and M1. FM 4. 4- 5. 1Fire Control, Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons FM 4. Antiaircraft Artillery Service of the Piece, 3. Fire Unit FM 4. 4- 5. Service of the Piece- -Multiple Gun Motor Carriage M1. M1. 5A1 FM 4. 4- 6. Service of the Piece, Air Transportable 4. Fire Unit. Transportation (Water and Rail): *FM 5. Water Transportation: Oceangoing Vessels*FM 5. Ports (Oversea) Headquarters and Headquarters Companies FM 5. Military Railroads and the Military Service FM 5. Railway Operating Battalion FM 5. Railway Shop Battalion*FM 5. Water Transportation Oceangoing Vessels (1. FM 5. 5- 1. 30. Small Boats and Harbor Craft (1. FM 5. 5- 1. 50. Amphibian Truck Company. Airborne Operations: FM 5. Amphibious Field Manuals: FM 6. See also: Landing Operations on Hostile Shore)Mountain and Winter Operations: *FM 7. Mountain Operations*FM 7. Operations in Snow and Extreme Cold. Airborne Operations: FM 7. Jungle Operations: *FM 7. Jungle Warfare. Field Service Regulations: FM 1. Operations*FM 1. 00- 1. Administration (1. FM 1. 00- 1. 5Larger Units FM 1. Field Manual: Command and Employment of Air Power. Staff Officers Field Manuals: FM 1. Staff and Combat Orders*FM 1. Organization, Technical and Logistical Data (1. FME 1. 01- 1. 0Enemy Forces: Organization, Technical, and Logistical Data*FM 1. Traffic Circulation and Control. Umpire Field Manuals: *FM 1. Umpire Manual (1. FM 1. 05- 5. Umpire Manual (1. FM 1. 05- 6. Aviation Umpire Manual. British Army during World War IThe British Army during World War I fought the largest and most costly war in its long history. This total included the Regular Army and reservists in the Territorial Force (TF). Together, they formed the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), which was formed for service in France and became known as the Old Contemptibles. The 'second' army was Kitchener's Army, formed from the volunteers in 1. The 'third' was formed after the introduction of conscription in January 1. British Army had reached its maximum strength of 4,0. The vast majority of the British Army fought in the main theatre of war on the Western Front in France and Belgium against the German Empire. Some units were engaged in Italy and Salonika against Austria- Hungary and the Bulgarian Army, while other units fought in the Middle East, Africa and Mesopotamia. The expansion of the British Army saw some officers promoted from brigade to corps commander in less than a year. Army commanders also had to cope with the new tactics and weapons that were developed. With the move from manoeuvre to trench warfare, both the infantry and the artillery had to learn how to work together. During an offensive, and when in defence, they learned how to combine forces to defend the front line. Later in the war, when the Machine Gun Corps and the Tank Corps were added to the order of battle, they were also included in the new tactical doctrine. The men at the front had to struggle with supply problems. Along with enemy action, many soldiers had to contend with new diseases: trench foot, trench fever and trench nephritis. When the war ended in November 1. British Army casualties, as the result of enemy action and disease, were recorded as 6. The rush to demobilise at the end of the conflict substantially decreased the strength of the British Army, from its peak strength of 4,0. Organization. The framework was the voluntary system of recruitment and the regimental system, which had been defined by the Cardwell and Childers Reforms of the late 1. The British Army had been prepared and primarily called upon for Empire matters and the ensuing colonial wars. The 1. 90. 4 Esher Report recommended radical reform, such as the creation of an Army Council, a General Staff, the abolition of the office of Commander- in- Chief of the Forces, and the creation of a Chief of the General Staff. It consisted of 2. Guards (Grenadier, with 3 Battalions; Coldstream, with 3 Battalions; Scots, with 2 Battalions; Irish with 1 Battalion). Almost half of the regular army (7. British Empire. At the outbreak of the war, it consisted of 8. In August 1. 91. 4, there were three forms of reserves. The Army Reserve of retired soldiers was 1. They were paid 3 Shillings and 6 pence a week (1. A Special Reservist had an initial six months full- time training and was paid the same as a regular soldier during this period; they had three or four weeks training per year thereafter. This consisted of six infantry divisions and one of cavalry. During the war, a further six regular, 1. Territorial, 3. 6 Kitchener's Army and six other divisions, including the Naval Division from the Royal Navy were formed. They also had three field artillery brigades with fifty- four 1. Army Service Corps horse- drawn transport companies and divisional headquarters support detachments. They were armed with rifles, unlike their French and German counterparts, who were only armed with the shorter range carbine. The cavalry division also had a high allocation of artillery compared to foreign cavalry divisions, with 2. When dismounted, the cavalry division was the equivalent of two weakened infantry brigades with less artillery than the infantry division. By 1. 91. 8, a British division consisted of three infantry brigades, each of three battalions. Each of these battalions had 3. Lewis machine guns, making a total of 3. Additionally, there was a divisional machine gun battalion, equipped with 6. Vickers machine guns in four companies of 1. Each brigade in the division also had a mortar battery with eight Stokes Mortars. At the start of the war, there were three batteries with six guns per brigade; they then moved to four batteries with four guns per brigade, and finally in 1. The cavalry of the BEF represented 9. July 1. 91. 8, it would only represent 1. The infantry would decrease from 6. Royal Engineers would increase from 5. Hence, in later years, the survivors of the regular army dubbed themselves . By the end of 1. 91. Mons, Le Cateau, the Aisne and Ypres), the old regular British Army had been virtually wiped out; although it managed to stop the German advance. The policy of drawing recruits from amongst the local population ensured that, when the Pals battalions suffered casualties, whole towns, villages, neighbourhoods and communities back in Britain were to suffer disproportionate losses. With the introduction of conscription in January 1. Pals battalions were raised. Four months later, in May 1. This legislation did not apply to Ireland, despite its then status as part of the United Kingdom (but see Conscription Crisis of 1. By January 1. 91. Most stayed on the Home Front, but around 9,0. France. French had remarked in 1. Haig would be better suited to a position on the staff than a field command. His last active command had been during the Second Boer War, first as a senior staff officer in the cavalry division, then commanding a brigade- sized group of columns. This was met with hostility by French (as a cavalryman). By 1. 91. 4, French's dislike for Smith- Dorrien was well known within the army. He became most famous for his role as its commander during the battle of the Somme, the battle of Passchendaele, and the Hundred Days Offensive, the series of victories leading to the German surrender in 1. He held command of the Ypres salient for three years and gained an overwhelming victory over the German Army at the battle of Messines in 1. Plumer is generally recognised as one of the most effective of the senior British commanders on the Western Front. Front row, left to right: Herbert Plumer, Haig, Rawlinson. Middle row, left to right: Byng, Birdwood, Horne. Back row, left to right: Lawrence, Kavanagh, White, Percy, Vaughan, Montgomery, Anderson. In 1. 91. 4, General Edmund Allenby was commander of the Cavalry Division and later the Cavalry Corps in the BEF. His leadership was noted during the retreat from Mons and the first battle of Ypres. He had previously served in the Zulu War, the Sudan campaign, and the Second Boer war. In 1. 91. 7, he was given command of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, where he oversaw the conquest of Palestine and Syria in 1. After performing well during the First Battle of Ypres, he succeeded Allenby in command of the Cavalry Corps. He was sent to the Dardanelles in August 1. British IX Corps. He planned the highly successful evacuation of 1. Allied troops and the majority of the equipment of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (MEF). The withdrawal was successfully completed in January 1. His most notable battle was the Battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1. Canadian Corps with British support. He was given command of the 2nd Cavalry Division in September 1. Division in April 1. British I Corps in July 1. He commanded I Corps during the battle of Loos. Birdwood had previously commanded the Australian Corps, an appointment requiring a combination of tact and tactical flair. These were survivors among the 2. Most applied for and were granted commissions, while others who did not apply were also commissioned. Smeltzer was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1. Regular Army for 1. He rose in rank, and by the Spring of 1. Lieutenant Colonel and was commanding officer of the 6th Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). In 1. 91. 4, they were aged over 5. BEF between 1. 91. Anthony Eden was the Adjutant of a battalion when aged 1. Brigade Major in the 1. Brigade while still only aged 2. Some of these were found wanting, due to their advanced age, their unwillingness to serve, or a lack of competence and fitness; most were sent back into retirement before the first year of the war was over, leaving a gap that had to be filled by lower- ranking officers. The Staff College, Camberley was greatly expanded and Lord Kitchener established another staff college at Quetta for Indian Army officers in 1. Nonetheless, when war broke out in August 1. BEF. Four- month- long staff courses were introduced, and filled with regimental officers who, upon completing their training, were posted to various headquarters. As a result, staff work was again poor, until training and experience slowly remedied the situation. In 1. 91. 8, staff officers who had been trained exclusively for static trench warfare were forced to adapt to the demands of semi- open warfare. Training began with individual training in winter, followed by squadron, company or battery training in spring; regimental, battalion and brigade training in summer; and division or inter- divisional exercises and army manoeuvres in late summer and autumn. In 1. 91. 4, British rifle fire was so effective that there were some reports to the effect that the Germans believed they were facing huge numbers of machine guns. This company had 1. Vickers guns; it was ordered to give sustained covering fire for 1. German troops forming up there for a counterattack while a British attack was in progress. Two companies of infantry were allocated as ammunition, rations and water carriers for the gunners. Two men worked a belt. They used 1. 00 new barrels and all of the water. In that 1. 2- hour period, the 1. One team is reported to have fired 1. At the close of the operation, it is alleged that every gun was working perfectly and that not one had broken down during the whole period. Expecting an offensive mobile war, the Army had not instructed the troops in defensive tactics and had failed to obtain stocks of barbed wire, hand grenades, or trench mortars.
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