1963 US Army Vietnam War Armor Operations ... - Survival Books

WWW.SURVIVALEBOOKS.COM* FM 17-1FIELD MANUAL ) HEADQUARTERS,DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMYNo. 17-1 WASHINGTON 25, D. C., 20 June 1963ARMOR OPERATIONSParagraphs PageCHAPTER 1. GENERALSection 1. Purpose and scope -_________---_____-- ____-_______-_____________________. 1-4 5II. The role of armor units …_____.________________.__.____________-___- 5-9 5III. Armor mission and capabilities ….....________________________ 10, 11 6CHAPTER 2. FUNDAMENTALS OF ARMORSection I. Principles of war ---- ---- ---- ---- …------------ ---- ---- ---- -- 12, 13 8II. Considerations of active and nonactive nuclear warfare _--___________________ 14-16 9III. Fundamentals of employment ___._____________________._______________ . 17-28 10IV. Factors affecting employment -___________.____-___________------ ____ ___ 29-33 12V. Organization for combat …____..____.___________________________________ 34-42 15VI: Planning armor operations __-__.- .--..__- ___---_____--__--__--------- 43-47 17VII. Conduct of armor operations…… _____._.._______________________ .. ....48, 49 20VIII. Control ……______….. ________ 650-54 ............ 20CHAPTER 3. COMMANDSection I. Command and leadership _____- _.__._.____._______-__ ___________ __. 55-60 23II. Troop leading procedure _____________________________..…___...._____…___61-63 25CHAPTER 4. THE COMMANDER AND HIS STAFFSection I. The commander-.. . ................................................64, 65 30II. The battalion staff _-____-____-___-__.______---_--- ____.________ 66-74 30CHAPTER 5. RECONNAISSANCE AND SECURITY OPERATIONSSection 1. Reconnaissance operations ___.____._________._____.________ ------ ____ _ . 75-91 39II. Security _______.._________.._..__....__.._.._______._______________-. 92-110 45CHAPTER 6. LOGISTICSSection 1. General…… -______ ……___-______ __…. __._.___…....._ 111-113 58II. Duties of logistical personnel_ ____ _____ .-... _ ______________-_______ ___ 114-118 59III. Brigade trains -___-___________________-_____.____.____________---_ 119-122 62IV. Battalion or squadron logistical elements and trains ---------- -- ____________ 123-127 62V. Company and troop logistical elements and trains ------------------------ - 128-131 64VI. Employment of trains …_________________________…___…_.________ . 132-136 66VII. Logistical support operations, battalion or squadron --------------------- 137-148 68VIII. Supply ____. ____-____________-_____ ...--- --149-156 73IX. Maintenance -______-------- ___.._.....-____________- ___.___________ 157-164 76X. Medical service…… ..--------------------- ____-_________________-______ 165-169 81XI. Area damage control .___...........__..__.. . . .............. 170-180 82CHAPTER 7. THE OFFENSIVESection I. General __________________… ___ __ _____-_.___.______________…-- -- 181 9011. Considerations of the offense_ .____________________.___.__._._____ 182, 183 90III. Planning for the attack -_____._____-__-___-__________________________- 184-190 91IV. Conduct of the attack _______.____________ __________________________ 191-195 96V. Types of offensive operations -----------------------------------.---- _ 196-202 100VI. Passage of lines .-.. ________-_____ -_-____.......--------------------. 203-205 104VII. Reconnaissance in force . ----- _______----___-____________________.. 206-208 106VIII. Meeting engagement _........__.. .- _...........-. . .......................209-211 106IX. Procedures and techniques of the bypass…… ___._.________.____.____.___ 212-214 108X. Night attacks .-----..------------------------ 215-220 110*This manual supersedes FM 17-1, 23 August 1957, including C 1, 10 December 1959, and C 2, 2 September 1960.TAGO 9139A-May 1