Index to Tactical and Technical Trends Issues 21-30, from Tactical and Technical Trends, No. 30, July 29, 1943. [DISCLAIMER: The following text is taken from the U.S. War Department publication Tactical and Technical Trends. As with all wartime intelligence information, data may be incomplete or inaccurate. No attempt has been made to update or correct the text. Any views or opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of the website.]

INDEX TACTICAL AND TECHNICAL TRENDS, ISSUES 21-30 (INCLUSIVE) AIR       Issue     No. Page   Britain Eleven men died -- why? 28 1 Germany Aerial bombing attacks on aircraft  26 1 Air support of tanks in Africa 24 3 Aircraft markings, GAF 24 1 Aircraft, recent flying limitations imposed  23 1 FW-190, present version 27 1 Low-level fighter-bomber raids 26 3 Me-109 G 23 2 Me-323 transport 21 1 Italy Air force assault regiment 28 3 Cantieri Z 1007 25 1 Fighter planes 22 1 Macchi 205 30 1 Japan Aerial bombing attacks on aircraft 26 1 Airfields, camouflage and deception methods  29 3 New-type medium bomber 25 2 Russia Attack aviation 27 2 General Fragmentation bombs 29 1   ANTIAIRCRAFT Germany Air-raid warning system 21 3 Antiaircraft ceilings 25 5 "88", new ultra-high-velocity 29 5 Gun-fire defense against low-flying hostile aircraft  30 6 Flak directional arrows 22 3 105-mm antiaircraft gun 30 2 128-mm AA gun 26 4 Organization of antiaircraft defense 28 4 Searchlights 27 4   ANTITANK Britain Spotlight antitank laying teacher 27 6 Germany AA guns for use against mechanized vehicles  21 4 Antitank magnetic charge 23 3 Antitank units in rearguard action in Africa  22 10 "AP 40" antitank shot 24 4 AT guns with tanks 27 8 88's in Tunisia 28 11 Gun emplacements, antitank 28 10 PzKw 6, attack against 30 7 75-mm antitank gun 22 66 75-mm antitank -- 7.5-cm Pak 40 25 9 76.2-mm self-propelled gun 21 6 76.2-mm self-propelled gun 21 6 Tank and antitank guns, development 26 4 "Tank hunting" tactics 29 8 Vulnerable spots for incendiary grenades on German tanks  22 7 Italy 90/53 self-propelled gun 26 11 General Destruction of disabled tanks  27 8 Finnish tank traps over frozen rivers  21 8   ARMORED Germany Ammunition carried by German tanks 22 13 Armor arrangement on German tanks 29 9 Armored infantry, observations on employment  22 10 Combat tactics of medium tank companies  26 12 Destruction of own tanks 27 11 Fire from tanks in a night attack 27 11 PzKw 6, 20 7 PzKw 6, description 24 6 PzKw 6, attack against 30 7 PzKw 4, notes on 27 9 PzKw 3 and 4, increased protection 25 12 PzKw 3 with 75-mm gun 21 11 PzKw 2, new model 26 12 Rifle company of a German armored reconnaissance battalion, suggested reorganization   24 4 Submersible tanks 30 8 Tank employment 28 12 Tank ruse 28 13 Japan Protection of Jap tanks against sticky grenades  25 15 General Coins as a measurement of armor thickness  23 6   ARTILLERY Germany Artillery command in the German Army  29 9 Artillery forward observers 28 13 105-mm gun-howitzer, new 30 9 150-mm self-propelled gun 22 13 75-mm recoilless gun, LG 40 26 15 Visual signal system for artillery fire control  23 7   CHEMICAL WARFARE Germany Acid smoke float 23 7 Antigas equipment for horses 25 15 Antigas equipment, individual 29 16 Area smoke-screening 24 8 Chemical warfare notes 24 8 Chemical warfare vehicles 23 9 Warning flags for gassed areas 24 11 Italy Antigas equipment, individual 29 17 Japan Incendiaries, three 22 15 Lacrimatory weapons, three 21 11 Personal decontamination kit 22 18 Smoke warfare 27 12   ENGINEERS Britain Camouflage 25 16 France Antilifting device fitted to French antitank mine 22 27 Germany Blast drive rod, D.K. 27 18 Booby trap 28 25 Clearance minefields in Tunisia 30 11 Construction troops 26 19 Electric igniter for S-mines 28 22 Engineer attack methods 22 26 Engineer delaying tactics 26 18 Field exploder, 1941 model 24 12 Land-mine laying for road obstruction 26 23 Laying large protective minefields 27 15 Mine-locating instruments 24 14 "S" mines combined with tellermines 23 13 Safety-fuze igniters 26 21 Tellermines 28 15 Tellermines 29 18 Warning devices in Libya 25 17 Winter field fortifications, and use of ice-concrete 22 20 Wooden antitank mines 25 17 Italy Antipersonnel mine 25 18 Japan Field works at Buna 21 17 Russia Defenses before Moscow 26 24 German views on Russian summer camouflage 23 13 Submerged bridge, construction 29 17 General Some booby trap precautions 24 12   INFANTRY Germany Aircraft for ground security at night, use of 22 28 Combat experiences in Russian wooded country 26 27 Combat instructions 25 21 Defense of lines of communication in Russia 29 19 German soldier in defense 28 26 German views on Russian tactics in woods 23 21 Habits in defense and attack 27 20 Night fighting tactics 30 16 Paratroops, notes on -- new type 105-mm mortar 24 20 Patrols in North Africa 22 28 Rearguard action on British Eighth Army front 29 22 Sniping, German views 29 21 Some battle observations on the Russian front 23 20 Some notes on German experiences in Russia 25 20 Some principles from the war on the Russian front 22 29 Tactics on the Mareth Line 27 26 Italy Rock-climbing platoons 24 16 Japan British observations on fighting in Burma 27 27 Fighting on the Kokoda Trail in New Guinea 23 22 Jungle warfare 29 20 MG tracer cross-fire to indicate targets 24 22 Malayan Campaign, further notes 24 19 Mortar ranging by tracer fire 27 29 Noise as a weapon 25 24 Ruses -- Buna area 21 18 Some defensive methods 24 16 Tactics in New Guinea 22 28 Tactics -- Milne Bay operations 26 34 Tactics on Guadalcanal 21 18 Tactics, some British observations of Japanese 26 31 Russia Flank security in a breakthrough 28 29 Russian tactics in woods, German views on 23 21 Some principles from the war on the Russian front 22 29   MEDICAL Germany Health Pamphlet for North Africa 30 12 Japan Water-purification kit 22 33 General Atabrine for malaria 26 39 Some notes on health precautions 29 23   ORDNANCE Germany AP ammunition, 8.8-cm Flak 41 30 17 Bomb with nose extension rod 23 24 HE grenades for signal pistol 27 31 MG 151 type 15 - and 20-mm aircraft weapons 30 18 N C 50 smoke bomb 29 27 100-mm mortar 24 24 100-mm smoke/HE mortars, two 29 24 150-mm infantry howitzer 22 35 150-mm rocket considered ineffective by British 27 29 105-mm mortar, new type 24 20 172-mm gun, long-range 22 35 Plastic-wood liquid-air bomb 25 26 Semiautomatic rifle 24 26 Semiautomatic rifle, new 27 35 37-mm stick bomb, new 24 25 Weapon development, some notes on 21 22 Italy 8-mm Breda medium machine gun, model 38 26 40 8-mm Breda medium machine gun, model 37 23 25 81-mm mortar ammunition -- weight variations 24 26 5-kilogram target-indicator bomb 25 26 45-mm mortar 21 19 75/18 HE fragmentation shell 26 40 Japan Air bombs 28 32 Safety precautions for Japanese "91" grenade 27 30 General Interchangeability of pistol ammunition 22 35 Types of 20-mm weapons 28 30   QUARTERMASTER Germany Convoy-control signals 23 28 Diesel oil for antifreeze, Axis use 21 26 "Food" bomb, 550-pound 22 36 Fuels examined, enemy 22 36 Fuels and lubricants, enemy 30 20 Gas and oil in mechanized vehicles 21 26   SIGNAL CORPS Germany Axis smoke codes and signals 25 28 Emergency signal container and flare pistol 22 38 Radio communication for 105-mm gun battery 26 43 Radio "tactics" 30 22 Visual communications between aircraft and ground troops 24 26 Italy Axis smoke codes and signals 25 28   TRANSPORTATION CORPS Germany Locomotive, class "52" 24 34 New-type movable rail 24 41 Japan Notes on Russian and Japanese animal-drawn transport 25 30 Russia Notes on Russian and Japanese animal-drawn transport 25 30   GENERAL Britain Security in the British Indian Army 29 32 Germany Army propaganda units 30 22 Divisional intelligence 24 15 Todt organization and affiliated services 30 25 Training methods, experiences in Russia modifies 26 46 Italy Notes on Italian organization 26 45 Japan Date systems 21 31 Forces on Attu 27 38 National festivals 27 37 Tactics on Attu 28 33 General Food available in the jungle 21 28 Inch equivalents of millimeter measurements 29 30 Prisoners of war used for propaganda 26 44   GLOSSARY Code names of Japanese fighter aircraft 21 32   SUPPLEMENTS Some German views on fortifications 21 35 Operations and tactics -- Guadalcanal 22 43 German close-in tactics against armored vehicles 23 31 Notes on German armored units 24 45 Enemy self-propelled guns - summary of known equipment 25 35 Tactics of street fighting on the Russian front 26 53 The forcing of the Narew River crossing 27 45 Commando raid on Varengeville, France (19 August 1942) 28 35 Underground mining operations in warfare 29 39 Notes on combat 30 35   CORRECTIONS No. 18, p. 12 22 55 No. 19, p. 44 22 55 No. 23, p. 25 25 50

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