The following index to the first ten issues of Tactical and Technical Trends was published in Issue No. 10, Oct. 22, 1942. [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.]

TACTICAL AND TECHNICAL TRENDS, ISSUES 1-10, INCLUSIVE   Issue No.    Page      AIR   Germany Catapult, for launching planes 2 4   Cooperation between air and ground forces 8 7 Crete, German air attack on 8 51 Devices for assisting take-off of overloaded planes 10 3 Dinghy, single-seater, inflatable 9 2 Do-217 (long-range bomber) 4 1 FW-190 (new type fighter) 6 1 He-177 (long-range bomber) 6 1 Ju-88, various types of 4 1 Ju-288 (new type of reconnaissance bomber) 3 2 Maps for night bombing 4 2 Me 109-F 3 2 Submarine duty, transfer of air force personnel to 10 2 Sub-stratosphere planes (Ju-86 P1 and P2) 9 1 Tank-carrying aircraft 3 1 Umbrella, the airplane with an 10 1 Voltol, use of in German planes 6 2 Japan Air tactics and plane performance 2 1 Air tactics, notes on 8 4 Bombing methods 1 1 New Mitsubishi-Nagoya Zero fighter 5 1 New Zero fighter tactics 8 16 Newer types of Japanese aircraft, performance of 6 2 Britain Glider training, aspects of 2 13 General Antiparachutist tactics, lessons from Crete in 8 1 French SE-200 (70-ton flying boat) 5 4   ANTIAIRCRAFT   Germany Air tactics in attacks on Malta 6 5 Air-burst fire against ground targets 6 8 Dual-purpose 20-mm AA/AT gun (Flak 30) 3 3 Fire control by radiolocators 10 5 French 90-mm gun used by Germans as AT gun 4 3 German warships, AA defenses of 9 4 New German AA guns 4 3    50-mm Flak Model 41    20-mm four-barreled Flak model 38 105-mm AA gun 10 5 Organization of German AA units 5 5 Panzer division, employment of AA forces with 8 16 Sevastopol, employment of German AA at 7 1 Sight, antiaircraft (Linealvisier 21) 2 8 Troop train protection against air attack 5 7 Britain Problems in British antiaircraft mountings 1 2 Japan Japanese AA fire over Aleutians 4 5 Japanese warships, AA defenses of 8 19 General Preparation of AA units for theaters of operations 6 7 Searchlight dazzle tactics 6 6 Small-arms fire against low-flying aircraft 9 3   ANTITANK   Germany Effectiveness of 88-mm gun as antitank weapon 1 29 German antitank units and tactics 10 41 German balanced antitank protection 5 9 Minefields in Libya 1 4 New Guerlich-principle AT gun (42-mm Pak 41) 7 3 Penetration of 88-mm gun 8 24 Japan Organization of Japanese antitank company 1 3 Italy Italian 20-mm AT rifle (Solothurn) 5 18 Britain British AT guns in Burma 6 10 Remote control device for antitank guns 8 23 Russia Defense against German tank attacks 9 6 Employment of AA guns against tanks 7 2 Russian 76.2-mm gun 8 24 General Emplacement of antitank guns 6 10   ARTILLERY   Germany 75-mm assault gun 7 9 105-mm howitzer 9 7 150-mm self-propelled gun 8 28 German divisional artillery, notes on 6 12 Liquid air in German shells 1 5 New German bombthrower (schwere Wurfgerät) 8 28 Organization and identification of German artillery units 7 4 Tank division, artillery with a 8 30 Britain British artillery in the Burma campaign 8 27 Russia Red Army artillery training 9 6 General Argentine mountain-artillery training 1 5   CAVALRY   Russia Cavalry combat at night 8 32   CHEMICAL WARFARE   Germany Eyeglasses for use with gas mask 5 19 Form for report on enemy use of gas 8 35 Incendiary bombs, three new types of 6 21 Landing operations, chemical warfare against 9 12 Nerve gas 1 7 Notes on German chemical warfare 1 7 Smoke, German use of 6 16 Treatment for blister gas 5 19 Japan Japanese chemical warfare organizations and gases 9 12 Toxic smoke candles 7 10 Italy Flame-throwers 5 22   ENGINEERS   Germany Antitank minefields and booby traps 6 23 Camouflage, German methods of 7 15 Earphone booby trap 5 22 Marking of antitank minefields 8 37 Net for antitank mines 2 12 Steel invasion barges 1 10 Sympathetic detonation of Tellermines 5 22 Japan Obstacles, Japanese doctrine on 10 9 Britain Bridging of antitank ditches 1 10 British maps 4  Sect. II Russia Mine detector of the Red Army 6 24 General French light antitank mine 5 20 Laying out antipersonnel minefield 4 6   INFANTRY   Germany German light division 5 23 German parachutes 5 25 Military coordination in Libya 3 7 90th Light Division 3 6 Japan Machine guns 8 39 Operational principles: Mandalay offensive 9 19 Parachute troops 9 22 Tactics in Burma 7 19 Tactics in the Philippines 6 26 Tactics in the Solomons 10 12 Britain Commandos, organization and training of 1 11 Russia Attack, lessons in 10 15 Breakthrough against German defenses 10 17 General Axis parachute troops, notes on 8 37 Burma campaign, notes on 9 15 East Indies campaign, notes on 2 15 Finnish tactics--small units 6 39   MECHANIZED VEHICLES   Germany Amphibians, German tanks for use as 6 30 Amphibious troop carrier, experiments with 1 18 Armored workshop squadron 4 10 Coaxial sighting telescope 8 41 Cooperation of tanks with other arms 7 22 Fuel supply for German tanks 7 29 German armored division, tactical study of 2 30 German modification of French Char B tanks 5 32 Gyroscopic compasses in German tanks 7 29 Half-tracks used as tractors 1 18 Maintenance problems in Africa 4 12 Mark III tank-three basic designs 10 19 Mechanized warfare tactics 2 18 New German tank developments 3 14 New German tanks in Libya 4 15 Standard German tanks, characteristics of 4 15 Tactics, deceptive 2 19 Tank armor 3 12 Training of tank crews 4 8 Uniform of armored personnel, changes in 9 29 Volkswagen, Army type 3 13 Vulnerability of German tank armor 8 46 Vulnerability of Mark IV tank to flamethrower 3 13 Japan Armored vehicles, speed and fording ability of 2 20 Italy Tank modifications 6 31 Britain British nicknames of tanks 9 30 Fumes in armored vehicles, investigation of 9 31 Radio control of tanks, experiments in 1 27 Vulnerability of Matilda tank 3 9 Russia Tanks of the Red Army 5 26 General Axis use of French mechanized equipment 9 28 Maintenance and repair of armored vehicles 2 21 Sand channels for armored cars 1 18 Tank requirements in Libyan fighting 1 25 Tanks is Burma 7 30 U.S. tanks in Libya 1 25   MEDICAL   Germany Parachute units, medical equipment of 4 19 Stimulants for members of the Luftwaffe 5 32 General Artificial stimulants, use of by combat troops 4 19 Burma campaign, medical notes on 6 31 Jaundice among U. S. troops 1 20 New typhus prevention method 3 15   MILITARY INTELLIGENCE   General Japanese prisoners of war 10 21 Intelligence from German prisoners of war 9 31   ORDNANCE   Germany Antipersonnel bomb, 12-kilogram 5 36 Armor-piercing shell, 50-mm 3 16 Bell demolition charges 3 22 Grenades fired from signal pistol 5 34 New rocket weapon 10 23 New type of pack flame-thrower 2 22 Night-driving equipment for German vehicles 1 21   9 35 Parachute cartridge for wind measurement 10 23 Salvage of ammunition 7 22 Standard German weapons 9 39 Tank maintenance and recovery 10 24 Japan Grenades 5 33 High-explosive bomb, 60-kilogram 6 32 Light machine gun 3 20 Parachute type of incendiary bomb 4 23 Standard Japanese weapons 10 32 Italian Captured Italian weapons, use of 7 33 Field gun, 75-mm 7 35 Self-propelled gun-howitzer 6 35 General Axis armor-piercing ammunition 4 21 Interchangeability of small arms ammunition 4 21 Miscellaneous notes on ordnance 1 20   QUARTERMASTER   Germany Gasoline substitutes 3 24 German supply system, discussion of 2 34 Protective clothing for armored car crews 1 22 Salvage procedure in the desert 9 48 Water rations 5 36 Japan Japanese rations 7 36 Britain Gasoline and ammunition supply -- Libya 7 35   SIGNAL   Germany German signal units 6 35 New German radio developments 4 24 Wire communication in occupied countries 7 39 Japan Radio set, type P3A 1 23 General Submarine detection by radio 1 24 Type of radio needed in Iceland 1 24   GLOSSARY   Airplanes, British and American names 5 37 British abbreviations 6 37 Changes in place names-North Caucasus 10 36 German words in common use 8 48 Time zones in relation to G.C.T. 4 25 Warships, abbreviations 4 25   SUPPLEMENTS   Issue No.           1 Tactical study of German 88-mm AA gun as an antitank weapon     2 Discussion of the German supply system   Tactical study of the German armored division     3 The German Technical General Staff   Tactical doctrines of the Soviet Army     4 British maps     5 The Siege of Sevastopol     6 Finnish tactics--small units     7 German crossing of the Dnieper in the Kremenchug area     8 The German air attack on Crete     9 Summary of operations in North Africa, 1940-1942    10 German antitank units and tactics

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