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TM-E 30-480: Handbook on Japanese Military Forces
Technical Manual, U.S. War Department, October 1, 1944
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FOREWORD.
 
CHAPTER I. RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING.
          SectionI.  General   
II.Conscription System
III.Procurement of Officers
IV.Training
V.Promotion, Pay and Awards
VI.Morale, Discipline, and Efficiency
 
CHAPTER II. JAPANESE MILITARY SYSTEM.
SectionI.The Japanese High Command
II.Territorial Organizations, including Depot Divisions
III.Field Replacement System
 
CHAPTER III. FIELD ORGANIZATION.
SectionI.Major Organizations
II.Arms (Nondivisional)
III.Services (Nondivisional)
IV.Military Intelligence
V.Reorganization
 
CHAPTER IV. JAPANESE AIR SERVICE.
SectionI.General
II.Organization of the Japanese Army Air Service
III.Strategic Doctrine
IV.Japanese Air Tactics
V.Equipment
 
CHAPTER V. SPECIAL FORCES.
SectionI.Naval Land Forces
II.Task Forces and Special Defense Units
 
CHAPTER VI. JAPANESE MILITARY POLICE.
 
CHAPTER VII. TACTICS OF THE JAPANESE ARMY.
Introduction
PARTI.General Tactical Doctrine
SectionI.General
II.Offensive
III.Defensive
IV.Retrograde Movements
V.Employment of Tanks and Mechanized Units
PARTII.Application of Tactics
SectionVI.Antiaircraft
VII.Antitank Defense
VIII.Jungle Warfare
IX.Small Island Defense
X.Coastal Defense
XI.Japanese Joint Operations
XII.Japanese Parachute Troops
 
CHAPTER VIII. SUPPLY, MOVEMENTS, AND EVACUATION.
SectionI.Supply
II.Movements
III.Evacuation
 
CHAPTER IX. WEAPONS.
SectionI.Introduction
II.Infantry Weapons
     1. Pistols, Revolvers, and Rifles
     2. Machine Guns
     3. Mortars and Grenade Dischargers
     4. Grenades, Land Mines, and Booby Traps
     5. Antitank and Infantry Guns
III.Artillery
     1. General
     2. Field Artillery
     3. Antiaircraft Artillery
     4. Naval Weapons
IV.Tanks and Armored Cars
V.Chemical Warfare
 
CHAPTER X. EQUIPMENT.
SectionI.Introduction
II.Infantry Equipment
III.Artillery Equipment
IV.Signal Equipment
V.Engineer Equipment
VI.Cavalry and Reconnaissance
VII.Automotive and Land Transport Equipment
VIII.Tentage
IX.Medical Equipment
 
CHAPTER XI. UNIFORMS, PERSONAL EQUIPMENT, AND INSIGNIA.
 
CHAPTER XII. CONVENTIONAL SIGNS AND ABBREVIATIONS.
SectionI.Introduction
II.Geographic Signs
III.Military Signs
IV.Military Abbreviations
 
CHAPTER XIII. MILITARY TERMS AND CHARACTERS.
 
APPENDIX. SUPPLEMENTAL DATA.
 

   
 
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