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Field Manuals

US Army Field manuals (FM) and Technical Manuals (TM) are organized into broad categories and grouped by number. For instance, FM 4 deals with issues related to coastal defense, from operation of anti-aircraft searchlights, to gunnary training for heavy guns. FM 23 field manuals are related to small arms such as rifles and machine guns. Field manuals deal with operational proceduers. Technical manuals focus more on repair, maintenance, and specifications.
Browse the field manuals by categories, or SEARCH the documents by key word tags.

The Library of Congress has an online index of field manuals from the 1940s-1970s: guides.loc.gov

• German (Mostly WW2) Manuals, including the famous Tiger Fibel and Panther Fibel, and A4 (V2) Rocket Fibels, (Tiger, Panther and V2 Primer)
  
• FM 1: US Army Air Corps
• FM 2: Cavalry
• FM 3: Infantry
• FM 4: Coastal Defense
• FM 5: Engineering
• FM 6: Field artillery
• FM 7: Infantry
• FM 8: Medical
• FM 9: Ordnance
• FM 10: Quartermaster
• FM 11: Signals and Communication
• FM 12: Adjunct General
• FM 16: Chaplain
• FM 17: Armored Force
• FM 18: Tank Destroyer
• FM 19: Military Police
• FM 20: Misc
• FM 21: Basic procedures
• FM 22: Drill
• FM 23: Small-arms
• FM 24: Communications
• FM 25: Transportation
• FM 26: Guard Duty
• FM 27: Governance, Regulation, and Law
• FM 28: Band, Athletics, and Entertainment
• FM 29: Military Police
• FM 30: Civilian coordination and rules
• FM 30: Recognition guides
• FM 31: Special terrain
• FM 55: Naval operation
• FM 70: Mountains
• FM 72: Jungle
• FM 100: Administration
• FM 101: Logistics
• FM 105: Wargames
• TM: misc
• TM 9: Small arms and machine guns
• TM 9: Ordnance
• TM 9: Vehicles
• Ordnance Pamphlets
• US Navy Bomb Disposal
• Assorted US Aircraft Documents

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