The following index is taken from Tactical and Technical Trends, No. 20, March 11, 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 11-20 (INCLUSIVE)        Issue No.   Page AIR Germany Aircraft cannons 12 1 Airdromes in Western Europe 15 2 Cable cutter 18 1 Camouflage of enemy aircraft 13 1 Decoy targets 17 1 Fighter tactics to avoid antiaircraft fire 11 4 Focke-Wulf 190 compared with Spitfire IX and P-38F 11 3 Gliders and gliderborne troops 14 3 Jettisoning bomb carriers on Ju-88, exploding device for 11 3 Level bomber, evasive tactics of 16 1 Me-210 Fighter-dive-bomber 14 1 Misleading markings on planes 20 3 Rescue buoy 12 2 Salvage of captured aircraft by German Air Force 16 2 Italy Camouflage of enemy aircraft 13 3 Circling torpedo 11 1 Japan Camouflage of enemy aircraft 13 2 Decoy ship, a Japanese ruse 16 1 Fighter aircraft 19 1 Fighter tactics 20 1 Pilots 15 1 "Slick" navigation over water 17 3 U.S. planes, use of 17 4 ANTIAIRCRAFT Britain Defense of Tobruk 11 4 Germany Army Fla (AA/AT) battalion, mission of 13 3 Defense 11 5 88-mm antiaircraft gun on railway mounting 18 3 Gun-fire against aircraft 14 8 Heavy antiaircraft battery 20 5 Heimatflak units 20 4 Mobile auxiliary director 14 7 Railway Flak 17 5 Rope barrage 19 4 Six-gun heavy antiaircraft batteries 16 4 Japan Guns, antiaircraft 12 6 Russia Defense of motor columns on the march 12 4 ANTITANK Britain Siting of antitank weapons 13 4 Germany Ammunition for 42-mm antitank gun 19 7 Armor penetration of German antitank guns 12 10 Defensive tactics in Russia 18 3 Penetration performance of antitank guns 17 11 75-mm antitank guns, new 18 4 Tactics in the desert 14 10 20-mm dual-purpose gun, tactical use of 14 8 Italy 90-mm multipurpose gun 12 8 1.85-inch antitank gun 15 7 Japan Action against U.S. tanks 19 5 Russia Defense, Soviet antitank 12 8 Tactics 19 4 General Self-propelled guns, new Axis 18 4 ARMORED FORCE Britain Armored operations, lessons from 16 23 Armored units, lessons for 15 32 Tank versus tank 13 29 Germany Armored attack by small units, methods of 16 25 Armored attack by small units, methods of 17 28 Consolidation after a counterattack 14 30 Flame-throwers on tanks 19 9 Heavy tank 20 7 OP vehicles, light-armored 11 27 Organization of German armored division 13 29 Pz.Kw. 3 and 4, new armament 20 10 Security measures of a German armored division 12 32 Simulated tank attack 16 29 Tank, Mark IV, crew and communications of 12 30 Tank-landing craft 11 26 Tanks, added protection for 13 33 Tanks, increased protection on 14 30 Tanks, new 18 6 Tanks, vulnerability of 11 28 Italy Semovente 75/18 self-propelled equipment 13 34 Tank signals 14 33 Russia Tank camouflage in winter 17 32 Tank tactics against German tanks 16 29 Tank warfare, Russian views on 13 32 Tanks, employment of 18 5 Tanks in night action 15 31 General Armored tactics in the Egyptian offensive 13 35 Tank warfare in streets 14 34 ARTILLERY German Counterbattery fire, precautions against 19 9 Light-weight artillery 17 15 150-mm howitzer, self-propelled 12 15 150-mm infantry gun on a self-propelled mount 13 6 105-mm gun 12 12 Schwere Wurfgerät 40, additional information on 12 12 20-mm mountain dual-purpose gun, model 38 13 5 210-mm howitzer 12 14 Italy Parachute artillery equipment 18 7 210-mm howitzers 12 14 General 305-mm Skoda coast defense gun L/50 12 13 CHEMICAL WARFARE Britain Mustard gas and incendiary bombs 11 16 Germany Antigas clothing, heavy 15 11 Civil protection against gas warfare in enemy countries 17 15 Fake gases 13 8 Gas defense equipment 15 12 Incendiaries 14 12 Incendiary bomb, 50-kilogram phosphorus 15 10 Nitrogen mustard gases 12 18 Protection of horses 17 18 Smoke against tanks 20 13 Smoke, employment of in cooperation with combat troops 11 9 Tear gas grenade 20 13 Italy Civil protection against gas warfare in enemy countries 17 15 Incendiaries 14 13 Japan Civil protection against gas warfare in enemy countries 17 15 Flame thrower 18 8 Incendiaries 14 13 Incendiary bombs 12 17 General Incendiary capsules 16 5 Incendiary leaves 16 6 ENGINEERS Britain Advanced landing fields, construction of 19 13 Minefield in North Africa 18 10 Mobile scissors-bridge 15 14 Training of engineer units 14 16 Germany Antitank mine--L Pz 20 15 Booby trap, another 15 18 Demolition charge for 20-mm AA/AT gun 12 20 Demolition charge, hollow 18 16 Igniters, three new 16 7 Methods of crossing ice 17 18 Mine detector rod 17 22 Minefields, German methods of clearing 14 19 Pneumatic boat, large 14 19 Italy Mine, variable-pressure 18 12 Minefields in North Africa 16 7 Japan Camouflage 16 6 Camouflage garment 14 16 Camouflage, methods of 13 9 General Booby traps, enemy 19 14 Engineer support of tanks 15 17 Minefields, enemy at El Alamein 19 10 Minefields in Egyptian operations, notes on 13 8 INFANTRY Britain El Alamein line, initial action on 14 22 Middle East infantry training depot 13 25 Occupation of a position at night 16 16 Scouts and observers 18 21 Street fighting, notes on 17 24 Germany Assault detachments 14 26 Attacks on permanent defenses 16 14 Attack, stereotyped tactics in Middle East 16 14 Lessons from German infantry operations 16 11 Parachutists; organization, training and employment of 11 18 Pioneer platoon of the German infantry regiment 13 26 Second German Army training directive, notes from 11 17 75-mm assault gun, tactical employment of 19 15 Strong-point, construction and development of 14 25 Street fighting, notes on 17 23 Tactics in the final phase at Kharkov 12 27 Tactics in Russia 20 19 Tactics--North Africa 20 21 Tactics--Russian front 18 17 Tactics, some basic 15 19 Trenches, concealment of 19 22 Italy Counterattacks, small-scale 14 22 Japan Landing parties, special naval 13 13 Notes on Japanese operations 16 22 Parachute troops, tactics and employment 14 23 Pay, annual base pay--Japanese Army 16 17 Tactics on Guadalcanal and New Guinea 17 25 Task force in China 19 22 Task forces, use of, in the South Seas 13 10 Russia Ski patrols of the Soviet Army 16 17 Training of automatic riflemen 15 23 Winter fighting in Russia 12 20 General British notes on a campaign in Cyrenaica 18 20 Burma campaign, further notes on 11 22 Devices for crossing streams 14 28 Malaya, lessons from 13 22 Malaya, notes on operations in 15 25 Small-arms fire against aircraft 13 26 MECHANIZED VEHICLES (See Armored Force) MEDICAL Britain Burns in the British Middle East Forces 14 35 Casualties of British tank personnel in North Africa 13 36 Treatment of war wounds in the Middle East 15 33 Germany Ambulance sled 14 37 Foot bandages for marching 11 30 General Benzedrine and methedrine, use of in war 11 29 First-aid kit, effective use of 17 36 Mosquito-repellant lotion 13 36 Prevention of malaria 20 23 Schistosomiasis 18 23 Snake bite 19 24 MILITARY INTELLIGENCE Britain Civilian control 14 38 General staff, arms and services 11 32 Prisoners of war, British security control of 14 39 Germany Identification of German prisoners 19 25 Instructions to troops who may be taken prisoner 11 35 Interrogation of prisoners of war 17 37 Italy Concealing a withdrawal, measures for 12 35 General Effect of rain on desert operations 13 39 Prisoners of war, some enemy practices used in interrogating 12 33 ORDNANCE Britain Destruction or salvage of enemy munitions 18 27 Germany Ammunition for German rocket projector 17 39 Ammunition for 100-mm chemical mortar 18 25 Ammunition for 75-mm tank gun, hollow charge 19 27 Ammunition, stacking of in the field 13 41 Bomb, new German antipersonnel 18 24 Bomb, new 70 kilogram 20 26 Bombs, marking of HE 20 26 Captured material, use of 18 28 "Crowsfeet" dropped on landing fields 13 40 Destruction of abandoned vehicles 18 28 50-mm antitank gun 38 15 38 Maintenance and repair service in German armored division 11 37 Markings on German motor-maintenance vehicles 12 40 Metal spike (crowsfoot) 11 36 Mobile truck maintenance company 15 39 Motor vehicles, North Africa 20 27 Motorcycle tractor 19 31 New guns 13 43 New machine gun--m.g. 42 20 28 120-mm mortar 14 45 Rocket bomb 13 40 Rocket weapons 18 26 Shell, anticoncrete 18 23 Tank recovery platoon, operations of 12 37 37-mm stick bomb 19 28 200-mm spigot mortar bomb 16 32 Italy Motor vehicles, North Africa 20 27 Standard weapons 11 40 Russia Propeller-driven sleds 12 37 General Ammunition, Axis hollow-charge 18 27 Clearing objects dropped on Allied airdromes 14 41 "Crowsfeet," report of Italian pilot on 12 40 Dust, effect on motors 14 41 Motor transport problems in French Equatorial Africa 14 42 Sleds for winter warfare 19 28 QUARTERMASTER Britain Supply problem 19 41 Germany Concentrated food 20 30 Division supply, German 21st armored division 16 34 Equipment, reports from the field on performance of 15 40 New German methods against Russian winter conditions 12 41 New Luftwaffe overall 20 30 Parachute-troop equipment 13 45 Rations in Libya 18 29 Road trains 17 42 Water supplies of a German tank battalion in Libya 16 35 Japan Parachute troop equipment 14 47 Uniform, varieties of 16 35 General Conservation of Class III supplies 14 49 Mobilization of iron stocks 14 50 Uniforms, reversible 19 43 United States Rations and kitchen equipment under desert conditions 15 40 SIGNAL CORPS Britain Signal security in North Africa 19 43 Germany Army signal regiment 16 38 Automatic meteorological transmitter 16 37 Wire communication in North Africa 15 42 Italy Parachute signal flare 13 29 GENERAL Discipline, German 20 31 Factors responsible for British victory in Middle East 14 50 Japanese field instructions, selections from 16 39 Movements at night, aids to 16 38 Pay army personnel in Africa, German 20 33 Sago palm, food from 16 44 Summary and evaluation of operations in Egypt, October 23 to November 7, 1942 15 46 GLOSSARY Britain Terms used in relation to armor 18 30 SUPPLEMENTS 11 German spearhead in the Kiev operation. 12 Some examples of Katakana (Phonetic Japanese) used in communications. 13 Notes on Japanese tactics. 14 American and British tactics--as viewed by the Japanese. 15 Seafood in the Indo-Pacific area. 16 German advance from the North--Kiev operation. 17 German attack at El Alamein: August 31-September 5, 1942. 18 German attack under cover of area smoke screen. 19 "Dangers" of the tropics. 20 Regulations governing Japanese troops occupying conquered areas. CORRECTIONS No. 12, p. 7 17 55 No. 13, p. 31 20 60 No. 14, p. 15 19 55 No. 14, p. 48 17 55 No. 16, p. 43 17 55

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