Intelligence Articles by Subject

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The Intelligence Bulletin and Tactical and Technical Trends were published by the U.S. Military Intelligence Service throughout WWII to inform soldiers of the latest enemy tactics and weapons.

	ARMORED VEHICLES     ◊ Operating the Mark IV Tank - Translated German training pamphlet (IB, 12/42) ◊ German Heavy Tank PzKw 6 - Early report on new Tiger tank in North Africa (TT&T, 5/43) ◊ Tiger: New German Heavy Tank - Report on Tigers encountered in North Africa (IB, 6/43) ◊ 75-mm Assault Artillery - Russian info on Sturmgeschütz III (IB, 7/43) ◊ Attack Against German Heavy Tank - British anti-tank against Tiger in Tunisia (TT&T, 7/43) ◊ Further Information About German Tanks - Armor thickness and submersibility (IB, 9/43) ◊ New Self-Propelled Gun - Russian report on the German Ferdinand tank at Kursk (IB, 10/43) ◊ German Panther Tank - PzKpfw. V, the new German medium panzer (TT&T, 11/43) ◊ Vulnerability of Tiger Tanks - Russian article on tactics against the Tiger (TT&T, 12/43) ◊ German 128-mm SP Gun - 128-mm self-propelled gun on the PzKpfw. VI chassis (TT&T, 12/43) ◊ German Submersible Tanks - Modified PzKpfw. III and PzKpfw. VI tanks (TT&T, 12/43) ◊ New Heavy Tank: The Pz. Kw. 5 (Panther) - German Panzer V (IB, 1/44) ◊ German Prisoners Discuss the Pz. Kw. 6 - Tiger tank deployment and tactics (IB, 4/44) ◊ Flame-Throwing Pz. Kw. 3 - PzKpfw. III flamethrower version in Italy (IB, 7/44) ◊ Pantiger, A Redesigned Tiger - German Tiger II encountered in Normandy (TT&T, 10/44) ◊ Tank Talk - German tank trends, armor tactics, and vulnerabilities of the Tiger (IB, 10/44) ◊ Flamethrower Halftracks - Tactics of personnel carriers with flamethrowers (IB, 11/44) ◊ German Assault Artillery - Self-propelled guns and tactics (IB, 12/44) ◊ Tiger Tanks in the Battle for Florence - New Zealand troops battle the Tiger I (IB, 1/45) ◊ German Remote-Control MG - Machine-guns for assault guns and tank destroyers (IB, 5/45) ◊ The German Mouse - Super-heavy Maus tank became a white elephant (IB, 3/46)   WEAPONS & EQUIPMENT     ◊ German 88mm in the Libyan Battle - Effectiveness of 88mm in North Africa (IB, 7/42) ◊ Focke Wulf — FW190 - Brief report on new German fighter (IB, 9/42) ◊ Night Driving Equipment - German vehicle lights for night driving (IB, 9/42) ◊ German Sub-Stratosphere Planes - High-altitude Ju86 (IB, 11/42) ◊ The Junkers (Ju) 88 - Brief report on Luftwaffe bomber and fighter (IB, 12/42) ◊ 50-mm Light Mortar - German mortar compared to U.S. 60-mm (IB, 1/43) ◊ 50-mm Antitank Gun - German 50-mm antitank gun encountered in North Africa (IB, 2/43) ◊ German Gun-Howitzer (Standard 105 mm) - Comparison to U.S. 105-mm artillery (IB, 4/43) ◊ Antitank and Tank Guns - German 50-mm, 75-mm, and 88-mm guns (IB, 5/43) ◊ New 75-mm Antitank Gun - Preliminary info on German 75-mm antitank gun (IB, 7/43) ◊ Nebelwerfer 41 - Initial report on German rocket weapon, the "Screaming Mimi" (IB, 11/43) ◊ Portable Flame Throwers - German flame thrower models (IB, 4/44) ◊ New German Rifle for Paratroopers - The Fallschirmjäger Gewehr 42, F.G. 42 (IB, 6/44) ◊ Remote-Control Vehicles - German demolition vehicles such as the "Goliath" (IB, 7/44) ◊ Hollow-Charge Antitank Grenades - Panzerfaust and Panzerschreck (TT&T, 11/44) ◊ German Antitank Weapons - Pak, Flak, SP guns, Panzerfaust, and Panzerschreck (IB, 11/44) ◊ German Light Amphibious Car - Report on the Schwimmwagen amphibious car (IB, 12/44) ◊ New 88 and its Carriages - Model 1943 and mounts, Jagdpanther and Tiger II (IB, 1/45) ◊ Germany's Rocket and Recoilless Weapons - Nebelwerfer, Panzerfaust, etc. (IB, 3/45) ◊ How to Throw the Panzerwurfmine - Instructions for hollow-charge antitank grenade (IB, 3/45) ◊ Panzerhandmine 3 - Variant of the magnetic hollow-charge Hafthohlladung (IB, 5/45) ◊ Concrete Stick Hand Grenade - "Potato mashers" with concrete heads (IB, 6/45)   DEFENSES     ◊ Infantry Fieldworks - Excerpts from German documents (IB, 3/43) ◊ Some Basic Principles of Coastal Defense - German defense tactics (IB, 9/43) ◊ Barbed-Wire Obstacles - German use in Atlantic Wall (IB, 9/43) ◊ Types of Concrete Antitank Obstacles - Used in German coastal defense (IB, 9/43) ◊ A Prepared Defensive Position in Italy - German battalion defensive position (IB, 3/44) ◊ More German Obstacles - Defensive positions in Europe (IB, 3/44) ◊ German Field Defenses Observed in Italy - Dugouts and MG positions (IB, 5/44) ◊ How the Enemy Defended the Town of Ortona - German defenses in Italy (IB, 7/44) ◊ A German Defense Area on the Anzio Front - German platoon position (IB, 7/44) ◊ German Mobile Steel Pillbox - Machine-gun pillbox used in Italy and Russia (IB, 7/44) ◊ Some Fortifications Observed in Italy - German pillboxes and positions in Italy (IB, 8/44) ◊ Defense Measures for the Anzio Perimeter - German defenses at Anzio (IB, 8/44) ◊ Pillbox Warfare - Rifle companies describe combat in the Siegfried Line (IB, 1/45) ◊ Fortress Battalions and How They Are Used - German defense troops (IB, 2/45)   TACTICS     ◊ Reconnaissance Units - German recon tactics from captured manuals (IB, 11/42) ◊ Armored Force Tactics in the Middle East - Africa Corps tactics in Libya (IB, 2/43) ◊ Use of 20-mm AA/AT Gun Against Ground Targets - German light flak (IB, 2/43) ◊ Recent Developments in German Tactics - Artillery, armor, and defenses (IB, 4/43) ◊ Reconnaissance By Light Tank Platoons - German recon tactics (IB, 5/43) ◊ Panzer Grenadiers - German units and their tactics (IB, 5/43) ◊ Methods of Employing Tanks with Infantry - Tactics in North Africa (IB, 7/43) ◊ Antitank Tactics as Seen by U.S. Combat Personnel - German A/T in N. Africa (IB, 7/43) ◊ Combat in High Mountains, Snow, and Extreme Cold - German tactics (IB, 7/43) ◊ Tactics Used by Pz. Kw. 4's (with Short 75-mm Gun) - Panzer tactics (IB, 7/43) ◊ Engineer Assault Tactics - German tactics from PW interviews (IB, 8/43) ◊ Reconnaissance Methods - German recon tactics from Russian sources (IB, 9/43) ◊ Weaknesses of Artillery Defensive Positions - Hermann Goering Division in Sicily (IB, 11/43) ◊ German Soldier Describes Terror of Sicily Retreat - Captured soldier's letter (IB, 11/43) ◊ Use of Tanks with Infantry - Rights and wrongs from German documents (IB, 12/43) ◊ British Comments on German Use of Tanks - Ten commandments for tanks (IB, 1/44) ◊ von Arnim Discusses Junior Leadership - Captured Fifth Panzer Army orders (IB, 2/44) ◊ A German Company in the Defense - Captured documents on defense tactics in Italy (IB, 3/44) ◊ German Tank Platoons Operating as Points - Composition and employment (IB, 6/44) ◊ Ground Tactics of German Paratroops - From captured directive (IB, 6/44) ◊ Tactics of Individual German Arms in Italy - Defense and rear-guard tactics (IB, 8/44) ◊ Smoke-Shell Tactics Used by German Tanks - Tactical use of smoke by panzers (IB, 8/44) ◊ A Tank-Infantry Team Observed in Combat - German attack in Normandy (IB, 12/44) ◊ Heavy Mobile Punch - Late-war tactics of German armor (IB, 5/45)   RED ARMY     ◊ Night Combat by Russian Cavalry - Night raid on German units (IB, 10/42) ◊ Russian Antitank Tactics - Artillery, air support, and antitank rifle (IB, 1/43) ◊ Russian Use of the Antitank Rifle - Translated instructions for antitank riflemen (IB, 6/45) ◊ Soviet Infiltration Units in Mountain Warfare - Russian tactics against Germany (IB, 6/45) ◊ Red Army Guards - Guards and other unit designations (IB, 3/46) ◊ Red Army Officers' Corps - WWII revival of officer traditions (IB, 3/46) ◊ On The Way! - Employment of mortars in the Red Army (IB, 5/46) ◊ Cavalry in Mass - Soviet employment of cavalry on Eastern Front (IB, 5/46) ◊ Tokarev M1940 - Russian semiautomatic rifle (IB, 5/46) ◊ Geronimo! and the Red Army - Soviet airborne forces (IB, 5/46) ◊ Soviet Tanks in City Fighting - Red Army tactics in Battle of Berlin (IB, 6/46) ◊ The Red Army Infantryman - The individual soldier in military service (IB, 6/46) ◊ Soviet Hand Grenades - Types of WWII Red Army hand grenades (IB, 6/46)   ITALIAN ARMY     ◊ Weapons Most Frequently Used - Italian infantry weapons (IB, 11/42) ◊ Radio Transmission - Radio security lessons from captured Italian report (IB, 11/42) ◊ Flame Throwers - Italian portable and tank-mounted flamethrowers (IB, 12/42) ◊ 81-mm Mortar - Italian Model 35 81-mm mortar, similar to U.S. M1 mortar (IB, 1/43) ◊ Torpedo Bomber - Italian Savoia-Marchetti SM-79 torpedo bomber and tactics (IB, 1/43) ◊ Notes on Attack - Captured Italian notes on infantry attack (IB, 8/43)   OTHER     ◊ Armored Forces - 88-mm gun, tanks in the spotlight, and mechanized warfare (IB, 9/42) ◊ Parachutists - German Luftwaffe airborne troops (IB, 9/42) ◊ 'Secret' Weapon Again? - Propaganda of German secret weapon used in Russia (IB, 9/42) ◊ Balanced Antitank Protection - German small-unit antitank measures (IB, 10/42) ◊ Developments in Desert Warfare - Desert fighting in North Africa (IB, 10/42) ◊ "Do's" and "Don'ts" for British Armored Units - Informal notes from North Africa (IB, 10/42) ◊ Miscellaneous, Oct. 1942 - German use of dogs, convoy speeds, and Italian relations (IB, 10/42) ◊ Defense Against Aircraft - German searchlights, flak, and barrage balloons (IB, 11/42) ◊ Notes from the North African Theater - Miscellaneous notes on German forces (IB, 12/42) ◊ Prisoners of War - German and British methods of questioning PWs (IB, 12/42) ◊ Miscellaneous, Dec. 1942 - German use of tanks and blister gas treatment (IB, 12/42) ◊ Notes on British Antitank Tactics - In North Africa (IB, 1/43) ◊ British Training and Use of Dogs - Training and tactical use in WWII (IB, 1/43) ◊ Security in the Field - German field security notes (IB, 1/43) ◊ Attacks on Concrete Fortifications - German methods from British intel report (IB, 2/43) ◊ How New Zealand Troops Penetrate Wire Obstacles - North Africa (IB, 2/43) ◊ Miscellaneous, Feb. 1943 - German field patches for armor and map symbols (IB, 2/43) ◊ British Nicknames of Tanks - Allied armor nicknames (IB, 3/43) ◊ Notes on Security From the Middle East - British field security notes (IB, 3/43) ◊ Visual Signals between Air and Ground Forces - Signal methods (IB, 3/43) ◊ Interrogation of British Prisoners of War - Captured German instructions (IB, 3/43) ◊ Miscellaneous, March 1943 - German assault bridge and smoke against tanks (IB, 3/43) ◊ Air Forces - Luftwaffe Henschel 129 and Dornier 217E bombers (IB, 3/43) ◊ German Air Forces - Tactics against ground troops and flying discipline (IB, 4/43) ◊ Miscellaneous, April 1943 - German vehicle destruction, new insignia, firefight (IB, 4/43) ◊ German Tank Maintenance and Recovery - Practices in North Africa (IB, 4/43) ◊ Defense Against Ground-Attack Planes - German defense tactics (IB, 5/43) ◊ Parachute Troops - German parachute troops and new jump methods (IB, 5/43) ◊ Miscellaneous, May 1943 - 88-mm, MG-42, tank recognition, flamethrower Pz II (IB, 4/43) ◊ Some British Trends in Combat Firing - Training notes (IB, 7/43) ◊ Miscellaneous, July 1943 - Obstructing airdromes, delay tactics, and using tanks (IB, 7/43) ◊ How British Deal with Road Craters, Obstacles - From British documents (IB, 8/43) ◊ British Junior Officer Tells Combat Experiences - Platoon leader discusses tactics (IB, 8/43) ◊ Miscellaneous, Aug. 1943 - German instructions for capture, ruses, roving guns (IB, 8/43) ◊ German Rules for Use of Contamination Batteries - Excerpts from enemy manual (IB, 9/43) ◊ Some Notes on German Moutain Warfare - Mountain tactics (IB, 3/44) ◊ German Close-Order Drill - Drill commands and how to pronounce them (IB, 3/44) ◊ Notes on German Vehicle Markings - To aid in operating captured vehicles (IB, 4/44) ◊ German Efforts to Break United Nations Security - POW interrogation (IB, 5/44) ◊ How Paratroops Clear Fields for Gliders - German methods to clear airfields (IB, 6/44) ◊ New German Emphasis on Salvaging Matériel - Captured German orders (IB, 6/44) ◊ Souvenir Hunting is Still a Problem - Enemy intelligence lost from souvenir hunters (IB, 6/44) ◊ Rations as a Factor in Paratroop Efficiency - German paratrooper rations (IB, 6/44) ◊ Ruses for Concealing Artillery Positions - Translated Russian article (IB, 7/44) ◊ Warning Markers for Contaminated Areas - Wehrmacht warning flags (IB, 7/44) ◊ Combat Smoke Screens Recently Used in Italy - German smoke screens at Anzio (IB, 7/44) ◊ G.I. Comments on German Use of Fire Power - GI officer and noncom accounts (IB, 12/44) ◊ What Jerry Thinks of Us... and Himself - German PW comments in Italy (IB, 12/44) ◊ How to Help the Enemy - Importance of field security and security regulations (IB, 1/45) ◊ The German Volkssturm - National militia organized for final defense (IB, 2/45) ◊ Ordnance Intelligence Teams - U.S. intel teams investigate enemy weapons (IB, 2/45) ◊ PW Interrogation: The Germans Mean Business - German interrogation methods (IB, 3/45) ◊ In Brief, March 1945 - German bicycle troops, assault guns, and forest tactics (IB, 3/45) ◊ What the Germans Learned at Warsaw - Translation of German training article (IB, 4/45) ◊ In Brief, April 1945 - Assault-unit tactics, counterattacks, and Model's methods (IB, 4/45) ◊ von Rundstedt Explains - Reasons for German defeat in the West (IB, 3/46) ◊ What Do You Know About Foreign Weapons? - Use of captured equipment (IB, 3/46) ◊ Operation Easter Egg - Abwehr sabotage depots in Western Europe (IB, 3/46) ◊ German Horse Cavalry and Transport - Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS cavalry (IB, 3/46) ◊ Noise That Kills - German experimental sound wave weapon (IB, 5/46) ◊ The Electric Gun - German experiments with electrically launched projectiles (IB, 5/46) ◊ The German Kamikazes - Efforts to organize suicide attacks on the Allied invasion (IB, 6/46) ◊ Name, Rank, Serial No., Plus - German interrogation methods (IB, 6/46)