Military Manuals

Created 25 September 2023

This is a semi-comprehensive attempt to try and gather as much military manuals as possible into one easy to locate location.

Due to me being in the USA; along with the US Government's view of US Government Publications being copyright free, most of the manuals here will be US in scope; as the British Government's Crown Copyright lasts for 50 years after date of publication, meaning that the latest UK manuals we can get (in 2023) will be from 1973 or earlier.

Background to US Army Military Manuals
(Written by Military/Info Publishing)

Early Military Manuals

Until the 1890’s there were no army manuals in the current sense. Military manuals before the 1890’s were foreign imports or privately published manuals and textbooks, without any numbering. For all practical purposes they were simply books, with an author and title.

From the late 1880 until the end of First World War military manuals were either War Department Documents or Ordnance Department Documents. Both types of documents were numbered consecutively (1,2, 3, etc.) as they appeared with no variations concerning subject matter. But there was often a branch numbering system superimposed on the manual. For example War Department Document No.541 could also be Signal Manual No.3.

War Department Documents were approximately similar to modern Field Manuals with an occasional one concerned with a technical subject like signal communications and were usually hard covered books. Ordnance Department Documents were similar to modern Technical Manuals and could be either hard cover or paper backed.

After the First World War

Manuals began to be issued in loose leaf form designed to be placed in binders, numbering prefects including TR (Training Regulations), TM (Training Manuals), and TC (Training Circulars), with TR’s being the most common type. There Prefixes were followed by a two to four digit number then a dash followed by a two to three digit number. Like “TR 50-70 or TR 425-30”. The first set of numbers noted the subject while the second set noted the number of the book under the subject. The subject number system was fairly complex. Unfortunately too complex for the length of this essay.

The Technical subjects of the earlier Ordnance Documents were incorporated into the Training regulation system.

The Late 1930’s

The Training Regulations were merged into a series of branch Field Manuals, like Basic Field Manual, Cavalry Field Manual, etc. The Field Manuals of this period did not have a number system like current manuals. Instead FM 21-75 they are titled by subject like “Basic Field Manual, Volume I, Chapter 3”.

World War Two and After

The current U.S.Army manual number system was started at the beginning of the Second World War. The primarily types of manuals became either FM’s (Field Manuals), or TM’s (Technical Manuals), later followed by a bewildering arrangement of lesser Prefixes like TC (Training Circulars). ST (Special Texts), FC (Field Circulars), just to name a few.

Field Manuals were usually numbered by a one to two digit number followed by a dash followed by a one to two digit number, like “FM 21-75”, with the first series on numbers being the subject classification of the manual and the second series being the particular manual.

Technical Manuals were numbered at first like FM’s, but because they were vastly more of them by the early 1960’s, they began to be changed to a more complex system.

Early TM’s have numbers like “TM 9-2300”. The first number being the subject or branch of the Army. Number “9” means that it is an Ordnance Branch manual. The second series of numbers referring to the particular manual.

The many later TM’s, concerned with single pieces of equipment, especially Ordnance equipment, were numbered like “TM 9-1005-223-12”. The first number refers to the branch. The number “9” means that it is an Ordnance branch document. The second series of numbers refer to the subject type. The third series refers to the particular piece of equipment or subject. The four series on numbers refer to the level of maintenance which the manual is concerned with. With “10-12” being operator and organizational maintenance level, and with higher numbers concerned with a higher level, 20’s being direct support, 30’s being general support.

While this essay can only give the reader a brief snapshot of the coding system, I hope that it will clear up some confusion.

United States Army (USA) Manuals

Miscellaneous Manuals/Pamphlets

USAFTAC/USATRADOC Air-Land Battle Primer (June 1978) – 2.8 MB PDF

U.S. Army 1930s Manuals

A MANUAL FOR COMMANDERS OF LARGE UNITS. (M.C.L.U.)

Vol. I. Operations.—A guide for commanders and staffs for tactical operations of large units.

Vol. II. Administration.—A guide for the administration of large units in a theater of operations.

STAFF OFFICERS’ FIELD MANUAL. (S.O.F.M.)

Staff principles and functions applicable to the staffs of all units, together with pertinent reference data.

BASIC FIELD MANUALS. (B.F.M.)

Training, administrative, and reference data applicable to more than one arm, with special reference to the smaller units.

Vol. I. Field Service Pocketbook. (F.S.P.)—The individual.

Vol. II. Infantry Drill Regulations. (I.D.R.)—Drill, dismounted ceremonies and inspections; the infantry pack, display of equipment and tent drill.

Vol. III. Basic Weapons. (B.W.)—Marksmanship and mechanical training of the rifle, automatic rifle, pistol, machine gun, 37-mm. gun, 3-inch trench mortar, bayonet and grenade instruction, technique of fire (37-mm. gun, 3-inch trench mortar and machine gun); musketry and combat practice of small units; instruments.

Vol. IV. Signal Communication. (S.C.)—Signal regulations and technical information needed by officers and enlisted men on signal communications duty of arms other than the Signal Corps.

Vol. V. Transport. (T.)—Equitation, training remounts, use and care of animals and of animal-drawn, pack, motor, and tractor transport.

Vol. VI. Administrative Regulations. (A.R.)—Army Regulations essential to small units.

Vol. VII. Military Law. (M.L.)—The Manual for Courts-Martial, including the Articles of War; the Rules of Land Warfare, including recent conventions relative to the sick and wounded of armies in the field and to prisoners of war; an epitome of the legal principles applicable to military forces when aiding the civil power.

Vol. VIII. Operations of Combined Arms (Small Units). (O.C.A.)—The principles, doctrines, and methods governing the tactical employment of combined arms with reference to the small units.

FIELD MANUALS FOR THE ARMS

The manual for each arm contains, primarily, the principles, doctrines, and methods governing the employment of that arm and pertinent reference data.

Infantry Field Manual. (I.F.M.)

Vol. I. Units other than Tanks.

Vol. II. Tank Units.

Cavalry Field Manual. (C.F.M.)

Field Artillery Field Manual. (F.A.F.M.)

Vol. I. Organization and Drill.

Vol. II. Tactics and Technique.

Coast Artillery Field Manual. (C.A.F.M.)

Vol. I. Harbor Defense, Railway and Tractor-drawn Units.

Vol. II. Antiaircraft Artillery Units.

Air Corps Field Manual. (A.C.F.M.)

Engineer Field Manual. (E.F.M.)

Vol. I. Engineer Troops.

Vol. II. Military Engineering.

Signal Corps Field Manual. (S.C.F.M.)

Vol. I. Signal Corps Troops.

Vol. II. Signal Corps Operations.

US Army FM/TM Numbering Explained

It used to be under the 1940s system that a FM/TM would have a two sequence designation:

Basic Number
and
Subnumber

Where subnumbers 0 to 199 were assigned to field manuals and 200 and up were given to Technical Manuals.

For nearly sixty years, US Army FMs conformed to the basic categories set down in the 1940s for Basic Number Series, but from the 2000s onwards, they started to renumber the manuals to be “Joint”.

1 Series (Air)

FM 1-5 Employment of Aviation of the Army (15 April 1940)
FM 1-5 Employment of Aviation of the Army (18 January 1943) – 8.4 MB PDF
FM 1-5 Army Aviation Organizations and Employment, C6 (May 1959) – 3.1 MB PDF
FM 1-10 Tactics and Technique of Air Attack (20 November 1940) – 7.2 MB PDF
FM 1-10 Army Aviation Organizational Aircraft Maintenance and Supply, C1 (August 1960) – 1.8 MB PDF
FM 1-15 Tactics and Technique of Air Fighting (9 September 1940)
FM 1-15 Tactics and Technique of Air Fighting (10 April 1942) (1.1 MB PDF Ver A / 2.9 MB PDF Ver B)
FM 1-20 Tactics and Technique of Air Reconnaissance and Observation (20 April 1942)
FM 1-25 Air Defense (15 June 1943)
FM 1-26 Army Air Forces Field Manual: Defense of Airdromes, C1 (20 January 1944) – 4.6 MB PDF
FM 1-30 Tactical Doctrine of Troop Carrier Aviation (12 August 1947)
FM 1-30 Air Navigation (30 August 1940)
FM 1-35 Air Corps Field Manual: Aerial Photography (20 December 1940) – 2.4 MB PDF
FM 1-35 Aerial Photography (1941)
FM 1-35 Aerial Photography (3 December 1942)
FM 1-40 Air Corps Field Manual: Intelligence Procedure in Aviation Units (9 September 1940) – 2.7 MB PDF
FM 1-45 Signal Communication (4 December 1942)
FM 1-46 Fighter Radiotelephone Procedures and Code (15 May 1943)
FM 1-46 Fighter Radiotelephone Procedures and Code (18 September 1946)
FM 1-50 Army Air Forces Field Manual: Weather (2 May 1942) – 8.8 MB PDF
FM 1-55 Reference Data, Administration (22 April 1942) – 4.6 MB PDF
FM 1-60 Reviews and Inspections (4 April 1941)
FM 1-75 Combat Orders (16 June 1942)
FM 1-110 Selection of Bombs and Fuzes for Destruction of Various Targets (9 April 1945)
FM 1-195 Service Center (26 Sep 1942)

TM 1-260 Dive Bombing (14 December 1942)
TM 1-282 Tactics and Technique of Air Chemical Spraying (27 February 1943)

2 Series (Cavalry)

FM 2-5 Horse Cavalry (6 August 1940)
FM 2-5 Cavalry Drill Regulations, Horse (13 March 1944) – 2.6 MB PDF
FM 2-6 Crew Drill, Light Armored Car M8 (30 December 1943) – 466 kb PDF (Version A)
FM 2-6 Crew Drill, Light Armored Car M8 (30 December 1943) – 835 kb PDF (Version B)
FM 2-7 Cavalry Drill Regulations, Mechanized (15 March 1944) – 865 kb PDF
FM 2-10 Mechanized Cavalry (3 Jan 1938)
FM 2-10 Cavalry Field Manual: Mechanized Elements (8 April 1941) – 1.6 MB PDF
FM 2-15 Cavalry Field Manual: Employment of Cavalry (3 January 1938)
FM 2-15 Cavalry Field Manual: Employment of Cavalry (8 April 1941) – 3.6 MB PDF
FM 2-20 Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized. (24 February 1944) – 5.1 MB PDF
FM 2-30 Cavalry Field Manual: Cavalry Mechanized Reconnaissance Squadron (29 March 1943) – 1.6 MB PDF
FM 2-30 Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized (28 August 1944) – 1.6 MB PDF

3 Series (Chemical Warfare)

FM 3-5 Tactics and Technique (1 August 1938)
FM 3-5 Tactics of Chemical Warfare (20 July 1942) – 11.49 MB PDF (would get C1, 2 later)

NOTE: FM 3-5 and 3-6 (1946) were post-war “cleanups” of work that was already well underway when the Japanese surrendered in August 1945. You can figure this out by the number of references to specific wartime situations that crept into these manuals. Because of their extreme importance in representing “field tables” for the use of Chemical Weapons circa Summer 1945, I have taken the rare step of OCRing both manuals completely; hence the hyperlinks below, in addition to the PDF document links.

FM 3-5 Characteristics and Employment of Ground Chemical Munitions (1 May 1946) (409 MB PDF) (30.2 MB Shrunk PDF)
(Copy from University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA)

FM 3-6 Employment and Characteristics of Air Chemical Munitions (1 October 1946) (367 MB PDF) (25.2 MB Shrunk PDF)
(Copy from University of Maryland, College Park, MD)

The reason for the massive file sizes is that I had to use the document scanner at University of Maryland's McKeldin Library to scan both Field Manuals; and even that high end scanner doesn't have the 'voodoo' that Google Books' project does. So there's a lot of blurry and out of focus pages; and I don't want to take the chance of losing information totally by reducing their file size down to 2-bit binary.

I have included a “shrunk” version for each of them, using Adobe Acrobat's “Reduce File Sizes” option, for those of you on limited bandwidth connections.

FM 3-10 Examination for Gunners, C1 ( 10 June 1940)
FM 3-11.19 Multi-Service Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Reconnaissance (July 2004)
FM 3-15 Supply and Field Service, C1, 2, 3, 4 (17 Feb 1941)
FM 3-25 Chemical Laboratory Company (3 Aug. 44)
FM 3-30 Chemical Processing Company (Theater of Operations) (2 Mar 1944)
FM 3-50 Large Area Smoke Screening, C1 (24 Mar. 44)
FM 3-65 Chemical Depot Company (1 Dec. 44)
FM 3-70 Chemical Decontamination Company (1 Sep. 44)

TM 3-215 Military Chemistry and Chemical Agents, C1, 2 (21 April 1942)
TM 3-220 Decontamination, C1, 2 (15 November 1943)
TM 3-240 Chemical Warfare Weather Manual (17 April 1944)
TM 3-300 Ground Chemical Munitions (August 1956)
TM 3-305 Use of Chemical Agents and Munitions in Training (2 June 1944)
TM 3-400 Chemical Bombs and Clusters (May 1957) (also AF TO 11C2-1-1) – 13.7 MB PDF

FM 3-0 Operations (June 2001)

4 Series (Coast Artillery)

NOTE: Until 1 June 1944, the 4-series also included Anti-Aircraft.

FM 4-5 20 Jun. 44. Tactics.
FM 4-6 1 May 42. Seacoast Artillery: Tactics and Technique of Controlled Submarine Mines. C 1, 2, 3.
FM 4-10 Gunnery ( 20 May 44)
FM 4-15 Seacoast Artillery: Fire Control and Position Finding (5 Nov. 43)
FM 4-19 Examination for Gunners (15 May 44.)
FM 4-20 Firing Preparations, Safety Precautions, Care and Service of Materiel ( 22 Mar. 44)
FM 4-24 Service of the Piece—155-mm Gun M1 (16 Aug. 43)
FM 4-25 Coast Artillery, Service of the Piece— 155-mm Gun (G.P.F.) ( 28 Feb. 44)
FM 4-29 War Department field manual, service of seacoast searchlight ( 1945)
FM 4-30 15 Dec. 43. Service of the Piece—Service of Gun Data Computer M1.
FM 4-32 1 Feb. 44. Seacoast Artillery: Service of the Base-End Data and Gun Data Transmission Systems.
FM 4-35 15 Jun. 40. Service of the Piece — 14-Inch Gun M1920MII on Railway Mount M1920. C 1, 2.
FM 4-40 20 May 40. Service of the Piece—12-Inch Mortar, Railway Artillery. C 1, 2.
FM 4-48 26 Jul. 43. Service of the Piece—8-Inch Gun, Mk, VI, Modification 3A2 on Barbette Carriage M1.
FM 4-49 6 Aug. 42. Service of the Piece—8-Inch Gun, Mk, VI, Modification 3A2, on Railway Mount M1A1. C 1.
FM 4-50 15 May 40. Seacoast Artillery: Service of the Piece —8-Inch Gun, Railway Artillery. C 1.
FM 4-51 3 May 43. Seacoast Artillery: Operation and care of Railway Artillery Equipment.
FM 4-60 15 May 40. Seacoast Artillery: Service of the Piece —12-Inch Gun (Barbette Carriage).
FM 4-61 14 Dec. 44. Service of the Piece 12-inch Gun Case-mated.
FM 4-70 1 May 40. Seacoast Artillery: Service of the Piece —6-Inch Gun (Disappearing Carriage). C 1.
FM 4-74 15 Aug. 44. Service of the Piece — 6-Inch Gun M1903A2 or M1905A2 on BC M1 and M2 6-Inch Gun M1 on BC M3 and M4.
FM 4-75 10 Apr. 40. Seacoast Artillery: Service of the Piece —6-Inch Gun Barbette Carriage. C 1.
FM 4-80 1 May 40. Seacoast Artillery: Service of the Piece —12-inch and 14-Inch Guns (Disappearing Carriage). C 1.
FM 4-85 20 Jun. 40. Seacoast Artillery: Service of the Piece —16-Inch Gun and Howitzer. C 1, 2, 3.
FM 4-86 10 Aug. 44. Service of the Piece—16-Inch Gun, Case-mated.
FM 4-90 20 May 40. Seacoast Artillery: Service of the Piece 3-Inch Rapid-Fire Gun (Barbette Carriage).
FM 4-91 26 Sep. 44. Coast Artillery—Service of the Piece— 90-mm Gun Ml on 90-mm Mount M3.
FM 4-95 15 Sept. 43. Seacoast Artillery. Service of Radio Set SCR-296-A. C 1.
FM 4-96 9 Nov. 43. Seacoast Artillery: Service of Radio Set SCR-582. C 1.
FM 4-97 26 Sep. 44. Service of the Radio Set SCR-682-A.
FM 4-100 28 June 43. Antiaircraft Artillery: Organization and Tactics.
FM 4-104 30 June 43. Antiaircraft Artillery: Employment of Antiaircraft Guns.
FM 4-106 30 June 43. Antiaircraft Artillery: Employment of Antiaircraft Searchlights and the AAAIS. C 1.
FM 4-110 Coast Artillery field manual, antiaircraft artillery, gunnery, fire control, and position finding, antiaircraft guns ( 1940)
FM 4-110 28 Sep. 43. Antiaircraft Artillery: Gunnery. C 1.
FM 4-111 Coast Artillery field manual, antiaircraft artillery, position finding and control, antiaircraft searchlights ( 1940)
FM 4-112 Coast Artillery field manual, antiaircraft artillery, gunnery, fire control, position finding, and horizontal fire, antiaircraft automatic weapons (case I firing) ( 1942)
FM 4-115 Coast Artillery field manual, antiaircraft artillery, operation of materiel and employment of personnel, antiaircraft searchlight units ( 1940)
FM 4-117 Coast Artillery field manual, barrage balloon, operation of materiel and employment of personnel ( 1942)
FM 4-119 9 Dec. 43. Antiaircraft Artillery: Examination for Gunners.
FM 4-120 17 Nov. 43. Formations and Instructions. C 1.
FM 4-121 22 Dec. 43. Fire Control Guns. C 1.
FM 4-125 17 Jan. 42. Antiaircraft Artillery: Service of the Piece—3-Inch Antiaircraft Gun. C 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
FM 4-126 25 Oct. 43. Antiaircraft Artillery: Service of the Piece—90-mm AA Gun M2, on M1A1 Mount. C 1, 2.
FM 4-127 31 Oct. 43. Antiaircraft Artillery: Service of the Piece—90-mm AA Gun M2, on Mount M2. C 1, 2.
FM 4-128 15 Sep. 43. Antiaircraft Artillery: Service of the Piece—4.7-Inch AA Gun. C 1, 2.
FM 4-130 17 June 40. Antiaircraft Artillery: Service of the Piece—105-mm Antiaircraft Gun.
FM 4-136 13 Oct. 43. Antiaircraft Artillery: Service of Directors M4 and M7. C 1.
FM 4-142 20 Oct. 43. Service of Height Finders M1 and M2. C1.
FM 4-143 30 June 43. Service of Height Finder SCR-547. C 1, 2.
FM 4-144 10 Nov. 43. Antiaircraft Artillery: Service of Radio Set SCR-584. C 1, 2.
FM 4-146 2 Nov. 43. Antiaircraft Artillery: Service of Radio Set SCR-545. C 1, 2.
FM 4-151 30 June 43. Antiaircraft Artillery Fire Control, Automatic Weapon.
FM 4-155 4 Oct. 43. Service of the Piece—Caliber .50 AA Machine Gun. C .1, 2.
FM 4-157 30 Oct. 43. Antiaircraft Artillery: Service of the Piece—Multiple Machine Gun Mounts. C 1.
FM 4-160 5 Nov. 43. Service of the Piece—40-mm Fire Unit. C 1.
FM 4-175 22 Dec. 43. Antiaircraft Artillery: Service of the Searchlight. C 1.
FM 4-176 30 Dec. 43. Service of Radio Set SCR-268. C 1, 2.
FM 4-181 30 June 43. Employment of Barrage Balloons. C1,2.
FM 4-182 15 Nov. 43. Barrage Balloon Technique. C 1.
FM 4-183 1 July 43. Antiaircraft Artillery: Balloon Barrage Control.
FM 4-184 13 Apr. 43. Antiaircraft Artillery: Barrage Balloon Site Installations. C 1.
FM 4-187 13 Mar. 43. Antiaircraft Artillery: Barrage Balloon, Service of the Balloon and Balloon Equipment, Low Altitude. C1.
FM 4-188 15 Feb. 44. Service of the Balloon and Balloon Equipment, Very Low Altitude.
FM 4-191 29 Sep. 43. Barrage Balloon, Service of Cable Armament, Low Altitude. C1.
FM 4-192 3 Dec. 43. Antiaircraft Artillery: Barrage Balloon, Service of Cable Armament, Very Low Altitude.
FM 4-193 12 Aug. 43. Antiaircraft Artillery; Barrage Balloon, Gas Generation, Use, Purification, and Service of Hydrogen Generator.
FM 4-196 2 June 43. Barrage Balloon, Rigging and Fabric Repair. C 1.
FM 4-198 30 Oct. 43. Barrage Balloon, Reference Data. C1, 2.

TM 4-260 Flak Analysis (1 May 1944)

US Army “New” 4 Series

FM 4-01.41 Army Rail Operations (December 2003)
FM 4-30.1 Munitions Distribution in the Theater of Operations (December 2003)

US Army 5 Series (Engineers)

FM 5-5 11 Oct. 43. Engineer Troops. C 1, 2, 3, 4.
FM 5-6 23 Apr. 43. Operations of Engineer Units. C 1, 2,3,4.
FM 5-10 28 Jan. 44. Construction and Routes of Communication.
FM 5-15 14 Feb. 44. Field Fortifications.
FM 5-20 Feb. 44. Camouflage, Basic Principles (2.6 MB PDF)
FM 5-20A 9 Feb. 44. Camouflage of Individuals and Infantry Weapons (19.9 MB PDF)
FM 5-20B Apr. 44. Camouflage of Vehicles (17.2 MB PDF)
FM 5-20C May 44. Camouflage of Bivouacs, Command Posts, Supply Points, and Medical Installations (9.9 MB PDF)
FM 5-20D 9 Feb. 44. Camouflage of Field Artillery (13.9 MB PDF)
FM 5-20E June 44. Camouflage of Aircraft On The Ground and Airdromes.
FM 5-20F May 44. Camouflage of Antiaircraft Artillery.
FM 5-20H July 44. Camouflage Materials and Manufacturing Techniques.
FM 5-25 29 Feb. 44. Explosives and Demolitions. C 1.
FM 5-30 30 June 43. Obstacle Technique. C 1.
FM 5-31 1 Nov. 43. Land Mines and Booby Traps. C 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.
FM 5-35 24 Mar. 44. Reference Data.

US Army 6 Series (Field Artillery)

FM 6-5 1 Oct. 39. Organization and Drill.
FM 6-20 5 Feb. 44. Tactical Employment.
FM 6-40 Firing (10 October 1939) (2.7 MB PDF)
FM 6-40 Firing, C1, 2, 3 (11 February 1942)
FM 6-40 Field Artillery Gunnery (1 June 1945) (Includes C1 [20 Dec 1945] and C2 [20 Feb 1947]) (22.7 MB PDF)
FM 6-40 Field Artillery Gunnery (January 1950) (46.7 MB PDF)
FM 6-40 Field Artillery Gunnery (1957)
FM 6-40 Field Artillery Cannon Gunnery (1960)
FM 6-40 Field Artillery Cannon Gunnery (1967)
FM 6-40 Field Artillery Cannon Gunnery (1974)
FM 6-40 Field Artillery Cannon Gunnery (1981)
FM 6-40 Field Artillery Cannon Gunnery (1984)
FM 6-50 1 Oct. 39. Service of the Piece–75-mm Gun, M1897 and M1897-A4, Horse-drawn and Truck-drawn. C 1, 2.
FM 6-55 1 Oct. 39. Service of the Piece–75-mm Gun, M2, Horse-drawn and Truck-drawn. C 1,2.
FM 6-56 4 May 42. Service of the Piece–75-mm Gun, M2A3, Truck-drawn and Horse-drawn. C 1.
FM 6-60 1 Oct. 39. Service of the Piece–75-mm Gun, M1916 and M1916-A1, Horse-drawn and Truck-drawn. C 1, 2.
FM 6-65 1 Oct. 39. Service of the Piece–75-mm Gun, M-1917A1, Truck-drawn. C 1, 2, 3.
FM 6-70 14 Oct. 39. Service of the Piece–75-mm Howitzer Horse- and Truck-drawn. C 1, 2, 3, 4.
FM 6-74 10 July 44. Service of the Piece, 105-mm Howitzer, Motor Carriage M-7. C1.
FM 6-75 12 Dec. 41. Service of the Piece–105-mm Howitzer, M2, Truck-drawn. C 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
FM 6-77 12 Jan. 44. Service of the Piece–4.5-Inch Gun M1, C1
FM 6-80 10 Oct. 39. Service of the Piece–155-mm Howitzer, M1918A1, Truck-drawn. C 1,2,3.
FM 6-81 23 Dec. 43. Service of the Piece–155-mm Howitzer M1. C 1.
FM 6-85 10 Oct. 39. Service of the Piece–155-mm Gun, M1918. C 1, 2, 3.
FM 6-86 17 Feb. 44. Service of the Piece–155-mm Gun, Self-Propelled, M12.
FM 6-90 17 Jan. 42. Service of the Piece–155-mm Gun, M1. C 1, 2, 3, 4.
FM 6-91 15 May 42. 8-Inch Howitzer, M1. C 1, 2.
FM 6-95 2 Jan. 40. Service of the Piece–240-mm Howitzer, M1918. C 1, 2.
FM 6-100 Tactics and Technique of Division Artillery and Higher Artillery Echelons (24 May 1944)
FM 6-101 28 June 44. Tactics and Technique, Battalion and Battery, Motorized.
FM 6-105 15 Aug. 44 Armored Division, Artillery.
FM 6-110 1 March 40. Pack Artillery. C 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
FM 6-120 29 June 39. The Observation Battalion. C1.
FM 6-125 16 June 42. Examination of Gunners. C1
FM 6-135 10 Aug. 44. Forward Observation
FM 6-150 30 Aug. 44. Organic Field Artillery Air Observation.

US Army 7 Series (Infantry)

FM 7-10 Rifle Company, Infantry Regiment (18 March 1944)
FM 7-15 Heavy Weapons Company, Rifle Regiment, C1, 2, 3 (19 May 1942)
FM 7-20 Infantry Battalion (1 Oct. 1944)
FM 7-24 Communication in the Infantry Division (Dec. 1944)
FM 7-25 Headquarters Company, Intelligence and Signal Communication, Rifle Regiment, C1 (7 Oct. 1942)
FM 7-30 Supply and Evacuation, The Infantry Regiment: Service Company and Medical Detachment (1 June 1944)
FM 7-35 Antitank Company, Infantry Regiment and Antitank Platoon, Infantry Battalion, C1 (15 March 1944)
FM 7-37 Cannon Company, Infantry Regiment (28 March 1944)
FM 7-40 Rifle Regiment. C1, 2 (9 Feb. 1942)

US Army 8 Series (Medical)

FM 8-5 Medical Field Manual: Mobile Units of the Medical Department. C 1, 2. (12 January 1942) – 14.4 MB PDF
FM 8-9 NATO Handbook on the Medical Aspects of NBC Defensive Operations [AmedP-6(B)] (1 February 1996) (also NAVMED P-5059, AFJMAN 44-151)
FM 8-10 Medical Field Manual: Medical Service of Field Units (28 March 1942) – 4 MB PDF (Version A)
FM 8-10 Medical Field Manual: Medical Service of Field Units (28 March 1942) – 55.3 MB PDF (Version B)
FM 8-10 Medical Service, Theater of Operations (November 1959) – 3.5 MB PDF
FM 8-10-5 Brigade and Division Surgeons' Handbook Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (10 June 1991) – 1.6 MB PDF
FM 8-10-18 Veterinary Service: Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (22 August 1997) – 8.5 MB PDF
FM 8-25 Medical Service in Joint Oversea Operations. (28 March 1940)
FM 8-35 Medical Field Manual: Transportation of the Sick and Wounded (21 February 1941) – 4.8 MB PDF (Version A)
FM 8-35 Medical Field Manual: Transportation of the Sick and Wounded (21 February 1941) – 6.9 MB PDF (Version B)
FM 8-35 Transportation of the Sick and Wounded (February 1945) – 6.9 MB PDF
FM 8-35 Transportation of the Sick and Wounded, C2 (December 1955) – 14.7 MB PDF
FM 8-40 Field Sanitation. C1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (15 Aug. 40)
FM 8-45 Records of Morbidity and Mortality (Sick and Wounded). C 1, 2. (1 Oct. 40)
FM 8-50 Bandaging and Splinting (15 January 1944) – 2.5 MB PDF (Version A)
FM 8-50 Bandaging and Splinting (15 January 1944) – 67.9 MB PDF (Version B)
FM 8-51 Combat Stress Control in a Theater of Operations: Tactics, Techniques and Procedures, C1 (30 January 1998) – 3.2 MB PDF
FM 8-55 Medical Field Manual: Reference Data (5 March 1941) – 2.2 MB PDF
FM 8-55 Army Medical Service Planning Guide (October 1960) – 4.6 MB PDF

TM 8-285 Treatment of Casualties from Chemical Agents (30 April 1945)

US Army 9 Series (Ordnance)

FM 9-5 Ordnance Service in the Field (11 July 1942) (2.2 MB PDF)
FM 9-5 Ordnance Service in the Field. C 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. (11 July 1942)
FM 9-6 Ammunition Supply (15 June 1944)
FM 9-10 Ordnance Field Maintenance. C 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (20 April 1942)
FM 9-15 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Service and Unit Operations (1996)
FM 9-20 Ordnance Ammunition Company, Ordnance Ammunition Battalion. C1 (7 July 1942)
FM 9-25 Ordnance Company, Depot. C 1 (3 September 1942)
FM 9-40 Unexploded Bombs, Organization and Operation for Disposal, C1 (20 October 1943)

TM 9-721 Heavy Tanks M6 and M6A1 (5 February 1943) – 8.8 MB PDF

TM 9-1907 Ballistic Data, Performance of Ammunition (6 July 1948)
TM 9-1950 Rockets (9 July 1945)

TM 9-1900 Ammunition, General (18 June 1945) – 22.7 MB PDF
TM 9-1901 Artillery Ammunition (20 June 1944) – 83.6 MB PDF

TM 9-1980 Bombs for Aircraft (November 1944)154+ MB PDF
TM 9-1980 Bombs for Aircraft (December 1950) (also AFM 136-7) – 24.6 MB PDF
TM 9-2005 Ordnance Materiel – General (Vol 3) Infantry and Cavalry – Accompanying Weapons, Field Artillery (2nd Ed) (December 1942) – 5 MB PDF

US Army 10 Series (Quartermaster)

FM 10-5 Quartermaster Operations (1941)
FM 10-5 Quartermaster Operations (29 Apr 1943)
FM 10-10 Quartermaster Service in Theater of Operations, C1 (2 Mar 1942)
FM 10-35 Quartermaster Truck Companies (1945)
FM 10-516 (FM 4-20.116) Airdrop of Supplies and Equipment: Reference Data for Airdrop Platform Loads (20 August 2001) (Also AF TO 13C7-1-13) – 23 MB PDF
FM 10-553 Airdrop Of Supplies and Equipment, Rigging Ammunition (1981)

US Army 11 Series (Signal)

FM 11-1 Talk II-SINCGARS: Multiservice Communications Procedures for the Single-Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (1996)
FM 11-5 Mission, Functions and Signal Communication in General, C1 (15 Apr. 40)
FM 11-15 Organizations and Operations in the Cavalry Division and Cavalry Corps (24 July 40)
FM 11-20 Organizations and Operations in the Corps, Army, Theater of Operations, and GHQ, C1 (11 Nov. 40)
FM 11-22 Signal Operations in the Corps and Army (15 January 1945)
FM 11-25 Aircraft Warning Service, C1 (3 Aug. 42)
FM 11-35 Signal Corps Intelligence (2 Sep. 42)
FM 11-45 Signal Support to Theater Operations (1999)
FM 11-80 Signal Pigeon Company (15 Sep. 44)
FM 11-130 Signal Heavy Construction Battalion (13 June 1945)

TM-E 11-227A Japanese Radio Communication Equipment (December 1944)

US Army 12 Series (Adjutant General)

FM 12-50 The Band (20 July 1946)
FM 12-105 The Army Postal Service. C1, 2, 3, 4 (7 May 43)

US Army 13 Series (Inspector General)

US Army 14 Series (Fiscal)

US Army 15 Series (Judge Advocate General)

US Army 16 Series (Chaplain)

FM 16-5 The Chaplain (January 1952)

US Army 17 Series (Armored)

FM 17 (Preliminary) – Armored Force Field Manual: Employment of Armored Units (The Armored Division) (Unknown Date)
FM 17-1 Armor Operations – Small Units (August 1957) – 10.3 MB PDF
FM 17-5 Armored Force Field Manual: Armored Force Drill (18 January 1943) – 1.1 MB PDF
FM 17-10 Armored Force Field Manual: Tactics and Techniques (7 March 1942) – 6.5 MB PDF (Version A)
FM 17-10 Armored Force Field Manual: Tactics and Techniques (7 March 1942) – 43.2 MB PDF (Version B)
FM 17-12 Armored Force Field Manual: Tank Gunnery (22 April 1943) – 1.4 MB PDF
FM 17-12 Tank Gunnery (10 July 44)
FM 17-12 Tank Gunnery (May 1957) – 3.8 MB PDF
FM 17-12 Tank Gunnery C1 (3 May 1961) – 4.6 MB PDF
FM 17-15 Armored Force Field Manual: Combat Practice Firing, Armored Force Units (15 May 1942) – 728 kb PDF (Version A)
FM 17-15 Armored Force Field Manual: Combat Practice Firing, Armored Force Units (15 May 1942) – 17.2 MB PDF (Version B)
FM 17-15 Combat Practice Firing, Armored Units (13 April 1945) – 1.2 MB PDF
FM 17-15 Tank Units: Platoon, Company and Battalion (December 1961) – 4.2 MB PDF
FM 17-15 Tank Battalion (April 1996) – 2.5 MB PDF
FM 17-18 Light Armor Operations (8 March 1994) – 3.9 MB PDF
FM 17-20 Armored Force Field Manual, Employment of Armored Units, Reconnaissance Platoon and Company (30 May 1942) – 6.7 MB PDF
FM 17-20 Armored Infantry Units: Platoon, Company and Battalion (August 1957) – 2.5 MB PDF
FM 17-22 Armored Force Field Manual: Reconnaissance Battalion (18 August 1942) – 1.5 MB PDF
FM 17-25 Assault Gun Section and Platoon (8 September 1944) – 3.5 MB PDF
FM 17-27 Armored Force Field Manual: 81-mm Mortar Squadron and Platoon (30 July 1942) – 3.6 MB PDF
FM 17-30 Tank Platoon, C1 (22 October 1942) – 2.7 MB PDF
FM 17-30 The Armored Division Brigade (November 1961) – 1.45 MB PDF
FM 17-32 Armored Force Field Manual: The Tank Company, Light and Medium (2 August 1942) – 9.3 MB PDF (Version A)
FM 17-32 Armored Force Field Manual: The Tank Company, Light and Medium (2 August 1942) – 24.6 MB PDF (Version B)
FM 17-33 Armored Force Field Manual: The Armored Battalion, Light and Medium (18 September 1942) – 8.7 MB PDF
FM 17-33 Tank Battalion (December 1944) – 12.9 MB PDF
FM 17-33 Tank Battalion (September 1949) C1 (1951) – 17.5 MB PDF
FM 17-33 Tank Units: Platoon, Company and Battalion (August 1957) C1 (1959) – 5.9 MB PDF
FM 17-34 Amphibious Tank and Tractor Battalions (June 1950)
FM 17-35 Armored Cavalry Units, Armored and Infantry Divisions (December 1957) – 11.6 MB PDF
FM 17-35 Armored Cavalry Platoon, Troop and Squadron (February 1960) – 10.8 MB PDF
FM 17-36 Armored Cavalry Platoon and Troop Air Cavalry Troop and Divisional Armored Cavalry Squadron (December 1961) 15.2 MB PDF
FM 17-36 Armored Employment of Tanks with Infantry. Sup. No. 1 (13 Mar. 1944)
FM 17-40 Armored Infantry Company ( November 1944)
FM 17-42 Armored Infantry Battalion (November 1944) – 6.6 MB PDF
FM 17-45 Armored Force Field Manual: Armored Engineer Battalion (13 November 1942) – 8.6 MB PDF
FM 17-45 The Armored Engineer Battalion (15 June 44)
FM 17-50 Armored Force Field Manual: Logistics (7 November 1942) – 4.3 MB PDF
FM 17-55 Trains and Trains Headquarters Company, Armored Division (29 Sep. 1942)
FM 17-57 Armored Force Field Manual: Supply Battalion, Armored Division (14 October 1942) – 7.9 MB PDF
FM 17-58 8 Oct. 42. Armored Maintenance Battalion, Tactical Employment.
FM 17-59 Armored Force Field Manual: Decontamination of Armored Force Vehicles, C1 (12 October 1942) – 9.1 MB PDF
FM 17-63 Armored Force Field Manual: Service of the Piece, 105-mm Howitzer, Self-Propelled (18 August 1942) – 2.4 MB PDF
FM 17-67 5 Aug. 44. Crew Drill and Service of the Piece, Medium Tank M4.
FM 17-68 Crew Drill, Light Tank M5 Series, C1 (24 May 1944) – 3 MB PDF
FM 17-69 Armored Command Field Manual: Crew Drill, Service of the Piece, and Gunnery (75-mm Assault Howitzer on Motor Carriage M8). C1+C2 (30 November 1943) – 6.2 MB PDF
FM 17-70 Signal Communications for Armored Units ( 27 June 44)
FM 17-71 Armored Command: Crew Drill for Half-Track Vehicles, C1 (27 September 1943) – 1.4 MB PDF
FM 17-74 Crew Drill and Service of the Piece Heavy Tank T26E1 (Dec. 44)
FM 17-75 Crew Drill, Light Tank M24 ( 23 Aug. 44)
FM 17-76 Crew Drill and Service of the Piece, Medium Tank, M4 Series (105-mm Howitzer) ( 15 Sep. 44)
FM 17-80 Armored Medical Units ( 30 Aug. 44)
FM 17-10 The Armored Division ( 15 Jan. 44)
FM 17-95 Cavalry C1, C2 (20 April 1981) – 83.9 MB PDF
FM 17-95 Cavalry Operations (24 December 1996) – 4.6 MB PDF
FM 17-97 Cavalry Troop (3 October 1995) – 2.9 MB PDF
FM 17-98 Scout Platoon (10 April 1999) – 12.2 MB PDF
FM 17-100 Armored Command Field Manual: The Armored Division (15 January 1944) – 9.9 MB PDF

US Army 18 Series (Tank Destroyer)

FM 18-5 Organization and Tactics of Tank Destroyer Units (1942)
FM 18-5 Tactical Employment, Tank, Destroyer Unit (18 July 1944)
FM 18-15 Tank Destroyer Drill and Crew Drill, 3-Inch Gun Motor Carriage M10, 76-mm Gun Motor Carriage T70, 3-Inch Towed Gun (Gun M5 and Carriage M1) (4 Dec. 1943)
FM 18-16 Crew Drill, 76-mm Gun Motor Carriage M18 (23 Oct. 44)
FM 18-17 Tank Destroyer Crew Drill, 3-inch Towed Gun M5 on Carriage M6 (19 Aug. 44)
FM 18-18 Crew Drill, Gun Motor Carriage, M36 (20 Dec. 44)
FM 18-20 Tactical Employment of Tank Destroyer Platoon Self-propelled (9 May 44)
FM 18-21 Towed Gun Platoon (1 Apr. 44)
FM 18-22 Tank Destroyer Reconnaissance Platoon (27 Nov. 44)
FM 18-24 Tank Destroyer Pioneer Platoon (1 Nov. 44)

US Army 19 Series (Military Police)

FM 19-5 Military Police (14 June 1944) (4.66 MB PDF)
FM 19-5 The Military Policeman (1959)
FM 19-5 The Military Policeman (1969)
FM 19-10 Military Police in Towns and Cities, C1 (2 January 1945) (1.19 MB PDF)
FM 19-15 Domestic Disturbances, C1 (30 July 1945) (864 kb PDF Var. A / 2~ MB PDF Var. B)
FM 19-20 Criminal Investigations, C1, 2 (30 April 1945)

TM 19-225 Sabotage (1 February 1945)

US Army 20 Series (Miscellaneous)

FM 20-15 Tents and Tent Pitching, C1 (24 February 1945) (2.15 MB PDF)
FM 20-100 Army Ground Forces Light Aviation (9 September 1947) (2.21 MB PDF)

US Army 21 Series (Individual Soldier)

FM 21-5 Military Training (16 July 1941)
FM 21-6 List of Publications for Training (1 October 1940) – 1.3 MB PDF
FM 21-6 List of Publications for Training (1 September 1941) – 1.5 MB PDF
FM 21-6 List of Publications for Training, Including Training Films and Film Strips (1 February 1942) – 2 MB PDF
FM 21-6 List of Publications for Training (1 January 1943) – 1.5 MB PDF
FM 21-6 List of Publications for Training (1 February 1944) – 22.2 MB PDF
FM 21-6 List of Publications for Training (20 January 1945) – 20.4 MB PDF
FM 21-6 List and Index of Department of the Army Publications (1 January 1949)
FM 21-7 List of Training Films, Film Strips, and Film Bulletins. C 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. (1 Jan. 1944)
FM 21-8 Military Training Aids. C 1, 2, 3 (14 February 1944)
FM 21-10 Military Sanitation and First Aid. C 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (31 July 1940)
FM 21-10 Military Sanitation (1945)
FM 21-11 First Aid for Soldiers (7 April 1943)
FM 21-15 Equipment, Clothing and Tent Pitching. C 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (1 Oct. 1940)
FM 21-20 Physical Training (6 March 1941)
FM 21-22 Watermanship (25 April 1944)
FM 21-25 Elementary Map and Aerial Photograph Reading (15 August 1944)
FM 21-26 Advanced Map and Aerial Photograph Reading. C 1 (17 September 1941)
FM 21-30 Conventional Signs, Military Symbols, and Abbreviations (15 October 1943) – 8.49 MB PDF
FM 21-35 Sketching. C 1, 2 ( 1 June 1939)
FM 21-40 Defense Against Chemical Attack. C 1,2, 3, 4. ( 7 Sep. 1942)
FM 21-50 Military Courtesy and Discipline. C 1, 2, 3 ( 15 June 1942)
FM 21-75 Scouting, Patrolling, and Sniping. C 1,2. ( 6 Feb. 1944)
FM 21-80 Recognition Training (20 May 1944)
FM 21-105 Engineer Soldier’s Handbook ( 2 June 1943)
FM 21-150 Unarmed Defense for the American Soldier (30 June 1942)

US Army 22 Series (Infantry Drill Regulations / Leadership, Courtesy and Drill)

FM 22-5 Infantry Drill Regulations (1939)
FM 22-5 Infantry Drill Regulations. C 1, 2, 3, 4 (4 August 1941)
FM 22-5 Leadership, Courtesy and Drill, C3 (1 February 1946)
FM 22-100 Command and Leadership for the Small Unit Leader (1953)

US Army 23 Series (Basic Weapons [including accessories and ammunition] )

FM 23-5 U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1, C1, 2 (30 July 1943)
FM 23-5 U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1 (1965)
FM 23-6 U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1917 (Enfield) (1942)
FM 23-6 U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1917 (28 October 1943)
FM 23-7 U.S. Carbine, Caliber .30 M1 and M1A1. C 1 (23 April 1944)
FM 23-10 U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30 M1903 (30 Sep. 1943)
FM 23-15 Browning automatic rifle, caliber .30, M1918A2, with bipod (1940)
FM 23-15 Browning Automatic Rifle, Caliber .30, 1 M1918A2. C 1, 2. 30 June 43.
FM 23-25 Bayonet (7 Sep. 43)
FM 23-30 14 Feb. 44. Hand and Rifle Grenades, Rocket, AT, HE, 2.36-Inch. C 1.
FM 23-35 30 Apr. 40. Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911, and M1911A1. C 1, 2.
FM 23-36 20 Oct. 41. Revolver, Colt, Caliber .45, M1917, and Revolver, Smith and Wesson, Caliber .45, M1917. C 1, 2.
FM 23-40 31 Dec. 41. Thompson Submachine Gun. Caliber .45, M1928A1. C 1, 2, 3, 4.
FM 23-41 30 Oct. 43. Submachine Gun, Caliber .45, M3. C 1,2.
FM 23-45 12 Apr. 43. Browning Machine Gun, Caliber .30, HB, M1919A4. Ground. C 1, 2.
FM 23-50 12 Aug. 42. Browning Machine Gun, Caliber .30, HB, M1919A4 (Mounted in Combat Vehicles). C 1, 2, 3, 4.
FM 23-55 20 June 40. Browning Machine Gun, Caliber .30, M1917. C 1, 2, 3, 4.
FM 23-60 25 Sep. 40. Browning Machine Gun, Caliber .50 HB, M2, Ground. C 1, 2, 3.
FM 23-65 Browning Machine Gun, Caliber .50 HB, M2 (Nov 1944)
FM 23-65 Browning Machine Gun, Caliber .50 HB, M2 (2002)
FM 23-70 28 Nov. 42. 37-mm Gun, Anti-tank, M3 C 1, 2, 3.
FM 23-75 15 June 44. 57-mm Gun M1
FM 23-85 28 Nov. 42. 60-mm Mortar M2. C 1, 2, 3.
FM 23-90 81-mm Mortar M1 (22 Apr 43)
FM 23-90 Mortars (2002)
FM 23-91 29 Aug. 44. 81-mm Mortar Mounted in Half-Track Carrier.
FM 23-105 18 May 44. 105-mm, Howitzer, M3. C 1, 2.

US Army 24 Series (Communication Procedures)

FM 24-5 Signal Communication. C 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (19 Oct. 42)
FM 24-6 Radio Operators Manual, Army Ground Forces. C 1 (12 Apr. 43)
FM 24-8 Combined Teletypewriter (Teleprinter) Procedure. C 1 (17 Mar. 43)
FM 24-9 Combined United States-British Radio' Telephone (R/T) Procedure. C 1 (28 Dec. 42)
FM 24-10 Combined Radiotelegraph (W/T) Procedure. C 1, 2 (20 Jan. 43)
FM 24-12 Army Extract of Combined Operating Signals (1 Sep. 44)
FM 24-13 Air Extract Combined Operating Signals (CCBP 2-2). C 1, 2. (21 Feb. 44)
FM 24-14 Teletypewriter Switching and Relay Procedures (19 Sep. 44)
FM 24-18 Radio Communication (28 Jan. 44. )
FM 24-20 Field Wire Systems (4 Oct 44)
FM 24-22 Combined Visual Signaling (V/S Procedure). (12 May 43)
FM 24-23 Combined Visual Signaling (V/S) Procedure — Abridged Version for Radiotelegraph (W/T) Operators. Errata Sheet. (12 May 43)
FM 24-24 Combined Amphibious Communication Instructions (CCBP-1).
FM 24-75 Telephone Switchboard Operating Procedure (30 Oct. 43)

US Army 25 Series (Transportation [Motor and Animal] )

FM 25-5 Animal Transport. C1, 2 (15 June 1939)
FM 25-6 Dog Team Transportation (1941)
FM 25-6 Dog Transportation (19 August 1944)
FM 25-7 Pack Transportation (25 August 1944)
FM 25-10 Motor Transport, C1, 2 3 (12 March 1942)

US Army 26 Series (Interior Guard Duty)

FM 26-5 Interior Guard Duty (2 January 1940 w/Change Order #1 of 16 Jan 1942)

US Army 27 Series (Military Law)

FM 27-5 United States Army and Navy Manual of Military Government and Civil Affairs (22 December 1943)
FM 27-5 United States Army and Navy Manual of Military Government and Civil Affairs (14 October 1947)
FM 27-10 Rules of Land Warfare, (1 October 1940)
FM 27-10 Rules of Land Warfare, (1 Oct 1940 w/Change Order of 15 Nov 1944)
FM 27-15 Military Law, Domestic Disturbances (6 February 1941)

US Army 28 Series (Welfare, Recreation, and Morale)

FM 28-5 The Band (31 March 1941 – w/Change Order of 22 Apr 1942)
FM 28-105 Special Service Company (5 Jan. 1944)

US Army 29 Series (Regulating Stations and Base Depots)

FM 29-5 Basic field manual, military police. (1941)

US Army 30 Series (Military Intelligence)

FM 30-5 Combat Intelligence. C 1, 2, 3, 4 (17 April 40)
FM 30-10 Observation (30 Nov. 40)
FM 30-15 Examination of Enemy Personnel, Repatriates, Documents, and Materiel (22 July 1940)
FM 30-15 Examination of Enemy Personnel, Repatriates, Documents, and Materiel, C1 (7 Dec. 1943)
FM 30-20 Military Maps (27 May 1940)
FM 30-21 Role of Aerial Photography. C 1, 2. (1 Nov. 40)
FM 30-22 Foreign Conventional Signs and Symbols. (7 July 42.)
FM 30-25 Counterintelligence. C 1, 2 (15 Feb. 1940)
FM 30-26 Regulations for Correspondents Accompanying U.S. Army Forces in the Field. C 1, 2, 3. (21 Jan. 42.)
FM 30-27 Regulations for Civilian Operations, Analysts, Scientific Consultants and Technical Observers Accompanying U. S. Army Forces in the Field. (31 Aug. 44.)
FM 30-28 Military Intelligence, Military Censorship. (15 Sept. 44.)
FM 30-30 Identification of U.S. Government Aircraft (18 September 1940)
FM 30-30 Recognition, Pictorial Manual, Aircraft. Sup. No. 1 (1 April 43)
FM 30-34 1941 Basic field manual, military intelligence, identification of Soviet-Russian aircraft.
FM 30-35 1942 Basic field manual, military intelligence, identification of German aircraft.
FM 30-38 1941 Basic field manual, military intelligence, identification of Japanese aircraft.
FM 30-38 1942 Basic field manual, military intelligence, identification of Japanese aircraft.
FM 30-39 1941 Basic field manual, military intelligence, identification of Italian aircraft.
FM 30-40 1941 Basic field manual, military intelligence, identification of United States armored vehicles.
FM 30-40 Recognition Pictorial Manual, Armored Vehicles. C 1, 2, 3. (3 Nov. 43)
FM 30-41 1941 Basic field manual, military intelligence, identification of British armored vehicles.
FM 30-42 1941 Basic field manual, military intelligence, identification of foreign armored vehicles, German, Japanese, Russian, Italian, and French.
FM 30-42 1942 Basic field manual, military intelligence, identification of foreign armored vehicles, German, Japanese, Russian, and Italian.
FM 30-50 1941 Basic field manual, military intelligence, identification of United States naval vessels.
FM 30-50 Military Intelligence—Recognition Pictorial Manual, Naval Vessels (15 Sept. 43)
FM 30-58 1941 Basic field manual, military intelligence, identification of Japanese naval vessels.

TM-E 30-480 (21 September 1942)
TM-E 30-480 Handbook on Japanese Military Forces (1 October 1944)

US Army 31 Series (Special Operations)

FM 31-5 Landing Operations on Hostile Shores, C1, Sup (2 June 1941)
FM 31-5 Landing Operations on Hostile Shores (13 November 1944)

FM 31-10 Coast Defense (12 July 1941)
FM 31-16 Counter Guerrilla operations (w/Change #2)
FM 31-23 Stability operations, US Army doctrine (1972)
FM 31-25 Desert Operations, C1, 2, 3 (14 March 1942)
FM 31-30 Tactics and Technique of Airborne Troops (20 May 1942) (First Airborne “Doctrinal” Manual).
FM 31-35 Aviation in Support of Ground Forces (9 April 42)
FM 31-40 Supply of Ground Units by Air (25 May 43)
FM 31-50 Attack on a Fortified Position and Combat in Towns (31 January 1944)
FM 31-72 Mountain Operations (January 1959)

US Army 32 Series (Security)

US Army 35 Series (Women’s Army Corps)

FM 35-20 Physical Training (WAC) (15 July 1943)

US Army 37 Series (Maintenance)

US Army 38 Series (Supply Procedures)

US Army 39 Series (Rockets)

US Army 43 Series

TM 43-0001-28, C5 – Army Ammunition Data Sheets for Artillery Ammunition: Guns, Howitzers, Mortars, Recoilless Rifles, Grenade Launchers and Artillery Fuzes (10 August 1979) – 59 MB PDF

US Army 44 Series (Antiaircraft Artillery)

NOTE: Anti-Aircraft Manuals published prior to 1 June 1944 are listed in the 4-series (Coast Artillery).

FM 44-2 Employment of Antiaircraft Artillery, Automatic Weapons (21 December 1944)
FM 44-4 Employment of Antiaircraft Artillery Guns (5 June 1945)
FM 44-8 Antiaircraft Operations Room and Antiaircraft Artillery Intelligence Service (10 August 1944)
FM 44-11 Gunnery for Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons (22 August 1945)
FM 44-36 Service of Antiaircraft Directors M4 and M7 (16 October 1944)
FM 44-38 Service of Antiaircraft Directors M9, M9A1, M9A2, and M10, C1 (10 November 1944)
FM 44-45 Service of Radio Set SCR-784 (12 October 1945)
FM 44-51 Fire Control, Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons (19 September 1944)
FM 44-57 Multiple Machine Gun Mounts, C1 (29 January 1945)
FM 44-58 Antiaircraft Artillery Service of the Piece, 37-mm Fire Unit (20 June 1944)
FM 44-59 Service of the Piece, Multiple Gun-Motor Carriage M15 and M15A1, C1 (16 September 1944)
FM 44-60 40-mm Fire Unit, C1, 2 (5 February 1945)
FM 44-61 Service of the Piece, Air Transportable 40mm Fire Unit (November 1944)
FM 44-62 Services of the Piece, Twin 40-MM Gun Motor Carriage M19 (5 September 1947)
FM 44-75 Service of the Antiaircraft Searchlight (14 March 1945)
FM 44-77 Service of Radar Set AN/TPL-1, C1 (14 April 1945)

US Army 55 Series (Transportation [Water and Rail] )

FM 55-15 Transportation Reference Data (27 October 1997) – 2.5 MB PDF
FM 55-50 Military Railroads and the Military Service (27 Mar. 44)
FM 55-55 Railway Operating Battalion (4 Feb. 44)
FM 55-60 Railway Shop Battalion (25 Jan. 44)
FM 55-130 Small Boats and Harbor Craft (31 Jan. 44)
FM 55-150 Amphibian Truck Company, C1 (11 Oct. 43)

US Army 60 Series (Amphibious)

FM 60-20 Amphibian Tank and Tractor Battalion (24 February 1945)

US Army 70 Series (Mountain and Winter)

FM 70-10 Mountain Operations (December 1944) (3.14 MB PDF)
FM 70-10 Mountain Operations (16 September 1947)
FM 70-15 Operations In Snow and Extreme Cold (15 November 1944) (3.3 MB Var A / 8.7 MB Var B / 18.1 MB Var C)

US Army 71 Series (Airborne)

NOTE: Airborne forces did not get their own manual series until about 1944; and the first dedicated doctrinal manual on employment of airborne troops wasn't published until post-war. During WWII, Training Circular 113: “Employment of Airborne and Troop Carrier Forces” dated 9 October 1943, was the main doctrinal publication; and it is for this reason, it's placed here.

TC 113 Employment of Airborne and Troop Carrier Forces (9 October 1943)

FM 71-30 Employment of Airborne Forces (3 July 1947)

TM 71-210 Air Transport of Troops and Equipment (30 April 1945)
TM 71-220 Technical Training of Parachutists (12 October 1948)

US Army 72 Series (Jungle)

FM 72-20 Jungle Warfare (27 October 1944)

US Army 100 Series (Field Service Regulations)

FM 100-5 Field Service Regulations, Operations (22 May 1941) (4.42 MB PDF)
FM 100-5 Operations (1 October 1939)
FM 100-5 Operations (15 June 1944) (4.57 MB PDF)
FM 100-10 Administration, C1, 2, 3 (15 November 1943)
FM 100-11 Signal Communications Doctrine (22 July 1948)
FM 100-15 Larger Units, C1 (29 June 42)
FM 100-20 Command and Employment of Air Power (21 July 43)

FM 100-60 Armor and Mechanized-Based Opposing Force Organization Guide (16 July 1997) (1.91 MB PDF)

US Army 101 Series (Staff Officers Field Manuals)

FM 101-5 Staff and Combat Orders, C 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (19 August 1940)
FM 101-10 Technical and Logistical Data (10 January 1933)
FM 101-10 Organization, Technical and Logistical Data (12 October 1944)
FM 101-10 Organization, Technical and Logistical Data (1 August 1945)
FM E101-10 Enemy Forces: Organization, technical, and Logistical Data, C 1,2. (1 October 1942)
FM 101-15, Traffic Circulation and Control, C1 (13 January 1943)
FM 101-31-1 C1 Staff Officers Field Manual – Nuclear Weapons Employment Doctrine and Procedures (6 January 1986) (also AFP 200-31 Vol. 1, NWP 28-0-1, FMFM 11-4) – 1.3 MB PDF

US Army 105 Series (Umpire Manuals)

FM 105-5 Umpire Manual (10 March 1944)
FM 105-5 Umpire Manual (11 February 1947)
FM 105-6 Aviation Umpire Manual (30 May 1942)

U.S. Army Graphic Training Aids (GTA)

United States Air Force (USAF) Manuals

NOTE: This also includes pre-1948 manuals.

AAF TO 01-60GB-1: Pilot's Handbook of Flight Operating Instructions for Models B-25C and B-25D (1 November 1942) – 11.1 MB PDF

AAFWTTC Flight Engineer Handbook – B-29 (21 July 1944) – 13.4 MB PDF

XX Bomber Command Combat Crew Manual (December 1944) – 27.2 MB PDF

AAF Manual 51-126-6 B-29: Pilots' and Flight Engineers' Training Manual for the Superfortress (15 December 1945) – 61 MB PDF

SAC Manual 50 Extract: Pilot's Handling Information for B-29 Superfortress – 7.7 MB PDF

SAC Manual 50-126-72: Gunners Standing Operating Procedures for the B-29 & B-50 Superfortress (August 1948) – 11.5 MB PDF

TO 1A-10A-1: Flight Manual, USAF Series A-10A Aircraft, Serno 75-00258 and Subsequent, Change 8 (15 March 1988) – 25.6 MB PDF

United States Navy (USN) Manuals

ONI 226 – Allied Landing Craft and Ships (7 April 1944) – 35 MB PDF

NAVORD Ordnance Pamphlet 1050 (OP 1050) Second Revision – Aircraft Smoke Bombs (28 November 1945) – 3.5~ MB PDF

NAVORD Ordnance Pamphlet 1720 (OP 1720) Shaped Charge Ammunition and Applications of Shaped Charges to Explosive-Filled Ordnance (9 June 1947) – 2 MB PDF

NAVORD Report 1248 (NOTS 311) Manual for Shaped-Charge Design – (17 August 1950) – 2.1 MB PDF

NAVEDTRA 12968-B Lookout Training Handbook (June 2005) – 1.7 MB PDF

MIL-STD-2161A(AS) DOD Standard Practice: Paint Schemes and Exterior Markings for US Navy and Marine Corps Aircraft (1 May 1993) – 18.1 MB PDF

Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Basic Sniper Training Syllabus (Unknown Date) – 31 MB PDF – This document appears to have the basic syllabus for introductory sniper training in Naval Special Warfare (NSW) (aka SEALs). It's about 300 pages of undated paperwork/classwork likely handed out to candidates upon school entry.

United States Marine Corps (USMC) Manuals

Marine Corps Schools – Tactical Notes and Reference Data, Change 2 (28 September 1938) – 5.98 MB PDF

NAVMC 1008-PD (Rev) USMC Manual of Military Occupational Specialties (June 1945) – 39.9 MB PDF

USMC Small Wars Manual (1940) – 17.9 MB PDF

FMFM 1-3B Sniping (28 January 1981) – 9.3 MB PDF
FMFM 6-4 Marine Rifle Company/Platoon (17 February 1978) – 21.7 MB PDF
FMFM 6-5 w/Ch 1 Marine Rifle Squad (2 December 1991) – 13 MB PDF

MCWP 3-11.3 Scouting and Patrolling (17 April 2000) – 5.9 MB PDF

MCRP 3-01A Rifle Marksmanship (29 March 2001) – 4.8 MB PDF
MCRP 3-02B Marine Corps Martial Arts (18 February 1999) – 4.8 MB PDF
MCRP 3-02C Marine Combat Water Survival (January 2003) – 3.9 MB PDF
MCRP 3-08H Survival, Evasion, and Recovery (June 1999) – 3 MB PDF

USMC Mountain Warfare Training Center (MWTC) Summer Survival Course Handbook (2002) – 4.7 MB PDF
USMC Mountain Warfare Training Center (MWTC) Winter Survival Course Handbook (2002) – 4.7 MB PDF
USMC Mountain Warfare Training Center (MWTC) Wilderness Medicine Course Handbook (2002) – 13.5 MB PDF
USMC Mountain Warfare Training Center (MWTC) Cold Weather Medicine Course Handbook (2001) – 5.6 MB PDF

DOD/DOW Wide Documents

MIL-HDBK-1040 Basic Guidelines for Chemical Warfare Hardening of New Military Facilities (28 February 1989) – 10.5 MB PDF

Canadian Army

B-GL-306-006/FP-001 Field Artillery Volume 6 – Ballistics and Ammunition (1992) – 3.1 MB PDF