US 1942 Airborne Manual FM 31-30 Field Manual Airborne Troops

Airborne troops Field manual 1942.

The manual is printed on the front with it's full name which is "FM 31-30 Basic Field Manual Tactics and Techniques of Airborne troops".

This reprint of an official US Army military manual has 70 pages and has a card cover.

The date on the front is May 20 1942.

This Airborne manual covers pages 1 to 69 which is part 1 (chapters 1,2 and 3) and part 2 (chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4) it does include chapters 5,6 and 7.  

This manual has the following table of contents.

Part one. Air landing troops.

• Chapter 1. General.
• Chapter 2. Planning and preparation.
• Chapter 3. Tactical operations.

Part Two. Parachute troops.

• Chapter 1. Characteristics..
• Chapter 2. Organisation and technique of parachute troops.
• Section I. General
• Section II. Parachute rifle squad.
• Section III. Parachute 60mm mortar squad.
• Section IV. Parachute rifle platoon.
• Section V. Parachute 81mm mortar platoon.
• Section VI. Parachute caliber .30 machine gun platoon.
• Section VII Parachute rifle company.
• Section VIII Parachute battalion.
• Section IX. Parachute regiment.
• Section X. Medical detachments.
• Chapter 3. Training.
• Section I. General.
• Section II. Unit training.
• Section III. Jumpmaster.

The airborne manual covers topics such as:

• covers support rendered to airborne troops by combat aviation, duties of commanders, training and organization.
• Types of missions parachute troops will be used for.
• Operations.
• Principles of employment.
• Equipment, table of allowances and where to put equipment such as "right chest pocket maps, message book, pencil, Left chest pocket toilet paper, whistle (when needed), right waist pocket grenade hand fragmentation" etc.
• Rate of descent charts.
• Types of delivery units for extra equipment to be delivered like the A5 and A4 delivery unit (cases).
• Markings of drop containers.
• Organization and technique of parachute units, this covers unit related information including:
• Rifle squad, arms, duties of squad leader, missions, assembly points, rations.

Price is for 1 x manual which is FM 31-30 basic field manual tactics and technique of airborne troops chapters 1 to 4.