Item title: | Appendix to field manual: combat tactics of special naval landing parties |
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Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/7) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
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AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial official records |
AJRP series: | Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) publications |
AJRP sub-series: | ATIS enemy publications |
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Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
Call number: | AWM55 5/7 |
Inst. series: | AWM55 |
Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
Item: | EP-77 part 2 |
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Quantity / desc: | 6 pages |
Access: | Open |
Item type: | Published, Official |
Category: | Instruction manual |
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Creation date (d/m/y): | 21/7/1944 |
Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, JUNGLE WARFARE, MILITARY TRAINING, SNIPING, TRAINING |
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Languages: | English |
Area: | Finschhafen [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen Area] |
Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Finschhafen on 2 October 1943 during the Huon Peninsula campaigns. This item is an appendix to the field manual on combat tactics for Special Naval Landing Parties (published at Enemy Publication 77) and focuses mainly on training methods. It also mentions the requirement that light-machine gunners were to be given special training in sniping, a response to the jungle fighting environment. |
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Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:03:19 AM |
Source: | AJRP staff |
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