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Item title: Anti-tank combat references
Title (kanji)
Location:Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/36)
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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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Location details
Institution: Australian War Memorial
Call number: AWM55 5/36
Inst. series: AWM55
Inst. sub-series: AWM55 5/-
Item: EP-405
Item qualities
Quantity / desc: 11 pages
Access: Open
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Category: Instruction manual
Item content
Creation date (d/m/y): 24/9/1945
Conflict code: Pacific War (1941-1945)
Keywords:ANTI TANK, MILITARY INSTRUCTION MANUAL, MILITARY TRAINING, GRENADE LAUNCHERS, TANKS, JUNGLE WARFARE, SUICIDE, FLAMETHROWERS
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Languages: English
Area:Leyte [Philippines]
Content: This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Leyte between 4 and 11 November 1944 during the Allied campaign to recapture the Philippines. This item is a pamphlet entitled "Anti-tank combat reference", undated and issuing authority not stated. It contains information on the general principles of anti-tank combat, training, suicide assaults, assault positions, timing, use of "dead space", attacks against flame-throwing tanks, jungle warfare and attacking with grenade launchers.
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Last modified:03/05/2009 09:02:40 AM
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