| Item title: | Tactical use of smoke |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/6) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| 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 5/6 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-74 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 44 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Published, Official |
| Category: | Instruction manual |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 14/1/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | CAMOUFLAGE AND CONCEALMENT, MILITARY INSTRUCTION MANUAL, MILITARY TRAINING, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY |
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| Japanese unit names: | Army Narashino School |
| Names: | MACHIJIRI Kazumoto |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Dumpu [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Ramu River–Finisterre Range] |
| Content: | This item is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Dumpu on 4 October 1943 during the Huon Peninsula campaigns. This item is a handbook on the tactical employment of smoke with a preface by MACHIJIRI Kazumoto, Inspector of Chemical Warfare, published in December 1941 by the Army Narashino School. This item provides information on the general rules of using smoke as a tactical weapon, the characteristics of smoke, the impact of weather and topography, techniques for establishing a smoke screen and the specifications of different smoke candles. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:01:55 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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