Army Training Memorandum No. 27, War, December 1939

Description V10815.1 War Office. Part I – Tactics: New German Raiding Technique; Appreciation of Ground; Battle Procedure. Part II – General: Booby Traps and Mines; Responsibility for Anti-Tank Mines; Alarm Signal – Amendment; Communication between Infantry and Army Tanks; Use of Verey Lights; Selection of Regimental Signalling Officers; Training of Orderlies; GHQ Pool of Liaison Officers; Amendments to General Staff Publications; Current Military Training Pamphlets; “Battle Training in Word and Pictures”. Part III – Training: Training Instructions for the British Expeditionary Force; Responsibility for Training of Sub-units; Courses at Arm Schools for Training Instructors; Indoor Work; Value of Patrol Work; Siegfried Line in Model Form; Importance of Map Reading. Part IV – The Arms. Royal Armoured Corps: Sand Model Demonstration; “Battle” Patrols by Divisional Cavalry Regiments. Royal Artillery: Suggestions for Indoor Work; Artillery Plans; Density of HE Barrage. Royal Engineers: Suggestions for Indoor Work. Royal Corps of Signals: Suggestion for Indoor Work. Infantry: Suggestion for Indoor Instruction; Preliminary Training for Range Courses; Revetting and Construction of Breastworks. Royal Army Ordnance Corps: Functions and Organisation of Ordnance Field Parks. Appendices: A – Amendments to General Staff Publications; B – Statement of Military Training Pamphlets issued and cancelled to date; C – The Daylight Patrol; D – Action of a Patrol of AFVs. 19391216 Like this:Like Loading...