Intelligence Bulletin Vol 02 No 05 January 1944 and Vol 02 No 06 February 1944 Intelligence Bulletin MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIVISION War Department Washington 25, D. C. VOL. 2, NO. 5, January 1944 TABLE OF CONTENTS Part One: Germany Section I. How the German Army Uses Smoke in Combat 1. Introduction 2. Smoke Screens a. In the Defense b. In the Attack 3. Ground Attacks Employing Area Smoke a. Definition b. Preparations c. Maintaining the Area Smoke Screen d. How Units Are Coordinated e. The Attack f. Aids to Maintaining Direction g. Follow-up of Attack h. Note on Area Screens Used with Water Obstacles II. How Infantry Battalions Develop for the Attack 1. Introduction 2. First Stage 3. Second Stage III. Camouflage Against Ground Observers 1. General 2. Use of Natural Concealment 3. Use of Artificial Camouflage a. Employing Natural Material b. Employing Artificial Material 4. Precautions Regarding Noise Section IV. New Heavy Tank: The Pz. Kw. 5 (Panther) V. British Comments on German Use of Tanks VI. German Combat Tactics in Towns and Cities 1. Introduction 2. In the Attack 3. In the Defense VII. German Stake Mine Part Two: Japan Section I. Enemy Bayonet Technique 1. Introduction 2. The Japanese Regulations a. Guard Position b. Basic Thrust c. Other Types of Thrusts d. Close Combat II. Small-Unit Tactics Used by Japanese at Night 1. Introduction 2. The Manual a. Preparations b. Reconnaissance c. The Approach d. Demolitions e. Assault f. Reorganization III. Comments by Observers on Fighting in Burma 1. Introduction 2. Enemy Reaction during Combat 3. Notes on Enemy Tactics 4. Notes on Combat Preparations IV. "Three Jeers for the Souvenir Sap" 1. General 2. Specific Cases a. Private (signal company) b. 2nd Lieutenant (AA artillery) c. Private (engineer company) Part Three: United Nations Section I. The Infantry Lieutenant and His Platoon 1. Introduction 2. The Article a. General b. Officer Qualifications c. Basic Training d. Administration e. Psychology f. Getting Ready and on the Way g. Arrival and Preparation for Action h. In Action II. Notes on Patrolling in Jungles of Burma 1. Introduction 2. Preparations 3. Comments on Tactics LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Figures 1-9. Sketches Illustrating German Tactical Use of Smoke Figures 10-11. Development of German Infantry Battalion for the Attack Figures 12-15. Some German Camouflage Measures Figure 16. New German Heavy Tank, the Pz. Kw. 5 (Panther) Figure 17. German Attack Tactics in Towns and Cities Figure 18. German Stake Mine (antipersonnel) Figure 19. Methods of Laying the German Stake Mine Figures 20-26. Sketches Illustrating Japanese Bayonet Technique Figures 27-29. Sketches Illustrating Japanese Small-unit Tactics ----------------------------------------------------------------- Intelligence bulletin MILITARY INTELLIGENCE DIVISION War Department WASHINGTON 25, D.C. Vol. 2 No. 6 February 1944 TABLE OF CONTENTS Part One: Japan Notes on Japanese Jungle Defense Section I. Introduction II. Tactics 1. General a. Organization of Terrain b. Fire Plans c. Use of Snipers 2. Infantry a. Advance Outposts b. Company Attack c. Ambushes d. Use of Fire e. Machine-gun Positions 3. Against Tanks a. General b. Use of "Tank Fighters" 4. Against Landing Operations a. According to Observers b. According to Japanese Sources 5. Counterattack 6. Against Parachute Troops 7. Against Aircraft III. Positions 1. General 2. Bunkers 3. Pillboxes a. Buna Area b. New Georgia c. Betio d. Burma 4. Dugouts and Shelters a. According to Observers b. According to Enemy Sources 5. Blockhouses 6. Weapon Emplacements, Foxholes, and Trenches 7. Antiaircraft Positions a. General b. In the Solomon Islands Section IV. Obstacles 1. Introduction 2. Wire Entanglements a. Net Type b. Double-apron Type c. Passageways 3. Movable Barriers a. Barbed Type b. Cheval-de-frise c. Ribard 4. Other Types of Barriers a. Abatis b. Cylindrical Wire Net c. Folding Screen d. Wire Snares 5. Antitank Obstacles a. Ditches and Steps b. Land Mines c. To Separate Infantry from Tanks d. Other Types Part Two: Germany Section I. von Arnim Discusses Junior Leadership 1. Introduction 2. "Explain the Plan" 3. Tactics 4. Orders and Reports 5. Intercommunication II. Camouflage in Sicily 1. General 2. Pillboxes 3. Gun Positions 4. Sniper Equipment III. Concentrating the Fire of 81-MM Mortars 1. Introduction 2. Enemy Instructions a. General b. By a Section c. By Two Sections or a Platoon IV. Close-Quarter Fighting and Withdrawal Section V Notes on German Antitank Tactics 1. Antitank Methods in Russia 2. Engaging Tanks at Close Range 3. An Antitank Company Layout VI. Training in a Parachute Machine-gun Battalion. 1. Introduction 2. Points Stressed in Training Part Three: United Nations The Unseen War 1. What the Enemy Wants to Know 2. Espionage 3. Fifth Column Methods 4. Loose Talk LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Japanese Machine-gun Position Japanese Beach Obstacles (as seen at low tide on Betio) Typical Japanese Bunker Front View of Typical Japanese Pillbox (Betio) Inside View of Japanese Pillbox or Shelter Japanese Pillbox (New Guinea) Japanese Pillbox (New Georgia) Japanese Steel Pillbox (Betio) Typical Japanese Beach Dugout Japanese Dugout (with direct entrance) Japanese Shelter (Betio) Japanese Shelter (Betio) Japanese Rifle or Machine-gun Emplacement (Burma) Typical Japanese AA Position Japanese Revetment (outer circle not completed) Japanese Net-type of Wire Entanglement Japanese Double-apron Type Wire Entanglement Two Types of Passageways in Japanese Wire Entanglements Japanese Movable Wire Barrier Japanese Cheval-de-frise Japanese Ribard (a, principle of construction; b, principle of setting up; c, principle of folding up) Japanese Abatis Japanese Folding-screen Barrier Japanese Wire Snares (a, ring-shape; b, half-moon shape; c, tangled- wire type)Digitized by AHEC (U.S. Army Heritage Collections) http://www.carlisle.army.mil/ahec/ Numbering ceased with v. 3, no. 12, August 1945