TM E 30-480 Handbook On Japanese Military Forces 1944-10-01. CONTENTS CHAPTER I. RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING. Section I, General 1 II. Conscription system 2 III. Procurement of officers 4 IV. Training 5 V, Promotion, pay and awards 7 VI. Morale, discipline, and efficiency ... 8 CHAPTER II JAPANESE MILITARY SYSTEM. Section I, The Japanese High Command. ... 10 II, Territorial organizations, including depot divisions 14 III, Field replacement system 15 CHAPTER III. FIELD ORGANIZATION. Section I. Major organizations 16 II. Arms (nondivisional) 44 III. Services (nondivisional) 49 IV, Military Intelligence 52 V. Reorganization 52 CHAPTER IV. JAPANESE AIR SERVICE. Section I. General 53 II. Organization of the Japanese Army Air Service 53 III. Strategic doctrine 55 IV. Japanese air tactics 56 V. Equipment 58 CHAPTER V. SPECIAL FORCES. Section I. Naval land forces 76 II. Task forces and special defense units. 80 CHAPTER VI. JAPANESE MILITARY POLICE CHAPTER VII. TACTICS OF THE JAPANESE ARMY. PART 1. General tactical doctrine 85 Section I. General 85 II. Offensive 85 III. Defensive 99 IV. Retrograde movements 103 V. Employment of tanks and mechanized units 106 PART II. Application of tactics 108 Section VI. Antiaircraft 108 CHAPTER VII. TACTICS OF THE JAPANESE ARMY— Continued. Page Section VII. Antitank defense 114 VIII. Jungle warfare 120 IX. Small island defense 127 X. Coastal defense 139 XI. Japanese joint operations 166 XII. Japanese parachute troops 170 CHAPTER VIII. SUPPLY, MOVEMENTS, AND EVACUATION. Section I. Supply 171 II. Movements 179 III. Evacuation 184 CHAPTER IX. WEAPONS. Section I. Introduction 187 II. Infantry weapons 187 III. Artillery 220 IV. Tanks and armored cars 238 V. Chemical warfare 256 CHAPTER X. EQUIPMENT Section I. Introduction 271 II. Infantry equipment 271 III. Artillery equipment 279 IV. Signal equipment 303 V. Engineer equipment 322 VI. Cavalry and reconnaissance 334 VII. Automotive and land transport equipment 334 VIII. Tentage 345 IX. Medical equipment 345 CHAPTER XL UNIFORMS, PERSONAL EQUIPMENT, AND INSIGNIA 348 CHAPTER XII. CONVENTIONAL SIGNS AND ABBREVIATIONS. Section I. Introduction 354 II. Geographic signs 355 III. Military signs 358 IV. Military abbreviations 384 CHAPTER XIII. MILITARY TERMS AND CHARACTERS 388 APPENDIX— SUPPLEMENTAL DATA 400 RESTRICTED Digitized by Google Books.