1966 US Army Vietnam War ARMOR ... - Survival Books

WWW.SURVIVALEBOOKS.COM*FM 17-1FIELD MANUAL lHEADQUARTERSDEPARTMENT OF THE ARMYNo. 17-1 WASHINGTON, D.C., 14 October 1966ARMOR OPERATIONSParagraphsCHAPTER 1. GENERALSection I. Purpose and scope _---__…--- _ …_…-------------_ 1-4 4II. The role of armor units _…-______________-_____ 5-9 4III. Armor mission and capabilities _ …-__-_---______ 10, 11 6IV. Conduct of armor operations _________________ 12, 13 7CHAPTER 2. FUNDAMENTALS OF ARMORSection I. Principles of war _-.-----------------------_ 14, 15 8II. Active and nonactive nuclear warfare _____…_____ 16-18 9III. Considerations of employment …_--________ _____ 19-29 10IV. Factors affecting employment __________________ 30-34 12V. Organization for combat _______._____ …----_____ 35-41 14VI. Planning armor operations…...___.____________ 42-46 16VII. Control -_------_- _…......_…_--… _…--- 47-51 20CHAPTER 3. COMMANDSection I. Command and leadership __- __________________ 52-57 22II. Troop leading procedure ….-__________________ 58-60 24CHAPTER 4. THE COMMANDER AND HIS STAFFSection I. The Commander _-------------_…------------_ 61, 62 29II. The unit staff _------------- _…---------- _ 63-68 29CHAPTER 5. RECONNAISSANCE, SURVEILLANCE, ANDSECURITY OPERATIONSSection I. Reconnaissance operations ____________________ 69-84 44II. Surveillance operations _----------_-----_------ 85-89 48III. Security operations______ -- _________ …_-__ _____ 90-109 49CHAPTER 6. THE OFFENSESection I. Considerations of the offense ----- _____--__ ___ __ 110-112 63II. Planning for the attack _…---___ ______.__._____ 113-119 64III. Conduct of the attack ------------------------- 120-124 69IV. Forms of maneuver and offensive operations _____ 125-132 73V. Passage of lines _-------------- -------------- _ 133-135 77VI. Reconnaissance in force ---------_----_-------- 136-138 79VII. Meeting engagement _------------------------_ 139-141 80VIII. Procedures and techniques of the bypass -------- 142-144 81IX. Night attacks ------------------- _-_-_-- --- --_ 145-150 82CHAPTER 7. DEFENSIVE OPERATIONSSection I. General _________----------------------------- 151-156 88II. Organization of the defense ____________________ 157-166 90III. Mobile defense ------------------------------_ 167-173 94IV. Area defense ----- _-_------_-.…............_ 174-183 99V. Relief in place _-.------------------_ 184-192 101CHAPTER 8.' RETROGRADE OPERATIONSSection I. General ______________________________________ 193, 194 106II. Cdnsiderations of the retrograde ______________… 195-199 106III. Delaying action _-------------- -------------- _ 200-203 109*This manual supersedes FM 17-1, June 1963, including C 1, 30 November 1964.Page