Department of the Army Field Manual FM 31-72: Mountain Operations
Washington, DC: GPO, 1959. Revised Edition. 238, wraps, illus., references, appendices, index, covers soiled, spine discolored, lower corner front cover bent. Sticker residue on rear cover. Topics covered include general considerations (terrain, climate, weather, and conditioning and acclimatization), operations (troop movements and marches, security, bivouacs, offensive combat, defensive combat, supply, and tactical employment of climbers), employment of the arms and services ( infantry, field artillery, armor, Army aviation, engineers, medical, and transportation), military mountaineering (basic technique, movement of trained personnel, and unit movement), snow and glaciers (classification of snow, avalanches, movement over snow and ice, movement over glaciers), communications (use of wire and radio, and visual signaling and use of messengers), and training (military mountaineering, unit training, and exercises in climbing). The appendix contains a master training program. Condition: fair to good.
Keywords: Mountains, Mountain Operations, Communications, Field Manuals, Mountaineering, Snow/Glaciers, Inf
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