Staff Officers Field Manual Nuclear Weapons Employment; Department of the Army Field Manual FM 101-31-1
Washington DC: Department of the Army, Headquarters, 1963. Presumed First printing thus [supersedes prior guidance]. Wraps. Three-hole punched, with one staple on the left side. 163, [5] pages, illustrations (Figures and Tables). Footnotes. Ink notations on spine and bottom edge. Stapled on left side and three hole punched. So,e cover wear and soiling. This manual together with FM 101-31-1, 1 February 1963, and FM 101-31-1, 1 February 1963, and FM 101-31-3, 1 February 1963, supersedes FM 101-31, 20 July 1959, including C 1, 29 Jun 2 1961; FM 101-31 (modified), 15 September 1960; DA Pam 39-1, 20 May 1959; and DA Training Circular 101-1, 8 December 1958, including C 2, 14 June 1060. The contents include: Introduction, Initial Effects of Nuclear Weapons, Target Analysis, Command Responsibilities, Staff Procedures and Techniques of Employment, Operations in Residual Radiation Areas; Protective Measures, Appendices, and Index. This manual provides guidance to commanders and staff officers in the operational and logistical aspects of nuclear weapons employment in combat operations. The doctrine presented in this manual is concerned with nuclear weapons employment with the field army. When the manual discusses special ammunition logistics, vulnerability analyses and the employment of nuclear weapons in such areas as air defense the scope is extended to include the theater of operations. In addition, some portions of this manual are applicable to Continental United States air defense. The complete manual includes the following information: (1) The U.S. Army doctrine for employment of nuclear weapons. (2) The effects expected from nuclear weapons. (3) Techniques of target analysis. (4) Command and staff procedures in nuclear weapons employment. (5) Guidance for conducting tactical operations in a nuclear environment. (6) Defensive measures, individual and unit, to reduce the effects of enemy delivered weapons. (7) Tabular information concerning target response and troop safety for a family of hypothetical weapons and for stockpile weapons. This manual is divided into three separate manuals. FM 101-31-1 provides specific doctrine concerning those facets of tactical operations which are applicable to active nuclear warfare. It contains the U.S. Army concepts for nuclear weapons employment and the command and staff actions required to carry out those concepts. Appendixes to this volume present detailed technical procedures concerning target analysis. FM 101-31-2 contains classified defense information concerning the nuclear weapons in the U.S. stockpile. FM 101-31-1 provides data concerning a family of hypothetical nuclear weapons. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Nuclear Weapons, Military Manuals, Weapons Employment, Weapon Effects, Blast, Shock, Thermal Radiation, Combined Effects, Target Analysis, Protective Measures, Height of Burst, Staff Procedures, Weapon Selection
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