This document is an English copy of MS #P-060b, a small unit actions project completed by a committee of former German officers. It is a study of German tactical doctrine. Contents: basic considerations on soldiering, armed forces and modern warfare; fundamentals of basic training; general principles of command; marches and movements; attack; tanks; artillery, mortars, chemical troops; signal communications; antiaircraft artillery; close-support air units; defense; withdrawal from action; delaying action; retreat; and tactical operations under special conditions. Appendix 1- ideas and guiding principles for short-term training. Appendix 2- supply, and principles governing the practical functioning of supply. Appendix 3- T/O of infantry division (mot). Appendix 4- T/O of infantry regiment (mot). Appendix 5- general principles governing signal communications.

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