Contains West German Army regulations with a supplemental manual of tactical principles.

Regulations are titled, "Command in Battle", and the supplemental manual is titled, "Tactical principles of the combat forces for the operational command of battalions and companies". Photocopy reproduction.

Command in battle --National policy and military policy -- Overall national defense and armed forces -- War materiel -- The army -- Alert system, mobilization, deployment -- The military commander -- Character guidance and personnel leadership -- The military intelligence system and the evaluation of the enemy situation -- Effect of terrain and weather -- Elements of combat -- Combat under atomic and chemical conditions -- Tactical cooperation with air and naval forces -- Psychological defense -- Logistics -- Reconnaissance -- Scouting -- Security -- Contact with friendly forces [liaison] -- Electronic warfare -- On the move -- Movement across bodies of water -- Using air mobility -- Improving and clearing terrain -- Neutralization and harrassment -- Protection of rear areas -- Personnel replacements and supply in combat -- Principles, planning, and conduct of defense -- Defense, relief, and breakout of encircled forces -- Effect of certain terrain conditions on defense -- Principles, planning, and course of attack -- Exploiting successful attack -- Effect of certain terrain conditions on the attack -- Principles, planning, and conduct of delaying action -- Effect of certain terrain conditions on delaying action -- Meeting engagement -- Disengagement from enemy -- Relief -- Covering force operations -- Ranger [commando] operations -- Tactical principles of the combat forces for the operational command of battalions and companies -- Preface -- Operational command of combat forces -- Tactical principles of the armored infantry (Armd Inf) -- Tactical principles of the armor forces (Armd) -- Tactical principles of the anti-tank forces (A/T) -- Tactical principles of the infantry (Inf) -- Tactical principles of the armored cavalry (Armd Cav) -- The battalion without support in the defensive action.