Description: Thank You! If you do not wish to have your item(s) delivered on data disc(s), I can provide them on a flash drive and other means as well. Just let me know if a disc does not work for you and we can discuss delivery by other methods. COMBINING SHIPPING COSTS Are you purchasing multiple items? I will: a) combine all invoices before payment and charge shipping equivalent to one item, or b) refund all shipping costs in excess of one item after payment. U.S. Government publication copied to data CD - no paper copy provided! All derivative (i.e. change in media; by compilation) work from this underlying U.S. Government public domain/public release data is COPYRIGHT © GOVPUBS $3.00 first class shipping in U.S.; $13.00 for air post outside of United States. I will combined auctions for reduced postage prior to payment - simply ask for a combined invoice! See numerous images of actual pages within manual. Be sure to see my many other manuals on data CD auctions. ■ 1. General.—ln jungle warfare the soldier fights two enemies: man and nature. Of the two, nature is often the more formidable. Troops newly arriving in tropical jungle areas experience a climate to which they are not accustomed and are exposed to diseases with which they are not familiar. These conditions impose a special responsibility on all commanders; they must assure themselves that their troops are adjusted to tropical climates and that the health and combat effectiveness of the command will insure the execution of the assigned mission under tropical jungle conditions. ■ 2. Effect of Climate.—Food which is not in sealed, airtight containers, and leather and web equipment are subject to the rapid deteriorating effects of damp heat. Both in garrison and in the field ail commanders and mess and supply personnel must constantly seek to counteract the effects of this damp heat. Mess personnel must be especially watchful that food is not allowed to spoil and that storage areas are dry and airy. Equipment stored in garrison or camp must be kept dry. For this purpose, dry closets or storage rooms, warmed by artificial heat, are advantageous. The damp heat of jungle areas likewise requires that special care be given to all arms and other nonrustproof equipment which is in daily or frequent use. ■ 3. Routes of Communication and Logistics.—The denseness of jungle growth makes penetration slow and fatiguing, as new trails must be cut by hand labor, and only a few men can clear trail at a time. Where trails exist they will ordinarily be suitable for the passage of infantry, mounted men, or pack animals only. To convert the average jungle trail into a road over which wheeled vehicles can move will usually require considerable time and many hours of labor. On the other hand, rivers usually traverse jungle areas, and where water transportation and suitable landing areas are available, these constitute favorable routes of communication. Thus jungle logistics will usually be based on three factors: first, river transport; second, the amount of food and ammunition that a man can carry; and third, the amount of supplies that pack animals if available can carry, minus transported subsistence needed by the animals themselves. ■ 4. Supply and Equipment.—a. Conditions of terrain and climate will have marked effects on tactical operations. In determining the feasibility of a desired tactical operation, supply considerations are often decisive. They will ordinarily assume a greater importance than in operations conducted in temperate climates or in areas where jungles are nonexistent. b. Weapons must often be limited to those which, with a due amount of ammunition, can be carried on the man or pack animal and which can be useful in the jungle. This frequently eliminates many supporting arms, and requires that tactics be based mainly on weapons which can be carried by hand and which do not use too much nor too heavy ammunition. ■ 5. Purpose of Manual.—a. The leader who appreciates the logistic difficulties and limitations on fire which jungle conditions impose, and who correctly evaluates these conditions in the application of sound tactical doctrine will find that his jungle tactics are also correct. b. The purpose of this manual is to furnish a guide for such appreciation of jungle conditions. Data contained herein have been secured from the collective experience of our own and foreign forces, and of commercial enterprise in tropical lands.
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