CHAPTER 9

MISCELLANEOUS

TABLE NR. I. CONVERSION TABLE-WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

MULTIPLY BY TO OBTAIN
Acres .405 Hectares
Caliber (inches) 25.4 Millimeter
Centimeters .3937 Inches
Degrees 17.8 Mils
Fathoms 6 Feet
Feet .1667 Fathoms
Gallons (U.S.) 3.785 Liters
Grains .00228 Ounces
Grams .03527 Ounces
Hectares 2.471 Acres
Inches 2.54 Centimeters
Kilograms 2.2 Pounds
Kilometers .6214 Miles
Knots 1.152 Miles per hour
Liters .2642 Gallons (U.S.)
Meters 1.094 Yards
Miles 1.609 Kilometers
Miles per hour .8684 Knots
Millimeter .0394 Inches
Mils .056 Degrees
Ounces 437.5 Grains
Ounces 28.35 Grams
Pounds .4536 Kilograms
Temperature (C) +17.8 1.8 Temperature (F)
Temperature (F) −32 .5556 Temperature (C)
Yards .9144 Meters

TABLE NR. II. AERIAL PHOTOS.

Determining Scale:
Flying Height Method:
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Map Distance Method:
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Point Designation Grid System
1. Turn photo so that written data is in normal reading position.
2. Draw lines across photo joining opposite fiducial (collimating) marks.
3. Space grid lines, starting with center lines, a distance equal to 4 cm or 1.576 inches apart.
4. Number each center line 50 and give numerical values to the other lines, increasing right and up.
5. Read coordinates as any other.

TABLE NR. III. LONG RANGE PHOTOGRAPHY. (35-mm Camera & Binoculars)

Procedure.
Camera:
F Stop - M 13 6 × 30 binoculars F 10
M 177 × 50 binoculars F 8
Speed - As required by film ASA
Range - Infinity
Binoculars:
Set left eyepiece at zero.
Sight through right eyepiece and adjust to focus.
Set binoculars to camera:
Place left monocular (with reticle) flush with camera lens.
Take picture without moving either binoculars or camera.

TABLE NR. IV. MAP-DISTANCE CONVESION.

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TABLE NR. V. USEFUL KNOTS.

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TABLE NR. VI. MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.

PRINCIPLES OF WAR REPORTING INFORMATION
M ass S ize
O bjective A ctivity
S implicity L ocation
S urprise U nit
C ommand unity T ime
O ffensive E quipment
M aneuver
E conomy of forces
S ecurity
TERRAIN ANALYSIS PRISONERS OF WAR
C ritical features S earch
O bservation S eparate
C over and concealment S ilence
O betacles S peed
A venues of approach & withdrawal S afeguarding
INTELLIGENCE EVALUATION LEGEND.
Source Information
A-Completely reliable 1-Confirmed by other source
B-Usually reliable 2-Probable true
C-Fairly reliable 3-Possibly true
D-Not usually reliable 4-Doubtfully true
E-Unreliable 5-Improbably
F-Reliability unknown 6-Truth cannot be judged

This legend should be applied to intelligence originating in the field and the evaluation sent forward with the information.

GUERRILLA TRAINING

I. GUERRILLA TRAINING AIMS:

Survive, Obey, Fight.

II. TRAINING PLAN:

  1. Steps in planning:
    1. Analysis of the mission.
    2. Systems for training:
      1. Decentralized.
      2. Centralized.
      3. Combination of Systems.
    3. Estimate of training situation:
      1. Training to be conducted.
      2. Personnel:
        1. Available for cadre.
        2. To be trained.
    4. Time.
    5. Training facilities.
    6. Training aids.
    7. Equipment.
  2. Decisions.
  3. The Plan.
  4. Principles of scheduling:
    1. Facilities preparation of instruction.
    2. Facilities learning.
    3. Use training time effectively.
    4. Accommodate the troops.

III. LEGAL STATUS OF GUERRILLAS:

  1. Be commanded by a person responsible for his subordinates.
  2. Have a fixed distinctive insignia recognizable at a distance.
  3. Carry arms openly.
  4. Conduct operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war.

IV. FOR SUCCESSFUL EMPLOYMENT OF GUERRILLA WARFARE:

  1. The spirit of resistance must be present in a segment of the population.
  2. The guerrillas must have the support of the civilian populace.
  3. The guerrilla movement must have a sponsor.

V. RECORDS OF GUERRILLAS:

  1. Personnel roster; name, rank, date joined, date discharged.
  2. Oath of enlistment.
  3. Theatre records and reports.
  4. Casualty reports.
  5. Payrolls.
  6. Recording and settling claims.
  7. Receipt forms
  8. Demobilization:
    1. Assembly of guerrilla forces.
    2. Collection of arms and equipment.
    3. Completion of administrative records.
    4. Settlement of pay, allowances, and benefits.
    5. Settlement of claims.
    6. Awarding of decorations.
    7. Care of sick and wounded.
    8. Discharge.
    9. Provisions of rehabilitation and employment of discharge guerrillas.

VI. GUIDE TO ASSESSMENT OF THE AREA:

  1. Initial Assessment.
    1. Location.
    2. Team morale and condition.
    3. Status of guerrillas (local).
    4. Security (local): area, attitude of local civilians, escape plan and alternate areas, enemy situation, civilian support available.
  2. Principal Assessment (a continuous estimate of the situation).
    1. Information of the enemy to include: Disposition; composition, identification, and strength; organization, armament, and equipment; degree of training, morale, and combat effectiveness; operations (recent and current activities of the unit, counterguerrilla activities, and capabilities, current security systems within the unit); unit zones of responsibility; daily routine of the units; logistical support to include: installations and facilities, supply routes, method of troop movement; past and current reprisal actions.
    2. Information of security troops and police units: Dependability and reliability to the existing regime and/or the occupying power; disposition; composition, identification, and strength; organization, armanent, and equipment; degree of training, morale, and efficiency; influence on an relations with the local
    3. Information of resistance organization: Size, equipment, organization, status of training, intelligence and logistics systems. Auxiliary, organization, status of training, general disporitions.
    4. Information of the civil government: Controls and restrictions (documentation, rationing, travel and movement restrictions, blackouts and curfews); current value of money, wage scales; the extent and effect of the black market; political restrictions; religion restrictions; the control and operation of industry, utilities, agriculture, and transportation.
    5. Information of potential targets: Railroads; telecommunications ; POL; electric power; military headquarters and installations; radar and electronic devices; highways; inland waterways and canals; sea ports; natural and synthetic gas lines; industrial plants.
    6. Information of the terrain: Location of area suitable for guerrilla bases, units and other Installations; potential landing zones, drop zones, reception sites; routes suitable for guerrillas and enemy; barriers to movement; the seasonal effect of the weather on terrain and visibility.
    7. Information of the weather: Precipitation, cloud cover, temperature and visibility; wind speed and direction; light data (BMNT, EENT, sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset).