Download or read book FM 7-5 The Rifle Battalion, 1940 written by United States. . War Department and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-09-29 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FM 7-5 Infantry Field Manual, Organization And Tactics Of Infantry, The Rifle Battalion 1940-10-01"Chapters in this infantry field manual include: infantry characteristics and organization (moral qualities, leadership, training, means of combat); combat (basic factors of infantry combat, offensive and defensive combat, special phases of operations); liaison with other arms (artillery, aviation, cavalry, engineers, chemical troops); and infantry units (individual infantry soldier, rifle units, heavy weapons company units, rifle battalion)."