Handbook On Japanese Military Forces
- Handbook On Japanese Military Forces
The US Army's TM E 30-480 Handbook On Japanese Military Forcesis a War Department Technical Manual dated 15 September 1944. It superseded the original TM E 30-480 dated 21 September 1942.
War Dept. Wash. 1944, 8"x10-1/2", 401pp., with 412 illustrations - diagrams, photos, charts. color plates of uniforms & medals detailing all the known information about the Imperial Japanese Army as of that time.
It was republished in 1995 with an Introduction by David Isby and an afterword by Jeffrey Ethell, Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge Louisiana 70803 , ISBN 0807120138, 403 pp., illus, in colour and b/w, maps, wraps.
Changes
TM E 30-480 Handbook on Japanese Military Forces had five Changes which were as follows:
# Change 1: Japanese Airforces (1 January 1945); 39 pages,
# Change 3: Field Organization (1 June 1945); 94 pages,
# Change 4: Japanese Fortifications (1 July 1945); 68 pages,
# Change 5: Naval Ground Units (1 July 1945); 11 pages,
# Change 6: Weapons (15 September 1945); 228 pages,
# Change 7: Japanese Military Police (15 August 1945);
References
* TM E 30-480 Handbook On Japanese Military Forces
External links
* [http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/Japan/IJA/HB/index.html#index Manual online at ibiblio.org]
* [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-131499562.html link at encyclopedia.com]
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