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Military Manual Photocopies available from Military/Info

• FM 30-38 Military Intelligence Identification of Japanese Aircraft (16 March 1942); 175 pages, 100+illus. Price 19.00 {Item No.4561} [Note that not all of the aircraft listed in the book were published with pictures and that the data on them is fragmentary]
• FM 30-58 Military Intelligence. Identification of Japanese Naval Vessels (29 December 1941); 182 pages, 100+illus. Price 20.00 {Item No.4583}
• TM 9-1985-4 Japanese Explosive Ordnance (Bombs, Bomb Fuzes, Land Mine, Grenades, Firing Devices and Sabotage Devices)(March 1953); 263 pages, 200 illus. Price 32.00 {Item No.3772} [Vol.1 of 2, TM 9-1985-5 is Vol.2]
• TM 9-1985-5 Japanese Explosive Ordnance (Army Ammunition, Navy Ammunition)(March 1953); 287 pages, 251 illus. Price 34.00 {Item No.3773} [Vol.2 of 2, TM 9-1985-4 is Vol.1]
• TME 11-227A Signal Communications Equipment Directory. Japanese Radio Communications Equipment (December 1944); 87 pages, 40+illus. Price 12.00 {Item No.3538}
• TME 30-480 Handbook on Japanese Military Forces (1 October 1944); 401 pages, 412 illus. Price 45.00 {Item No.4251} [To be fair, this manual has been often available as a reprint for over twenty years. I sugguest that you look for a reprint before buying one of our copies. Our copy is from a original manual, not from a reprint]
• TME 30-480 Handbook on Japanese Military Forces (Changes 1 , 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7); 445 pages, 200+illus. Price 50.00 {Item No.4252} [These changes, as far as I know have not been reprinted.] We are also willing to sell photocopies of each of the changes separately:
• Change 1: Japanese Airforces (1 January 1945); 39 pages, illus. Price 6.00 {Item No.4253}
• Change 3: Field Organization (1 June 1945); 94 pages, illus. Price 12.00 {Item No.4254}
• Change 4: Japanese Fortifications (1 July 1945); 68 pages, illus. Price 9.00 {Item No. 4255}
• Change 5: Naval Ground Units (1 July 1945); 11 pages, illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.4256}
• Change 6: Weapons (15 September 1945); 228 pages, illus. Price 26.00 {Item No.4257}
• Change 7: Japanese Military Police (15 August 1945); 5 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.4258}
• Special Series No.7 Enemy Air-Borne Forces (2 December 1942). Military Intelligence Division, War Department:Washington, DC; 104 pages, 9 illus. Price 12.00 {Item No.2937}
• Special Series No.19 Japanese Infantry Weapons (31 December 1943). Military Intelligence Division, War Department: Washington, DC; 241 pages, 160 illus. Price 29.00 {Item No.2939}[Contains operating instructions for a wide array of Japanese rifles, machine guns, mortars and other weapons]
• Special Series No.24 Enemy Tactics in Chemical Warfare (1 September 1944). Military Intelligence Division, War Department: Washington, DC; 105 pages, 39 illus. Price 14.00 {Item No.2944} [WWII German and Japanese Chemical Warfare Tactics]
• Special Series No.25 Japanese Field Artillery (15 October 1944). Military Intelligence Division, War Department: Washington, DC; 112 pages, 117 illus. Price 15.00 {Item No.2945}
• Special Series No.26 Japanese Tanks and Tank Tactics (1944); 80 pages, 82 illus. Price 10.00 {Item No.4143}
• Special Series No.27 Soldier’s Guide to the Japanese Army (15 November 1944). Military Intelligence Division, War Department: Washington, DC; 182 pages, 128 illus. Price 20.00 {Item No.2946}
• Special Series No.32 Japanese Parachute Troops (1 July 1945). Military Intelligence Division, War Department:Washington, DC; 61 pages, 33 illus. Price 10.00 {Item No.2949}
• Special Series No.33 The Punch Below the Belt (1 August 1945). Military Intelligence Division, War Department: Washington, DC; 113 pages, 50+illus. Price 15.00 {Item No.2950} [Japanese WWII Deception tactics] [In Cartoon Format][Humorous plenty of details]
• Special Series No.34 Japanese Tank and Antitank Warfare (1 August 1945). Military Intelligence Division, War Department: Washington, DC; 215 pages, 223 illus. Price 25.00 {Item No.2951}

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