TM 30-480 Handbook On Japanese Military Forces, 1942-09-21 TECHNICAL MANUAL No. 30-480, HANDBOOK ON JAPANESE MILITARY FORCES WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, September 21, 1942. Paragraphs Chapter 1. Recruitment and mobilization 1-2 Chapter 2. Organization. Section I. Japanese military system and territorial organization 3-5 II. Tactical organization 6-25 Chapter 3. Uniforms, insignia, and personal equipment 26-29 Chapter 4. Armament and equipment. Section I. Infantry 30-35 II. Field Artillery 36-39 III. Railroad artillery, antiaircraft artillery, and machine guns 40-41 IV. Cavalry 42-47 V. Air Corps 48-53 VI. Chemical Warfare Service 54-62 VII. Engineer arms and equipment 63-65 VIII. Tanks, tractors, trucks, motorcars, motorcycles, and bicycles 66-69 IX. Signal communication 70-77 Chapter 5. Ammunition. Section I. Infantry 78-83 II. Artillery 84-87 III. Antiaircraft 88 Chapter 6. Supply and evacuation. Section I. Supply. 89-92 II. Evacuation 93-95 Chapter 7. Training, efficiency, discipline, and morale 96-100 Chapter 8. Tactics of Japanese Army. Section I. General 101 II. Offensive 102-120 III. Defensive 121-126 IV. Employment of tanks, mechanized units, and antitank defense 127-132 V. Aircraft 133-135 VI. Notes on Japanese operations in Malaya and Southwest Pacific area 136-140 VII. Combined operations 141 VIII. Conclusions. 142-144 Chapter 9. Conventional signs and abbreviations 145-150 Chapter 10. Military terms and characters 151-153 Page Appendix. I. Supplemental data 341 II. Wartime code names and numbers 348 Index 355 This manual supersedes TM 30-480, May 14, 1941., Technical manual, Cover title, Includes fold-out page of the air organization of the Japanes army and navy, Supersedes TM 30-480 dated 14 May 1941