Nazi Military Manuals

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A NICE SELECTION OF ORIGINAL NAZI MILITARY MANUALS
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Military manuals in Third Reich Germany tended to start in the same way, generally with a full-page portrait of Adolf Hitler, pictures of a General Staff Officers, and/or flags and then data on the life of a soldier, a history of German Forces, basic military information, etc. Then they got specific, with detailed information about the subject of the particular manual. There is a great deal of information in these books and much of it is not repeated from one book to the other. Publisher and year of publication is also crucial to the information contained in Third Reich military manuals.

,,Der Kanonier Hilfsbuch'' (The Cannoneers Guidebook)
For Cannoneers and Drivers of Light Fieldgun Batteries.

This is a nice example of the 5-3/4 x 8-1/4 inch, 280 page, very heavily illustrated 1939/1940 guidebook for cannoneers as published by Richard Schröder Verlag of Berlin, Germany.

The book contains four pages of full-color uniform and flag data as well as all the information necessary for people involved with light artillery and fieldguns. Illustrations of caissons, optical equipment and plotting equipment are unusual and very well done.

There is a large section on mapping and of course, on horses and their equipment as German artillery was very much horse-powered.

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,,Der Rekrut'' (The Recruit)
An Instruction Book for Young Soldiers

This is a nice example of the 5-1/4 x7-1/2 inch, 192 page, very heavily illustrated instruction book for young soldiers as published by Verlag ,,Offene Worte'' in Berlin, Germany in 1936.

Here are all the basics of the new German Wehrmacht from packing a knapsack to using a compass, to gas masks, the G98 rifle, the Luger pistol, stick grenades, the light machine guns, etc.

There is a very interesting illustration of an American Christie tank chassis on page 102. There is a big 13 x 13 inch full-color, fold-out (above) in the back featuring the new model M1936 Nazi uniforms for the Army (Heer), Navy (Kriegsmarine) and Air Force (Luftwaffe).

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,,Ausbildungsvorschrift für die Infanterie''
Basic Training Handbook for Infantry Soldiers
Volume 2a, the Schützenkompanie

This is a nice example of the 4 x 5-3/4 inch, 256 page illustrated basic training handbook for soldiers of Schützenkompanie as published by Verlag ,,Offene Worte'' in Berlin, Germany in 1942.

This book does not deal with physical training, military courtesy, hygiene or that sort of thing. It is largely about weapons and their handling from the Light Machine Gun and its ammunition, to the Pistole 38 (P38), the Schmeisser Maschinenpistole (MP38-MP40), stick grenades and model 39 Egg Grenades, the PzB Anti-Tank Rifle, mortar, etc. The last part of the book is devoted to combat tactics of the squad. Very good condition.

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