A Rankin Posted 23 February , 2023 Author Share Posted 23 February , 2023 SS 500 Memorandum Regarding Re–packing of Empty Cartridge Cases, Ammunition Boxes, etc. 5th January, 1917. Found in AWM25 873/20 - [Written records, 1914-18 War] [Salvage] Memorandum regarding re-packing of empty cartidges cases, ammunition boxes etchttps://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3058753 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Rankin Posted 23 February , 2023 Author Share Posted 23 February , 2023 SS 752 Suspension of sentences. [download link may take a bit of time to finalise]https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3410885 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Rankin Posted 23 February , 2023 Author Share Posted 23 February , 2023 Tank Coloured Disc and Light Code (download link should appear within next 24-48 hours) Not SS 603 as this copy is the original edition, but I thought that people may still like to have this on hand.https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3413029 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Rankin Posted 23 February , 2023 Author Share Posted 23 February , 2023 Typical Standing Orders for Action during Gas Alert and Hostile Gas Attacks. (issued with reference to Para 7, S.S.111B). General Staff, September, 1916. (download link should appear within next 24-48 hours)https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3412978 SS 128 Anti–gas duties within an Infantry Battalion. (To be modified for other Units to suit their organisation and duties). Issued by General Staff, September, 1916. (download link should appear within next 24-48 hours)https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3413028 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Rankin Posted 26 February , 2023 Author Share Posted 26 February , 2023 SS 496 German Shells and Fuzes. General Staff (Intelligence), General Headquarters. 20th July, 1917. Found in AWM27 381/41 - [Ordnance Services - Arms and Ammunition:] General Staff (Intelligence), General Headquarters circular No Ia/37185 - German shells and fuzes (3 copies) (Jul 1917)https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3104073 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Rankin Posted 27 February , 2023 Author Share Posted 27 February , 2023 CDS 307 Defensive Measures against Gas Attacks with corrections SS 308 Defensive Measures Against Gas Attacks. G.H.Q., 18/1/16https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3413075 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Rankin Posted 27 February , 2023 Author Share Posted 27 February , 2023 SS 769 Manual of Position Warfare for all Arms. Part 11 (Provisional). Super–Heavy Flat Trajectory Guns (November, 1917.) General Staff (Intelligence), General Headquarters, 20th November, 1918.http://bibliotecas.defesa.pt/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=bdn&uri=full=3100024~!206957~!0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Rankin Posted 27 February , 2023 Author Share Posted 27 February , 2023 SS 492 The Wilson and Dalby Gun Director (Patent No. 6801. 1915). For the direct measurement of travel correctionhttp://bibliotecas.defesa.pt/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=bdn&uri=full=3100024~!205030~!0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Rankin Posted 27 February , 2023 Author Share Posted 27 February , 2023 SS 761 Manual of position warfare for all arms. Part 15. The Employment of anti–aircraft troops. (Including principles of their employment in open warfare.) 16th May, 1918. General Staff (Intelligence), General Headquarters, 27th October, 1918.http://bibliotecas.defesa.pt/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=bdn&uri=full=3100024~!206962~!0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Rankin Posted 27 February , 2023 Author Share Posted 27 February , 2023 SS 362 How the Soldier can help to Shorten the war by safeguarding his Arms, Ammunition and Equipment. http://bibliotecas.defesa.pt/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=bdn&uri=full=3100024~!238850~!0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Rankin Posted 28 February , 2023 Author Share Posted 28 February , 2023 SS 500 Memorandum Regarding Re–packing of Empty Cartridge Cases, Ammunition Boxes, etc. 5th January, 1917. SS 755 Instructions for the Recovery of Solder from Empty Meat Tins. and several other circulars and publications. Found in AWM27 385/3 - [Salvage:] Circulars concerning "Economy in the Field" [Includes: return of worn-out clothing; repacking of ammuntion boxes; recovery of solder]https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3104244 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Rankin Posted 28 February , 2023 Author Share Posted 28 February , 2023 SS 742 Photographs of German Guns. Serial 1. Field Artillery. General Staff (Intelligence), General Headquarters, 10th September, 1918. Found in AWM27 381/65 - [Ordnance Services - Arms and Ammunition:] Circular - "Photographs of German Guns, Serial No 1, Field Atillery" [sic] [Includes: notes and dimensions] (2 copies) (Sep 1918)https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3104105 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Rankin Posted 28 February , 2023 Author Share Posted 28 February , 2023 SS 710 New Defensive Tactics. With reference to Ypres Group Ia/87084/88187. Translation of a German Document. General Staff (Intelligence), Advanced General Headquarters, 14th November, 1917. Along with a few other translated German documents. Found in AWM27 310/74 - [Conduct of Operations:] Translations of German documents concerned with strategy and tacticshttps://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3099514 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 28 February , 2023 Share Posted 28 February , 2023 (edited) Thank you for taking the time to post these links that are so useful to our understanding of the command and administration of the largest army that Britain and its Dominions and Colonies ever put into the field. It is very generous of you and much appreciated by many. Edited 28 February , 2023 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Rankin Posted 1 March , 2023 Author Share Posted 1 March , 2023 21 hours ago, FROGSMILE said: Thank you for taking the time to post these links that are so useful to our understanding of the command and administration of the largest army that Britain and its Dominions and Colonies ever put into the field. It is very generous of you and much appreciated by many. Thank you Frogsmile, The forum has been a great help to me in my research, so being able to pay it forward has been a good feeling. Hopefully more organisations will follow the AWM and begin uploading digitised documents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Rankin Posted 2 March , 2023 Author Share Posted 2 March , 2023 SS 548 Extracts from the German Official Textbook Regarding "Minenwerfer." Dated 15th November, 1916. General Staff (Intelligence), General Headquarters, March, 1917. Found in AWM27 381/77 - [Ordnance Services - Arms and Ammunition:] Circular - "Extracts from the German Official Textbook regarding 'Minenwerfer'" (light mortar) (3 copies) (Mar 1917) https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3104129 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Rankin Posted 2 March , 2023 Author Share Posted 2 March , 2023 SS 742/2 Photographs of German Guns. Serial 2. Heavy Guns on Wheeled Mountings. General Staff (Intelligence), General Headquarters, 2nd September, 1918. Found in AWM27 381/66 - [Ordnance Services - Arms and Ammunition:] Circular - "Photographs of German Guns, Serial No 2, Heavy Guns on Wheeled Mountings" [Includes: notes and dimensions] (2 copies) (Sep 1918)https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3104107 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Rankin Posted 2 March , 2023 Author Share Posted 2 March , 2023 SS 742/3 Photographs of German Guns. Serial 3. Medium and Heavy Field Howitzers. General Staff (Intelligence), General Headquarters, 18th September, 1918. Found in AWM27 381/67 - [Ordnance Services - Arms and Ammunition:] Circular - "Photographs of German Guns, Serial No 3, Medium and Heavy Field Howitzers" [Includes: notes and dimensions] (2 copies) (Sep 1918)https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3104109 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gilinsky Posted 5 March , 2023 Share Posted 5 March , 2023 A big TANKS to everyone who contributes this great very helpful thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Rankin Posted 7 March , 2023 Author Share Posted 7 March , 2023 SS 155 Notes on dealing with hostile machine guns in an advance. Issued by the General Staff—April, 1917. Found in AWM27 310/25 - [Conduct of Operations:] Publication of "Notes on dealing with hostile machine guns in an advance" (Apr-May 1917)https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3099420 On 05/03/2023 at 08:56, John Gilinsky said: A big TANKS to everyone who contributes this great very helpful thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Rankin Posted 8 March , 2023 Author Share Posted 8 March , 2023 SS 130 Notes on the Employment of 4" Stokes Mortar Bombs (Revised Edition.) (Issued by the General Staff). November, 1917. SS 183 Light (Stokes) Mortar Drill. (Issued by the General Staff). September, 1917. CDS 79 The Employment of Minenwerfer. (Translation of a German Document) CDS 80 Minenwerfer. (Translation of a German Document found on an officer, May 1915.) SS 139/6 Artillery Notes. (Issued by the General Staff at General Headquarters.) No. 6.— Trench Mortars. March, 1917. SS 189 Light Mortar Training. (Issued by the General Staff.) June, 1918. Several German and British handbooks on Trench Mortars and projectiles Found in Multibind book Trench mortar drill & training / General Staffhttps://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3413076 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Rankin Posted 8 March , 2023 Author Share Posted 8 March , 2023 SS 135 Appendix B Co–operation Between Aircraft and Infantry. (Issued by the General Staff), April, 1918.https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3413048 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Rankin Posted 8 March , 2023 Author Share Posted 8 March , 2023 SS 605 Chart showing how recoveries of Fat, etc., are to be made. G.H.Q., February, 1917. Found in AWM25 873/46 - [Written records, 1914-18 War] [Salvage] Instructions to units, issued in connection with the Ellis Field Fat Extractor Plant and chart showing how recoveries of fat etc are to be made. 1917https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3058809 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Rankin Posted 9 March , 2023 Author Share Posted 9 March , 2023 SS 541 German Instructions for the Employment of "Granatenwerfer" or Stick Bomb Throwers. General Staff (Intelligence), General Headquarters, February, 1917. Found in AWM27 381/79 - [Ordnance Services - Arms and Ammunition:] Circular - "German Instructions for the Employment of 'Granatenwerfer' or Stick Bomb-Throwers" (Feb 1917)https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3104133 Note part of Paragraph 4 is cut off due to a page fold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Rankin Posted 9 March , 2023 Author Share Posted 9 March , 2023 SS 618 German Conventional Signs. General Staff (Intelligence), General Headquarters, 14th December, 1917. Found in AWM26 339/1 - [Operations files, 1914-1918 War:] Flanders Winter, General Headquarters, British Expeditionary Force, Intelligence, 17 Dec 1917 to 11 Jan 1918 [page 26]https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C3079513 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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