Its Place in History IN September, 1947, the American Association of Scientific Workers, in a memorandum to the General Assembly of the United Nations, defined Biological Warfare as the use in war of pathogenic, or disease-producing, bacteria, fungi, protozoa, rickettsiae, viruses and other agents of infectious disease, of their toxic products, and of certain other organic chemical poisons (animal or plant toxins, plant “hormones”) intended to kill or incapacitate human beings or economically useful …

Make Him Welcome ONE of the most distressing of human emotions is the feeling of isolation that takes hold of a young man when he joins a new organization, whether it be a school, a business establishment, or a military unit. There may be a few hardy souls who are never troubled with this natural shyness. However, nearly all of us can recall the feeling of loneliness, evert wretchedness, that troubled us during our first days at a new school. Everyone else knew each other, the masters, and the routine. To …

Condensed from Number 10 in a series of articles being published in the United States Infantry Journal. The articles are from Colonel Marshall’s book, “Men Against Fire,” SO far, we have considered speech in combat mainly as a lubricant to all of the cogs in the complex mechanism of tactics. As Disraeli said, men govern by words. It is by virtue of the spoken word, rather than by sight or any other medium, that men in combat gather courage from the knowledge that they are being supported by others. Battle …

The articles in this series were prepared by Captain D. WILLETT who is now attending a Radar Course in the United Kingdom. Other articles in the series are:—The Principles of Radar, ATM 51; Radar Components, ATM 52; Radar and Anti-Aircraft Gunnery, ATM 53; Radar and Coast Gunnery, ATM 54. Introduction The use of radar equipments by coast and anti-aircraft artillery units was a recognized practice during the recent war, but it is not generally realized that a start had been made to apply radar to field …

THE Germans expected to use this weapon on a large scale as a carrier rocket for the dissemination of various chemical warfare agents in the event of chemical warfare being introduced during World War II. These rockets were muzzle loaded into, and electrically fired from a six barrelled projector resembling a small field gun of sturdy construction. A salvo of 324 rounds could be fired every 90 seconds by a regiment armed with the weapon. The projectile carries a charging of approximately 4 pints of gas to …

FROM the days of early man, some sort of insignia has been employed to distinguish families, tribes and nations. When, in prehistoric rimes, the head of a family wished to adopt a distinguishing mark he sought it in the animal and bird life around him. He compared the qualities he imagined he possessed, or hoped to acquire, with his surroundings, and adopted the device which seemed to fit these qualities. In the very early days the family badge was carved in wood and fixed to a pole, so that all could note …

THE scarcity of information concerning organization and work of the Russian Artillery during the recent War is to be regretted since much that occurred during this conflict must prove of high interest to all soldiers. The following attempt to reconstruct certain artillery aspects of that war out of scanty scraps of published information is offered for what it may be worth. For the previous two centuries the Artillery Service had been the pride of the Russian Army. Its complete failure in the war of 1914-17 …

IN the development of equipment the need for experimental testing and proving has long been realized by leading engineers. To support this contention one may quote the words of Frederick Henry Royce whose organization designed and produced the engines which powered the British fighting planes in the Battle of Britain. He wrote:— “Nothing is to proceed on the basis of theory or intuition alone, even one’s own sure judgment and vast fund of knowledge are no substitute for recorded results from the Test Bench …

ONE of Napoleon’s best known sayings is, “There are no poor regiments, there are only poor Colonels.” Now what is it that “good” Colonels do to produce their “good” regiments? Good Colonels insist that, in addition to having the necessary military knowledge, their men must be trained so that they can take in their stride such things as danger, hardship, and unforeseen eventualities. But to get his men up to this high state of morale a commander must produce a motive force to urge his men to give willingly …

  The Army continues to hold a special place in the hearts of Australians through sacrifice and long service to this nation. Although times and technologies have changed, the fundamental mission of the Australian Army endures: it is to win the land battle in order to defeat our enemies and safeguard the interests of the nation and the lives of our people.  To carry out these operations effectively, the Army must be multi-skilled, flexible, adaptable, well trained and doctrinally prepared. Our skills must …