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Instructions on the defensive action of large units in battle. 1917. This pamphlet provides instructions for defensive actions for large combat units, discussing artillery, aviation, infantry, anti-aircraft defense, gas companies, mines, raids, local attacks.
Manual for commanders of large units (provisional) - 1930. his provisional manual deals with the employment of large units in both open and stabilized warfare. It is assumed that the enemy is equal in intelligence to ourselves and that he is as well armed, trained, and supplied. This manual is intended as a guide for commanders and staffs of divisions, corps, armies, and groups of armies, and for general headquarters. It contemplates the employment of forces varying in strength from a single division to the maximum mobilized man power of the Nation. Throughout the manual, the term "large unit" is applied to the division, corps, army, and group of armies.
FM 100-15 1930 (OBSOLETE) : a manual for commanders of large units (provisional), volume 1, operations. Another version (scan) of Manual for commanders of large units (provisional).
FM 100-15 1942 (OBSOLETE) : Field service regulations, larger units. 1942. FM 100-15 (Field Service Regulations, Larger Units) is published for the information and guidance of all concerned. It discusses the functions and operations of larger units. It presupposes a familiarity with the provisions of FM 100-5 (Field Service Regulations, Operations) which covers the doctrines pertaining to the leading of troops and combat of the combined arms; FM 100-10 (Field Service Regulations, Administration); and Joint Action of the Army and the Navy, 1935.

FM 100-15: Field Service Regulations, Larger Units. 28 June, 1950.

Supersedes FM 100-15, 29 June 1942, including C1, 10 September 1942.

FM 100-15: Field Service Regulations, Larger Units. 12 December, 1963.

Supersedes FM 100-15, 28 June 1950, including C 1, 20 October 1952.

Corps and Large Units - 1968 to Present

FM 100-15: Larger Units: Theater Army - Corps. 27 December, 1968.

Supersedes FM 100-15, 12 December 1963, including all changes.

FM 100-15: Larger Units: Theater Army - Corps. 30 April, 1973.

Supersedes FM 100-15, 27 December 1968.

FM 100-15 (Test) Large Unit Operations. 15 March, 1974.

Supersedes FM 100-15, 30 April 1973.

FM 100-15: Corps Operations. 13 September, 1989.

Supersedes FM 100-15 (Test), 15 March 1974.

FM 100-15: Corps Operations. 29 October, 1996.

Supersedes FM 100-15, 13 September, 1989.

FM 3-92: Corps Operations. 23 November, 2010.

Supersedes FM 100-15, 29 October, 1996.

FM 3-94: Theater Army, Corps, and Division Operations. 21 April, 2014.

Supersedes FM 3-92, 23 November 2010.

FM 3-94: Armies, Corps, and Division Operations. 23 July, 2021. Supersedes FM 3-94, 21 April, 2014.