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Armored Division Doctrine to 1962

FM 17 : The armored force, employment of armored units, the armored division Obsolete. This document is published as a guide for the tactical training and operation of the Armored Division. The field manual contains information on assembly areas, reconnaissance and security, marches, offensive and defensive combat, support areas, trains, and use of radio.
FM 17-10 1942: Armored force field manual, tactics and techniques Obsolete. The chapters in this FM 17-10 1942 contain the following topics: doctrine and organization; tactical employment; scouting and patrolling, mounted; reconnaissance platoon and company, armored; armored company and armored battalion, tank, light and medium; maintenance company, armored regiment; the armored regiment; reconnaissance battalion, armored; headquarters company, armored; service company, armored regiment and division; division trains, armored; GHQ reserve tank battalion, light and medium; and GHQ reserve tank group.

FM 17-100 (Tentative) - Employment of the Armored Division and Separate Armored Units. 29 September, 1943.

FM 17-100. Armored Command Field Manual. The Armored Division. 15 January, 1944.

Supersedes chapters 1 and 2; sections V, VI, and VII, chapter 9; section II, chapter 10; and chapter 11, FM 17-10. 7 March 1942.

FM 17-100. Armored Division and Combat Command. 1 December, 1949.

Supersedes FM 17-100, 15 January 1944.

FM 17-100. The Armored Division and Combat Command. Change 2 dated 25 May, 1951. 12 May, 1958. Including Change 1 (8 June 1959) and Change 2 (25 May,1961).

Supersedes FM 17-100, 1 December 1949, including C 1, 9 March 1951; C 2, 8 October 1952; C 3, 30 October 1952; and TT 17-100-2, 22 March 1957, including C 1, 20 June 1957.

Infantry Division Doctrine to 1962

FM 7-100: Infantry Division. 3 October, 1958.

Supersedes TT 7-100-2, 1 March, 1957.

FM 7-100: Infantry Division. 15 November, 1960.

Supersedes FM 7-100, 3 October, 1958.

Division Doctrine 1962 to Present

FM 61-100: The Division. 4 January, 1962.

FM 61-100: The Division. 25 June, 1965.

Supersedes FM 61-100, 4 January 1962, including C 1, 27 March 1963; FM 7-100, 15 November 1960; and FM 17-100, 12 May 1958, including C 1, 8 June 1959, and C 2, 25 May 1961.

FM 61-100: The Division. 15 November, 1968.

Supersedes FM 61-100, 25 June 1965; FM 57-100, 9 September 1959; FM 57-10, 15 March 1962; (S) FM 100-1, 23 September 1959, including all changes; TT 61-100-1, 20 January 1966; ST 61-100-1, 25 June 1964; ST 61-100-1, May 1965; and FM 12-11, 7 July 1967.

FM 71-100: Armored and Mechanized Division Operations. 29 September, 1978.

This publication, together with FM 71-101 (to be published), supersedes FM 61-100, 15 November 1968.

FM 71-101: Infantry, Airborne, and Air Assault Division Operations. 26 March, 1980.

This publication, together with FM 71-100, 29 September 1978, supersedes FM 61-100, 15 November 1968.

FM 71-100: Division Operations. 16 June, 1990.

Supersedes FM 71-100, 29 September 1978.

FM 71-100-2: Infantry Division Operations, Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures. 31 August, 1993.

FM 71-100-3: Air Assault Division Operations, tactics, Techniques, and Procedures. 29 October, 1996.

FM 71-100: Division Operations. 28 August, 1996.

Supersedes FM 71-100, 16 June, 1990.

ATP 3-91: Division Operations. 17 October, 2014. Current ATP 3-91 is available from the Army Publishing Directorate website.

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.