Us army comic book training manual

Army teamed up with cartoonist and graphic artist will eisner to produce. Jeeptruck4x414 ton m60 layout gta chart us army oct 1982. But there was still a gaping training and maintenance problem. That time will eisner drew an oversexed m16 comic book for the. Whilst not a comic book, the manual has many well done comic book style 3. Military training cartoons and comics funny pictures. Ps, the preventive maintenance monthly is series of united states army technical bulletins published since june 1951 as a monthly magazine with comic bookstyle art to illustrate proper preventive maintenance methods. Army responded by creating a comic to quickly teach and educate the servicemen how to clean and service their m16 rifles. Army vietnamera m16 comic book training manual in 1969, the us army was fighting a savage war in the jungles of vietnam, and they needed to show the troops how to clean and lubricate their m16 rifles. Aug 11, 2012 one of will eisners army instructional manuals created in the 1960s following the end of the spirit in 1952, eisner largely left mainstream comics behind until reemerging with a contract with god and creating the graphic novel.

But soldiers initially encountered problems with the new rifle, prompting the army, in desperation, to hire will eisner to create a comic book training manual. The graphic training aid, called m16a1 operation and preventive maintenance, explained the proper maintenance of an m16 rifle and was highly effective since it was targeted at the young infantry men and illustrated by the popular comic book artist, will eisner. The army s current physical readiness training doctrine, field manual 722 october 2012, and the army physical readiness training application for smart devices ios and android can assist. Instructions on how to strip your rifle, what to do in case of a jam, howtos for rebuilding magazines and maintenance and tips that will keep your ar15 or m16 operating at its best. What to do if your jams during a firefight, from the us army. Eisners creations werent supposed to replace military manuals but supplement them. Eisner left the army as a chief warrant officer to start american visuals. During phase i, training on the new rifles was a unit responsibility and. Like soldiers everywhere, especially conscripts, the men varied in intelligence and mechanical ability. In june, it announced that it was releasing its first audio training manual, fm 30, operations, and this week, its joined by adp 70, training. The comic format was also so popular it persists to this dayminus double entendre and cheesecakewith the latest army comics issued in january 2014. In desperation, the army created a comic book, a silly little book with a deadly serious. The preparing agency of this publication is the us army signal center. The classic m16 comic book manual pam 75030, originally published in 1968 and issued to troops throughout the vietnam war, is now being reprinted.

They are usually available to the public at low cost or free electronically. Army, which quickly found a use for his skills in the production of training manuals. M16 comic book training manual was made in response to the large number of servicemen being sent to vietnam with varying levels of training and skills. Every soldier deployed to vietnam received the comic training manual. During world war ii, eisner was drafted into the u. The us army has released its first audiobooks the verge. United states army field manuals are published by the united states army s army publishing directorate. One of will eisners army instructional manuals created in the 1960s. United states army graphic training aids, field manuals and other training media are produced by organizations such as the united states army training and doctrine command tradoc, the army training support center atsc, g3 and the. As of 27 july 2007, some 542 field manuals were in use. Operation and preventive maintenance gi comic book format military m. That time will eisner drew an oversexed m16 comic book for the army. That time will eisner drew an oversexed m16 comic book. The proponent of this publication is the united states army training and doctrine command tradoc.