Pre-War Infantry Training for WW2

 

Infantry Training (Training and War) 1937

The previous guide I linked below is mid-war, this is the pre-war training guide for Infantry in attack and defence, for the infantry battalion.

This manual covers a period of transition. Many infantry battalions have only recently been re-
organized, or are still in process of re-organization, as rifle and machine gun battalions, while others are still organized as mixed battalions. The new weapons and vehicles, with which the infantry is to be armed and equipped, have either not yet been issued to the troops, or have only been provided on a limited scale. There has, therefore, been little opportunity for studying the changes in the methods of training in peace, and leading in war, that may be necessitated by re-organization, mechanization and re-armament. 

While, therefore, it is considered advisable to provide some guidance on these matters, based on such experience as has been gained up-to-date, it is realized that further experience is needed before final conclusions can be reached, and that it will be necessary to issue a revised edition of this manual in about two years' time.

It seems it was written before the Bren Gun or 2" mortar was introduced, which changed how the Infantry section and Platoon worked.