This lists supply catalogs. Supply catalogs are books filled with descriptions and nomenclature of various items used by different branches.
Signal Corps and Radio and Telephone
The instrument sketch book Weston Electrical Instruments 1941 – A sales book showing various products. Some of these civilian models may have ended up in Signal Corps hands. Also nice to have a reference guide in case you come across an obscure electrical item that you’re not sure about.
Signal Supply Catalog 1945- SubClass 6r M-Z Tools, Pigeons Class 9, Meteorological Class 7 – A partial listing of the whole Signal Corps Supply Catalog. Consisting of the total stock numbers and nomenclature of all items available to the Signal Corps.
Signal Training Pamphlet No 4 Wo Code No 8256 – Construction and Maintenance of Lines Poled Cable and Multi-Airline 1948 – A post-war British Army guide on pole construction
Automatic Electric Telephone Supplies 1950 –Part One and Part Two. A product sales book showing telephone supplies available in 1950. Good for cross-referencing items. Includes hardware, wood, insulators, tools, wire, cable, cords, terminals, power, and misc items.
Medical Department
Medical Supply Catalog Med1 to Med3 March 1944 – This is the medical department’s complete catalog of available products. It lists items available, the associated stock number, as well as the price. It also includes pictures of some of the times. It’s a beefy pdf file that you download from my Google Drive. The Med-dept.com contains a wealth of information that goes into more detail on some of the items in the catalog such as individual first aid packs.
Medical Department Supply Catalog 1942 – This is the medical department’s complete catalog of available products. It lists items available, the associated stock number, as well as the price. It’s a beefy PDF file that you download from my Google Drive. The Med-dept.com contains a wealth of information that goes into more detail on some of the items in the catalog such as individual first aid packs.
Quartermaster Corps
Quartermaster Corps Manuel QMC 14-2: Use and Care of Office Equipment and Supplies – Dated Feb 1945. Written in response to the drastic reduction of office supplies and describes how to use and care for office supplies to make them last longer. Contains nuggets of information like “use both sides of the paper” and “to re-use file folders flip them inside out”. Also mentions to reuse rubber bands as rubber was a wartime ration good. It also has a good section on how to care for typewriters, which if you don’t know where to begin is a good place to start! Print on ivory regular paper, 8.5″ x 11″
Quartermaster Supply Catalog QM 3-1: List of Items for Troop Issue Enlisted Men’s Clothing and Equipment. This catalog was made in May 1946. Lists out all the things available to troops at the end of WW2. Supercedes QM1.
QM 3-2 WACs and Nurses Clothing and Equipment: Circular No 4 Revised Oct 1943 and including Change 1 of April 1944 – First published in Oct 1943 and then updated in April 1944. A list of clothing and equipment items for Nurses and WACs.
Quartermaster Supply for Posts Camps and Stations QM3-3. Lists items that would be available for issue to static places like camps and posts etc. Published on June 15th, 1944.
Quartermaster Supply Catalog for Enlisted Men QM 1. Lists items for issue to enlisted men at the start of WW2. Published in 1943.
Army Air Forces Equipment Catalogs
Airborne Radio Equipment Handbook 1943 – A listing of which planes had what radios and where they were on the plane.
Graphic Survey of Army Air Forces Radio Equipment – Consists of four sections conducted in 1945.
Women’s Uniform Guide
American Women in Uniform 1943 by Mary Steele Ross – A quick overview of different uniformed Women’s organizations, their uniforms, pay, and rank.
Ordnance Catalogs
Ordnance Catalog Standard Nomenclature List A-5 ORGANIZATIONAL SPARE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT FOR GUN MACHINE CAL 30 BROWNING M1917 AND M1917A1 AND MOUNTS June 1943 – Outlines parts and equipment for several different types of machine guns.
Ordnance Catalog Standard Nomenclature List A-33 Mortar and Mount 81mm M1 Parts and Equipment March 1942 – Outlines the parts and equipment for the M1 81mm mortar.
Ordnance Catalog Standard Nomenclature List B3 for M1903 M1903A1 M1903A3 and M1903A4 Sniper Rifles May 1944 – Outlines parts for the M1903 rifle as well as the slings and bayonets.
Ordnance Catalog Standard Nomenclature List A-42 for Hand Carts M3A4 M4A1 and M6A1 June 1945 | Outlines the parts and equipment for the M3A1, M4A1, and M6A1 hand carts.
For an additional detailed review see M3A4 Hand Cart on the Liberator Website.
Ordnance Catalog Obsolete General Supplies of Group A July 1945 – Lists various equipment classified as obsolete including hand carts.
