Intelligence Bulletin: June 1946: Moroccan Goums Soviet Tanks In City Fighting Sweden Turns To Jets The Red Army Infantryman Alamo Scouts (War . Intelligence Service at WW2, Band 39)

CONTENTS Moroccan Goums 1 Soviet Tanks in City Fighting 9 Sweden Turns to Jets ^ 14 The Red Army Infantryman 21 Alamo Scouts 29 The Nazi " Kamikazes" 37 Soviet Hand Grenades _ 43 Name, Rank, Serial Number — Plus! 57 Punishment by Example 63 Notice The Intelligence Bulletin, published monthly, is the principal means by which the War Department Gen- eral Staff furnishes intelligence on foreign military forces to the junior officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army, National Guard, and Organized Reserves. The Intelligence Bulletin also gives assistance to specific phases of Army Ground Forces, Army Air Forces, and Army Service Forces intelligence training programs, and in general seeks to keep its audience fully aware of the vital importance of intelligence and counterint el ligence. Since some of the material contained in this publica- tion has been drawn from sources that originally were of a higher classification, the Intelligence Bulletin is classified as RESTRICTED. This classification, however, should not be construed to prevent the widest possible circulation among military personnel of every rank or grade. The effort made to present material in the most interesting manner possible should not be in- terpreted as detracting in any way from the impor- tance of the intelligence presented. " Reproduction within the military service of Intelli- gence Bulletin material is encouraged, provided the source is stated, the classification retained, and a copy of the publication in which the material is reproduced is sent to the Military Intelligence Division. Readers are urged to send comments and suggestions directly to the Deputy Director of Intelligence for Dissemination, Military Intelligence Division, War Department, Washington 25, D. C. Requests for additional copies should be made through channels in the manner prescribed for other official War Department publications. COVER ILLUSTRATION: On the night of 28-29 July 1943, the 4th Tabor, a unit of Goumiers attached to the U. S. 1st Infantry Division, received orders to occupy an enemy-held mountain. The attack up the mountain was a particularly bloody one, made in the face of severe German machine gun and mortar fire. But in the words of the French after-action report : "The attack was pressed home, and the position stormed. Some of the enemy may have escaped. No prisoners were taken. Mission accomplished." The story of these Goumiers may be found on page. Scouting and patrolling come naturally to the small infantry recon- naissance units, known as Goums, which are recruited by the French among the hillmen of Morocco. Goums fought with the French Army in Tunisia, Corsica, Italy, and Southern France, and were attached to American forces in Tunisia and Sicily. The individual Goumiers are fierce Mohammedans with a very warlike tradition. Primitive lives in the rugged Atlas Mountains have made them hardy. They can climb mountains like goats, and are particularly adept at night fighting. Dressed in dark, loose-fitting, hooded robes, they can squat motionless like rocks; on sandaled feet they move with little noise. They carry American small arms, but prefer the koumia, a 10-inch knife with which they are reputed to behead their foes. As early as the Tunisian Campaign they became almost legendary figures, greatly feared by the Germans. The Italians were so mortally terrified of the "Marocchini" that once in.