THULS - Machine Guns & Mortars
Tactical Handbook, Unit Leader, Small
THULS have become ubiquitous within the military community ever since they were widely distributed for deployments and all that GWOT money flowed from the mythical golden goose. Those days might be over, but THULS dominates as the standard for all-weather reference books with an infinite write and rewrite capability. So, don't get helocast off some coastline with laminated paper that's going to leak and turn into mush.
Read more about the Battle Board and MIR collaboration here.
THULS are all Made in the USA by a few back-woods country boys up somewhere in the woods of New Hampshire or Vermont.
THULS stands for Tactical Handbook, Unit Leader, Small.
They are nearly indestructible plastic reference books full information and templates specific to your mission. Read more about them here.
- Battle Board Micro - THULS Enhancement Skin (aka a notebook cover… we just had to use a fancy name to satisfy the MIR boys)
- Lumocolor markers (use 90% alcohol to erase)
- Mechanical Pencils for writing on and erasing from THULS underwater
- Grease pencils for writing underwater on anything
- THULS Lined / Grid / Blank cards for expanding any THULS set
- Small form factor fits easily in your pocket
- Nearly indestructible plastic cards
- Textured surface makes writing simple
- Different colors of cards available for tactical environments
- Fillable, Erasable, Rewritable
- Manuals, references, and templates facilitate communication and information dissemination
- Keeps information and notes secure in any environment
- Write underwater with a pencil
- Permanent marker compatible (alcohol-based ink)
Dimensions: 5.5” x 4.25”
Thickness: 12 mils (0.012”)
Material: Proprietary plastic blend
Works best with: Battle Board Micro
Each THULS notebook with more than one card comes with three (3) Binder Rings.
This does not apply to single cards such as the Individual Range Card or Z-Fold Cards.
THULS Book Details
Topic |
Cards |
Description |
|
M240 Medium Machine Gun |
11 cards |
Cycle of functioning, malfunctions & stoppages, ammunition, overhead fire tables, angles of elevation, target above gun table, target below gun table, mask clearance, ordinates, ammo consumption table, M240B certification PECL. |
|
M2 Heavy Machine Gun |
11 cards |
Headspace & timing, cycle of functioning, malfunctions & stoppages, ammunition, overhead fire table, angles of elevation, mask clearance table, target above gun table, target below gun table, ordinates tables, searching reverse slopes, ammo consumption table. |
|
MK-19 - 40mm Machine Gun |
11 cards |
Cycle of functioning, malfunctions & stoppages, corrective action for stoppages, cleaning materials & lubricants, ammunition, firing table-angles of elevation, direct fire table, indirect fire table, target above gun table, target below gun, 48 rnd can consumption, 32 rnd can consumption, mk19 mod3 certification PECL |
|
Mortar - 60mm |
11 cards |
Cannon assembly, bipod assembly M7 /M7A1 / M8 /M8A1 baseplate, operation & premount checks, mounting of the mortar, mask and overhead clearance, sm deflection & elevation changes, lg deflection & elevation changes, referring of the sight, realignment of aiming posts, malfunctions, modes of fire - conventional, modes of fire - handheld, misfire procedures handheld, misfire procedures conv., dismounting & carrying mortar, gun data, 60mm ammunition chart |
|
Mortar - 81mm |
11 cards |
Organization and duties, cannon assembly, bipod assembly, M7 /M7A1 baseplate, operation & premount checks, mounting of the mortar, safety checks before firing, mask and overhead clearance, small deflection and elevation changes, large deflection and elevation changes, referring of the sight, realignment of aiming posts, loading and firing the 81-mm mortar, modes of fire: conventional, dismounting and carrying the mortar, misfire procedures, nomenclature, gun equipment data, ammunition. |
|
Mortar - 120mm |
15 cards |
Organization and duties, cannon assembly, bipod assembly, M9A1 baseplate, operation & premount checks, placing ground mount into action, safety checks before firing, small deflection and elevation changes, large deflection and elevation changes, referring of the sight, realignment of aiming posts, loading & firing ground mounted, taking out of action, M326 stowage kit operations, mortar squad seating, emplacing the M150 / M326 kit, power mode, manual mode, power & manual mode, emplacing electronic rack, displacing the M150 / M326 kit, stowage mount, loading mortar onto vehicle, power mode, manual mode, power & manual mode, displacing electronic rack |
|
MG Employment |
32 |
Grid / Alt, Ammo Worksheet, Target List Worksheet, Observed Firing Chart, Below Pivot-Point Method, Modified-Observed Firing Chart, Registration And Sheaf Adjustment, Follow-On Missions After Reg., Firing Re-Registration, Converge And Open The Sheaf, Vert Interval Correction Factors, Vert Interval Different Missions, Registration, Before Firing Follow On Missions, Re-Registration, Safety Diagram, Determine The Direction Of Fire, Construct A Range Safety Diagram, Deflection Conversion Table, Common Plotting Board Symbols,Traversing Fire, Traverse Mission, Search Mission / Card, Search And Traverse, Final Protective Fire, Quick Smoke, Plotting The Target, Quick Smoke Card, Illum, Illum Cross, Sead / Timeline / Chart, Call For Fire ( CFF ) (MTO), Types Of Sheaves, Laying, Direct Lay / Alignment, 60’S Misfire Proc Handheld, 60’S Misfire Proc For Conv, 81’S Misfire Procedures, Boresighting, FDC, Overview, LHMBC-MET Data. |
THULS + MICRO
We developed the Battle Board Micro specifically for the THULS and STāNOTE. All three work together as a complete pocket information system.
ALL WEATHER
THULS works equally well covered in mud as it does in a classroom. Don't let the rain threaten you with a good time.
REFERENCE BOOKS
Find the information you need, ready for the field, and with the capability to write on the sheets, erase, and rewrite.
ANOTHER JARHEAD STORY
HISTORY OF THULS
LEAVE PAPER IN THE HEAD, TAKE THULS & STāNOTES TO THE FIELD INSTEAD.
Paper manuals get destroyed in the environments where military, police, and fire fighters work. The Marine Corps infantry, knuckle-dragging geniuses over at MIR (another acronym... STOP!) decided in the “2000’s,” to take the giant leap forward and print on a plastic. It’s slightly textured, so you can write on the cards, but not textured enough to wipe yourself with. They also gave an entire industry the middle finger and decided to disregard all of the common paper and notebook sizes.
That’s where Battle Board comes in to the rescue. We took pity on the boys up in New Hampshire or Vermont or wherever they are and designed a case specifically for the THULS books that have become ubiquitous within the field-manual obsessed community.
So, leave the paper on the roll and get outside with THULS & STāNOTE sheets.
BATTLE BOARD
MICRO SYSTEM
THULS ENHANCEMENT SKIN
We designed the Micro system around THULS data books and worked with MIR to launch a full set of templates, reference cards, and the revolutionary STāNOTE polymer sheets. Everything works together to form a complete reference and communication system in your pocket.
