Accession Number:

AD0370389

Title:

Project Pebble. A Study of Mine and Mine Countermeasures Operations in Guerrilla Warfare. Volume 1. Assumptions, Conclusions and Recommendations

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES-NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC MINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1965-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

52.0

Abstract:

The Project PEBBLE Study Group investigated the problems of mine warfare as employed and encountered in Phase 2 of Guerrilla Warfare. Mine types covered were 1 land mines, 2 river mines, 3 shallow-water coastal mines, and 4 limpet mines. Major areas covered by the study were 1 The Political, Social, Economic and Psychological Environment, 2 Physical Environment, 3 Waterborne Vehicles, 4 Mines and Mining, 5 Mine Countermeasures, and 6 Swimmer and Swimmer Countermeasures. Conclusions and recommendations resulting from the study are presented.

Descriptors:

• *GUERRILLA WARFARE
• *MINE WARFARE
• BOATS
• COUNTERMEASURES
• LAND MINES
• MINES(ORDNANCE)
• TRANSPORTATION
• VULNERABILITY

Subject Categories:

• Undersea and Antisubmarine Warfare
• Unconventional Warfare

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE