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APPENDIX B
PERIODIC INTELLIGENCE REPORT FORMAT
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Copy No. ____________
Unit Location
Date-time-group
Message reference number
PERINTREP NO.
Period covered: (date and time to date and time).
References: Maps or charts.
Disposal instructions: (if any).
1. GENERAL ENEMY SITUATION. This paragraph contains a brief summary of enemy operations during the period. Amplifying details are furnished in the paragraphs that follow and in appropriate annexes, or both. This paragraph provides brief highlights of the enemy situation and the significance of the enemy's major activities, to include marked changes in morale, strengths, dispositions, tactics, combat effectiveness, and equipment. Data that are lengthy or can conveniently be shown graphically are presented in annexes.
2. ENEMY ACTIVITIES. This paragraph, in conjunction with the following, provides the details of the situation summarized in paragraph 1. Detailed intelligence provided in this paragraph covers all operational activities. Information may be presented graphically by overlays, printed maps, sketch maps, and annexes. Subparagraphs are omitted when appropriate intelligence is not available or is adequately covered by other portions of this report.
a. Ground. (Primarily includes activities of combat arms, reserves, and reinforcements; also includes enemy defenses, mine fields, fortifications, barriers, obstacles, and other defensive works.)
b. Air. (Includes Air Force activities such as bombing close air support, tactical aerial reconnaissance; air surveillance and air-supported operations.)
c. Airborne.
d. Irregular.
e. Nuclear, Biological, or Chemical Operations.
f. Electronic Warfare.
g. Other. (Normally includes other than combat arms; includes appropriate comments not covered in other paragraphs on reserves, reinforcements, new tactics, weapons and equipment, administrative installations, and combat service support. Also includes appropriate technical intelligence.)
3. ORDER OF BATTLE. Frequently, this paragraph will only consist of references to the enemy situation map (or overlay) and the order of battle annex, which is developed using the format shown below. When desired by the commander, particularly significant order of battle changes may be summarized in addition to being discussed in detail in the order of battle annex.
a. Composition and disposition.
b. Strength. (Personnel and major weapons and items of equipment.)
(1) Losses.
(2) Current strength.
c. Tactics.
d. Training.
e. Combat Service Support.
f. Combat Effectiveness.
g. Miscellaneous Data.
4. COUNTERINTELLIGENCE. This paragraph, or parts thereof, should be issued as an annex if a limited distribution is required.
a. General. (A short summary of the counterintelligence situation during the period.
b. Espionage.
c. Sabotage.
d. Subversion.
e. Communications and Noncommunications Security.
f. Miscellaneous.
5. WEATHER. This paragraph gives a summary of the effect of weather on operations during the period.
6. TERRAIN. Use an annex, special maps, and overlays when possible. Include impact on future operations, if appropriate.
7. ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION. This paragraph lists and briefly discusses enemy capabilities and vulnerabilities. The conclusions present the commander's assessment of the most probable courses of action available to the enemy, in order of probability, adoption, and vulnerabilities exploitable by his own, higher, or lower echelons.
a. Enemy Capabilities.
b. Enemy Vulnerabilities.
c. Conclusions.
Authentication:
Annexes: (Any intelligence document may be distributed as an annex to a PERINTREP. Although annexes are a means of distributing detailed intelligence and information, care is exercised to avoid unnecessary bulk and duplication.)
Distribution:
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