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Puzzled that a 1944 US guide has instructions using the metric system.

by dieselguy 4y ago

koheripbal 4y ago
Wasn't this originally a Soviet guide? Are we sure about the source here?
- cookieperson 4y ago
  I stumbled upon this document on a friends kindle maybe 5 yrs ago. It was attributed the same. Think it is or was distributed for free in the Kindle bookstore and they downloaded every free book.
- stonogo 4y ago
  The CIA certainly thinks the US government produced it: https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/the-art-of-simple-sabotage/ https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/the-art-of-simple-sabotage...
- monocasa 4y ago
  No, it was just intended for western Europeans (primarily the French resistance), as the 1944 date might suggest.
- whatsdoom 4y ago
  Here's a scan of the pdf: https://archive.org/details/SimpleSabotageFieldManualStrategicServicesProvisional/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/SimpleSabotageFieldManualStrateg...
silisili 4y ago
It wasn't intended for US citizens, but for those in enemy states.
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King-Aaron 4y ago
Probably because the people the guide is aimed for are not living in the US?
ftxbro 4y ago
maybe the resistance to switching away from british imperial measurement in usa is the work of organizational saboteurs using the opportunities to make faulty decisions and to adopt a noncooperative attitude, as suggested in the guide itself
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tacotacotaco 4y ago
There was a big push in the 20th century with government projects to promote the metric system and educate. People were confused because they knew the imperial system already. Op ed writers criticized it. Parents complained about schools teaching it to their children. After decades of effort, the Reagan administration killed funding for the projects
- mulmen 4y ago
  US schools still teach the metric system. Americans are familiar with the system and use it daily. We also continue to use customary units out of familiarity. We have never officially used Imperial units.
mulmen 4y ago
US ground forces have measured distance in "klicks" (kilometers) since 1918.

Puzzled that a 1944 US guide has instructions using the metric system.

koheripbal 4y ago

Wasn't this originally a Soviet guide? Are we sure about the source here?

cookieperson 4y ago
I stumbled upon this document on a friends kindle maybe 5 yrs ago. It was attributed the same. Think it is or was distributed for free in the Kindle bookstore and they downloaded every free book.
stonogo 4y ago
The CIA certainly thinks the US government produced it: https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/the-art-of-simple-sabotage/ https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/the-art-of-simple-sabotage...
monocasa 4y ago
No, it was just intended for western Europeans (primarily the French resistance), as the 1944 date might suggest.
whatsdoom 4y ago
Here's a scan of the pdf: https://archive.org/details/SimpleSabotageFieldManualStrategicServicesProvisional/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/SimpleSabotageFieldManualStrateg...

silisili 4y ago

It wasn't intended for US citizens, but for those in enemy states.

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King-Aaron 4y ago

Probably because the people the guide is aimed for are not living in the US?

ftxbro 4y ago

maybe the resistance to switching away from british imperial measurement in usa is the work of organizational saboteurs using the opportunities to make faulty decisions and to adopt a noncooperative attitude, as suggested in the guide itself

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tacotacotaco 4y ago

There was a big push in the 20th century with government projects to promote the metric system and educate. People were confused because they knew the imperial system already. Op ed writers criticized it. Parents complained about schools teaching it to their children. After decades of effort, the Reagan administration killed funding for the projects

mulmen 4y ago
US schools still teach the metric system. Americans are familiar with the system and use it daily. We also continue to use customary units out of familiarity. We have never officially used Imperial units.

mulmen 4y ago

US ground forces have measured distance in "klicks" (kilometers) since 1918.