Part III focuses on firing instruction. It looks at the object and sequence of the instruction, the cannonier, the gun squad, the firing battery and the preparation and conduct of fire.
This manual was translated at the Army War College in order to be used in courses by students. Also known as War Department document no. 626, Office of the Adjutant General.
The purpose of this field manual is to present the basic principles of gunnery for seacoast artillery. It aims to acquaint Coast Artillery officers with the principles they must understand and apply in order to fire accurately at the enemy under...
Troops in occupied positions increase their combat effectiveness by works of an engineering nature called field fortifications. This manual describes field fortification methods and gives details of construction of entrenchments, emplacements, and...
This FM describes elementary ballistics, effects of projectiles and fuze action, dispersion, the firing battery (initial laying, commands, and reports; fire commands and their execution), and observed fires.
The chapters in this FM 6-40 document include information on the firing battery, elementary ballistics and dispersion, effects of projectiles, preparation of fire, conduct of fire, technique of fire direction, dead space, visibility, calibration,...
This infantry field manual gives information on the headquarters company (organization, company headquarters, intelligence and reconnaissance platoon, communication platoon), combat intelligence (technique, duties of intelligence personnel,...
Manual for the use of 4.72-inch gun, Armstrong, 50 caliber, mounted on barbette carriage. "The gun is constructed entirely of steel and is designed for obtaining great rapidity of fire. For this purpose it is mounted in a special mounting and is...
Basic field manual, volume VII, military law, was published in three parts, as follows: part one- manual for courts-martial; part two- rules of land warfare; and part three- military aid to civil authorities. This document, part two, details basic...