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...
This handbook of artillery materiel is the sixth edition of this work. Topics include general principles of gun construction, breech-loading ordnance, quick-firing guns, machine guns, explosives, projectiles, fuzes/tubes, field and siege carriages,...
"This 1939 manual prescribes the duties to be performed in the service of the piece by the personnel normally assigned to one gun section of the firing battery."
Bulletins cover diverse topics; Soviet artillery weapons, tanks and infantry division, German rations, German attempts to capture the Hague, German Armored (Panzer) Troop School, German antiaircraft and antitank material, German machine guns and...
In imparting instruction in Artillery drills, it should be borne in mind, that in every change of numbers men have to learn different duties and to handle different implements from those they were previously engaged with; the duties again vary with...
The following notes have been received from an
officer with the American expeditionary forces
in France, and are offered as suggestions for
equipment before going abroad.
Contains scientific principles and theories of ordnance and gunnery including the following topics; metals and armor plate, naval rifled guns, manufacture of naval guns, breech mechanisms, gun mounts, turret mounts, sights, semi-automatic guns,...
This document on military arms and ammunition begins with terms and expressions used in conjunction with small arms and the motion of the rifle bullet. Resistance of the air to the motion of a projectile, trajectory of the bullet, penetration and...
The object in publishing essential data on artillery of German and Japanese origin in advance of the publication of Section IV is to present information on these weapons as they are used or held in significant quantities by the Soviet Satellite...
"For some years past all ordnance manufactured for the Service have been of steel and breech loading. These modern ordnance, as they are termed, differ considerably from the wrought-iron and stell muzzle-loading pieces which, as regards...
The purpose of this book is to report data which has been accumulated on terminal ballistics and to represent all data available on terminal ballistics in such form as it should be useful and a great assistance in the selection and use of weapons...
This Worldwide Equipment Guide (WEG) describes the spectrum of worldwide systems and system trends in the Contemporary Operational Environment (COE). The updated and approved definition for COE is as follows: The contemporary operational...
The object of this examination is to ascertain in each company the qualified gunners, by their absolute and relative excellence in comprehending and mastering the prescribed instruction.
FM 6-65, Field Artillery Field Manual, Service of the Piece 75-mm Gun, M1917A1, Truck-drawn, is published for the information and guidance of all concerned.
Translated from the French edition November 19, 1917. Basic regulations for French artillery covering ballistics, reconnaissance, observation, preparation, principles and methods of fire, ammunition, and effect of projectiles.