This report covers and describes the variety of Japanese chemical warfare items found in Japan and Korea by the intelligence teams assigned to collect this materiel. The information is generally non-technical due to the lack of performance data....
The 1992 Defense Authorization Act directed the Army to adopt a policy of hiring and maintaining a greater number of civilians on the faculty at the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point. Currently and historically, the...
This publication is designed primarily for the cannon battery. It is a how-to-train manual intended to provide general guidance to the commander and his principal subordinates. It is designed for battery leaders and should be used in conjunction...
The purpose of this monograph is to answer the question: Can the Army increase its strategic responsiveness in order to narrow the current gap between Army capabilities and requirements? To arrive at an answer, this paper begins by examining...
This study examines four potential courses of action for transforming the Combat Training Centers (CTCs) to provide adequate training for the Objective Force. The Combat Training Centers examined in this study (the National Training Center at Fort...
Published for use as a text book in the Coast Artillery School and in schools providing military training, it includes classifications of ammunition, primers, propellants, projectiles, charges, fuses, and fire effects.
"This memorandum will be devoted to a general discussion of the construction of field artillery materiel. The scope of the discussion is sufficient to provide a background for the future study of all field artillery officers. The purpose,...
This monograph discusses tactical ground reconnaissance at the National Training Center. Two previous studies of this subject revealed that the U.S. Army had a major weakness in this area. Both studies recommended changes in doctrine which would...
1916 description, adjustment and operation in drill and target practice / prepared especially for officers and enlisted men of the National Guard, and recommended for their use by the Division of Militia Affairs of the War Department.
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,...
The coincidence trainer is a precision instrument for use with range finders of the coincidence type having self-contained bases. The function of the instrument is to test the acuity and develop the proficiency of range-finder operators in...
This 1942 manual prescribes the duties to be performed in the service of the piece by the personnel normally assigned to one-gun seciton in the firing battery.
"The coast artillery troops are charged with the care and use of the fixed and mavable elements of the seaward nad landward defense of the coast fortifications, including guns,mortars, submarine mines, and torpedoes. The coast artillery supports...
"The objects of this instruction are (1) to train the personnel in the mechanism of the methods of fire so that, at the word of command, fire of the desired nature may be delivered with certainty and celerity, and (2) to train officers in the...