Contains regulations governing the system of military education in the Army and is published for the information and guidance of all concerned. Affected instructions: the Military Academy at West Point, Post schools , garrison schools and special...
Issued from the War Department, Document No. 693. The object of the manual of the battery commander is to place in the hands of the officers of the 75-mm. batteries a summary of all necessary information on the occupation of positions, adjustment...
FM 1-15 1942 details the objectives of air fighting, tactical plans, factors affecting air fighting, organization and employment of pursuit aviation, air tactics of pursuit aviation, and tactics of aircraft fighting defensively.
This manual contains instructions relative to the tactics and technique involved in air reconnaissance and observation and in the various types of air reconnaissance and observation missions executed in support of air and ground forces.
This manual sets forth the nature, types, and purposes of aerial photography with its application to military requirements. The Air Corps functions with respect to aerial photography and the factors affecting the execution of these functions are...
This manual describes the nature, scope, and form of military intelligence required by the Air Corps for initial and subsequent operations, means of obtaining information and methods of converting this information into military intelligence,...
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...
The purpose of this manual is to provide a guide for the technical training of the personnel employed in the determination and application of firing data for seacoast artillery. This manual, on the principles of fire control and position finding,...
The object of examinations for gunners is to test enlisted men for qualification in the use of their principal arm as designated in AR 775-10; to furnish a basis for their classification as gunners; to provide a basis for further instruction; and...
FM 4-20 1944 details formations and inspections, service at the emplacements, preparations for firing, safety precautions, salutes, and care and destruction of materiel.
The service of the piece prescribed in this manual is for 16-inch guns, M1919MII and M1919MIII, mounted on 16-inch barbette carriage, M1919; 16-inch gun, Mk. II Mod. 1, Navy, mounted on 16-inch barbette carriage, M1919MI; and 16-inch howitzer,...
This manual treats of the theory and practice of gunnery and fire control for antiaircraft artillery automatic weapons when firing by gun pointer and central control methods. The fundamentals of exterior ballistics and gunnery as covered in...
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,...
The first section of this field manual on antitank company, infantry regiment, covers medical service and evacuation, supply and motor maintenance, marches and bivouacs, offensive and defensive combat, the antitank platoon, antitank squad, and...
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,...
The purpose of the manual is to outline the Aircraft Warning Service and its agencies, to prescribe its mission and the responsibilities of various agencies concerned, to describe its functions, to cover the organization of its agencies, the...
This manual contains the basic instructions for the training of the Army of the United States. Detailed instructions for military training are contained in Field Manuals and Technical Manuals, in Mobilization Regulations, in training circulars, and...