Department of the Army Field Manual FM 6-40: Field Artillery Cannon Gunnery
Washington, DC: GPO, 1960, 1966. Revised Edition. Quarto, 417 + 30, wraps, illus., figures, tables, fold-out charts, references, appendices, index, covers soiled, edges of Change 3 creased. Stamp on front cover of manual and Change 3 crossed out in marker. This copy is a reprint which includes pages from Changes 1 and 2; Change 3 is laid into the manual. Topics covered include fundamentals of field artillery gunnery, firing battery procedures, firing battery operations and training, firing without a firing chart, field artillery observation, location of targets, fire requests, adjustment procedure by ground observer, fire for effect, the air observer, adjustment procedure for special situations, fire direction, meteorological corrections and velocity error, calibration, fire direction procedures, observed firing charts, interior ballistics, exterior ballistics, dispersion and probability, target analysis and attack, and duties of the safety officer, among many others. Condition: fair to good.
Keywords: Field Artillery, Gunnery, U.S. Army, Field Manuals, Military Training, Ballistics, Firing Charts, Meteorology, Safety Officer
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Price: $100.00