Field artillery field manual service of the piece 75mm gun, m1897 and m1897a4, horsedrawn and truckdrawn prepared under direction of the chief of field artillery united states government printing office washington. Fm 650 tactics, techniques, and procedures for the field. Fm 650 tactics, techniques, and procedures for the field artillery cannon battery free ebook download as pdf file. Obsolete the chapters in this fm 640 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, and service practice. Fm 640 field artillery manual firing internet archive. Tactics, techniques, and procedures for the field artillery. Provisions of change 1, 1 october 1999, have been incorporated into this web version. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Field manual 640, field artillery gunnery, 1950, contained major changes from the previous edition. It includes stepbystep instructions for manually solving the gunnery problem and applies to units organized under tables of organization and equipment toe of the l series. Fm 640 field artillery field manual firing prepared under direction of the chief of field artillery united states government printing office washington. Approved for public release, distribution is unlimited.
Each light artillery 105mm m102, m101a1, or m119a1 battery has a headquarters section and six howitzer sections. Field manual fm 309 provides tactics for field artillery operations and fire support in unified land operations. The material concerns nonnuclear solutions to the gunnery problem. Field artillery organization the field artillery is organized into light, medium, and heavy artillery on the basis of weapon caliber. It is a howtotrain manual intended to provide general. Fm 640 tactics, techniques, and procedures for field. Tactics, techniques, and procedures for field artillery manual cannon gunnery. The field artillery cannon battery is the basic firing. Each medium 155mm m109a2a6 and m198 battery is organized in one of two ways. Fm 455, coast artillery field manual, seacoast artillery, service of the piece12inch mortar fixed armament is published for the information and guidance of all concerned. Fm 640, field artillery field manual, firing, is published for the information and guidance of all concerned. The field artillery cannon battery is the basic firing element of the cannon battalion regardless of how the battery is organized.
The mission of the field artillery fa is to destroy, neutralize, or suppress the enemy by cannon, rocket, and missile fires and to help integrate all fire support assets into combined arms operations. This fm explains all aspects of the cannon gunnery problem and presents a practical application of the science of ballistics. Fm 309, field artillery operations and fire support dated 20 april 2020 field manual fm 309 provides tactics for field artillery operations and fire support in unified land operations. Tactics, techniques, and procedures for the field artillery manual. Ocr abbyy finereader military publications field manuals usahec arrow fm field artillery gunnery fm field artillery gunnery. Fm 650 tactics, techniques, and procedures for the field artillery. Lineage and honors information as of 30 september 1996. Prior to me leaving it was renamed 88th field artillery. Marine corps washington, dc, 23 april 1996 page wiii tactics, techniques, and procedures for manual cannon gunnery table of contents preface chapter 1 the gunnery problem and the gunnery team oolution field artillery gunnery team five requirements for accurate. I was in a btry 8 th field artillery camp stanley8081, as a e5, bravo section chief. Fm 640 field art man cannon gun 104% t of c page 01. Field artillery manual cannon gunnery contents army publishing. Field artillery manual cannon gunnery headquarters department of the army united states marine corps this copy is a reprint which includes current pages from change 1.