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Book 161. Field Artillery Gunnery (1941); 387 pages, 186 illus. Price
40.00 [Course book] {Item No.1176} [War Department, Ft.Sill, Oklahoma] [Note
corrections page has to also copied along with each page is references]
Chapter 2 - The Firing Battery; 35 pages, 3 illus. Price
3.50 {Item No.22351} [Includes: Sections I. General, II. Care and
maintenance of materiel, III. Handling Ammunition, IV. Posts and duties
of individuals at the position, V. Occupation and organization of position,
VI. Service of the piece drill, VII. Examples of fire commands]
Chapter 3 - Ballistics, Effects of Projectiles, Dispersion; 12
pages, 8 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.22352}[Includes: Sections
I. Ballistics, II. Effects of Projectiles, III. Dispersion]
Chapter 4 - Observed Fires, General; 2 pages Price
.50 {Item No.22354} [Includes: Observed and unobserved fires, Methods
of conducting observed fire, Ground observation, Air observation, Assignment
and attack of targets]
Chapter 5 - Determination of Firing Data; 17 pages, 13 illus.
Price 2.00 {Item No.22355} [Includes: Sections I.General, II.Computations
for basic data, approximate methods, III.Distribution, IV.Choice of
ammunition; methods of fire]
Chapter 6 - Axial and Lateral Conduct of Fire; 37 pages, 20 illus.
Price 4.00 {Item No.22356} [Includes: Sections I.General, II.Axial
conduct of fire, general, III.Axial precision and bracket fire, IV.Lateral
conduct of fire, general, V.Lateral fire, small-T, VI.Lateral fire,
large-T, Illustrative examples]
Chapter 7 - Conduct of Fire Using Air Observation; 27 pages,
13 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.22357} [Includes: Sections I.General,
II.Registration, III.Surveillance of fires, IV.Adjustment of fire, V.Illustrative
examples]
Chapter 8 - Ground Observation Using Air Observation Methods;
4 pages, 4 illus. Price .50 {Item No.22358} [Includes: General,
Prearrangement, Illustrative examples]
Chapter 9 - Direct Laying; 6 pages, 4 illus. Price .50
{Item No.22359} [Includes: Direct laying, general; Stationary targets,
Tank targets, general, Ammunition for fire against tanks, Designation
of tank targets, Opening fire on tanks, Sighting Systems, Leads for
moving targets, Site for fire on tanks, Range for fire on tanks, Adjustment
of fire on tanks]
Chapter 10 - Miscellaneous Observed Fires; 20 pages, 7 illus.
Price 2.00 {Item No.22360} [Includes: Sections I.Time fire,
II.Ricochet fire, III.Conduct of fire with chemical shell, IV.Combined
operations, V.Conduct of fire by sound and flash units]
Chapter 16 - Survery Procedure; 18 pages, 6 illus. Price
2.00 {Item No.22367} [Includes: Sections I.General, II.Battle map,
III.Wide angle photo, IV.Grid sheet, V.Mosaics, VI.Location and laying
of base pieces]
Chapter 17 - Night Survey; 5 pages Price .50
{Item No.22368} [Includes: General, Extra personnel, Use of instruments,
Basic survey operations, Survey procedure]
Part 4 Fires Based on Accurate Data; Massed Fires; 59 pages,
35 illus. Price 6.00 {Item No.22370} [Includes Chapters 19-22
below]
Introduction
Chapter 19 - Registration; 6 pages Price .50
{Item No.22371} [Includes: Registration, general; Registration by
precision adjustment, Registration by combined ground observation, Center
of impact, High burst, Registration for time fire, Use of registration
positions]
Chapter 20 - Determination and Correction of Map Data; 20 pages,
19 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.22372} [Includes: Sections I.General,
II.Determination of map data, III.Determination of corrections from
registration, IV.Practical application of corrections using a metro
message, V.Registration after using metro message, VI.Corrections for
individual targets, VII.Corrections for individual targets, VIII.Laying
of base piece on base deflection by firing, IX.Time fire]
Chapter 21 - Fires With and Without Prearrangement; 10 pages,
4 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.22373} [Includes: Sections I.General,
II.Artillery fires, III.Attack on targets]
Chapter 22 - Technique of Massing Fires; 22 pages, 12 illus.
Price 2.00 {Item No.22374} [Includes: Sections I.Battalion
control, II.The fire direction center, III.Massing of fires using transfers
and metro data, IV.Massing of fires based on the adjustment of one battery]
Appendix A - Service Practice; 4 pages Price
.50 {Item No.22376} [Includes: General, Training for service practice,
Conduct of battery service practice, Conduct of battalion service practice,
Conduct of service practice by more than one battalion, Critiques, The
commanding officer, The officer in charge, The range officer, The safety
officer, Reports of firing]
Appendix B - Calibration; 3 pages Price .50
{Item No.22377} [Includes: General, Necessity for calibration, Mechanical
calibration, Calibration by firing, Determination of calibration factors
among batteries, Application of relative calibrations, Calibration of
a group of battalions]
Appendix C - Survey Notes; 9 pages, 4 illus. Price 1.00
{Item No.22378} [Includes: Bessel (Italian) resection, Location from
two distant points, Precision in taping, Slope corrections, Measurement
of horizontal angles, Errors in location by short base, Survey accuracy,
Correction for curvature and refraction, Changing from one grid to another,
Checking the level line of the aiming circle]
Appendix D - Visibility and Dead Space; 3 pages, 1 illus. Price
.50 {Item No.22379} [Includes: Visiblity, general; Determination
of visiblity, Visibility chart, Dead space, Quadrant elevation method,
Dead space chart]
Appendix E - Notes on Fire Direction; 8 pages, 5 illus. Price
1.00 {Item No.22380} [Includes: Plotting base line extensions, Vertical
control, Examples of procedure at fire direction center, Use of deflection
correction scale by computers, Changes of site, Corrections determined
by battalions connected by a common survery, Rates of fire]
Appendix F - Graphical Firing Tables; 4 pages, 1 illus. Price
.50 {Item No.22381} [Includes: General, Standing portion, Slide,
Indicator, Principle use, Other uses]