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Pre WWI Vintage (Before 1914)

Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1665 Description of 8, 10, 12, 14, and 16 inch Seacoast Guns and their Breech Mechanisms and Instructions for their care (9 January 1905, revised 20 June 1917); 47 pages, 9 plates of illustrations Price 6.00 (Item No.2989}
Ordnance Doc.No.1683 Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for 5-inch Barbette Carriages Model of 1896 Balanced Pillar Mounting (1917); 19 pages, 7 plates of illus. Price 5.00 {Item No.2924} (Includes plates that are enlarged so that they are easier to read)
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1684 Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for 5-inch Barbette Carriage Model of 1903 (19 October 1905, revised to 7 June 1911); 24 pages, 4 plates of illustrations Price 3.00 {Item No.2997}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1685 Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for 8-inch Barbette Carriages Model of 1892 for 8-inch Rifle Model of 1888 (31 May 1904, revised 13 December 1907); 23 pages, 4 plates of illustrations Price 3.00 {Item No.2998}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1686 Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for Disappearing Carriage L.F., Model of 1898 for 6-inch Gun Model of 1897 M1 (17 May 1904, revised to 28 November 1911); 46 pages, 8 plates of illustrations Price 5.00 {Item No.2999}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1687 Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for Disappearing Carriage L.F., Model of 1903 for 6-inch Guns Models of 1900, 1903, and 1905 (10 March 1906, revised to 2 April 1910); 47 pages, 10 plates of illustrations Price 6.00 {Item No.3000}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1688 Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for 6-inch Barrbette Carriage Model of 1900 (10 October 1904, revised to 9 October 1912); 25 pages, 3 plates of illustrations Price 3.00 {Item No.3001}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1689 Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for 8-inch Disappearing Carriages L.F., Model of 1894 for 8-inch Guns, Models of 1888, 1888 MI, and 1888 MII (6 June 1903, revised to 17 October 1916); 40 pages, 6 plates of illustrations Price 5.00 {Item No.3002}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1690 Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for 8-inch Disappearing Carriages L.F., Model of 1896 for 8-inch Gun Models of 1888 MI and MII (12 July 1905, revised to 19 March 1912); 41 pages, 5 plates of illustrations Price 5.00 {Item No.3003}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1691 Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for Disappearing Carriages L.F. Model of 1894 MI for 10-inch Guns Models of 1888, 1888 MI, and 1888 MII (20 May 1904, revised 18 October 1913); 66 pages, 10 plates of illustrations Price 8.00 {Item No.3004}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1693 Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for Disappearing Carriage A.R.F., Model of 1896 for 10-inch Rifles Models of 1888 and 1895 (28 April 1904, revised 21 December 1907); 40 pages, 8 plates of illustrations Price 5.00 {Item No.3005}
Ordnance Doc.No.1694 Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for Disappearing Carriage L.F.Model of 1901 for 10-inch Guns Models of 1895 and 1900 (14 October 1907); 83 pages, 12 plates of illus. Price 9.00 {Item No.2923}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1695 Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for Disappearing Carriage L.F. Model of 1896 for 12-inch Guns Models of 1888 and 1895 (19 April 1904, revised 11 April 1913); 64 pages, 19 plates of illustrations Price 10.00 {Item No.3006}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1696 Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for Disappearing Carriage L.F. Model of 1897 for 12-inch Gun Model of 1895 (31 May 1904, revised 26 November 1909); 66 pages, 13 plates of illustrations Price 8.00 {Item No.3007}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1697 Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for Disappearing Carriage L.F.Model of 1901 for 12-inch Guns Models of 1895 and 1900 (31 May 1904, revised to 14 July 1911); 87 pages, 10 plates of illustrations Price 10.00 {Item No.3008}
Ordnance Doc.No.1698 Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for 12-inch Mortar Carriages Model 1891. For Mounting Cast-Iron Mortars, Model of 1886 and Steel Mortars, Model of 1890 (4 April 1904/21 April 1917); 24 pages, 6 plates of illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.2925}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1700 Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for Barbette Carriage Model of 1893 for 10-inch Guns Model of 1888 (10 March 1906, revised 17 October 1916); 30 pages, 4 plates of illustrations Price 4.00 {Item No.3009}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1701 Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for 3-inch 15-pdr.Barbette Carriage Model of 1903 (30 January 1907, revised 8 May 1916); 27 pages, 3 plates of illustrations Price 3.00 {Item No.3010}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1702 Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for Barbette Carriage Model of 1892 for 12-inch Rifles Models fo 1888, 1888 MI, and 1888 MII (5 February 1908); 25 pages, 3 plates of illustrations Price 3.00 {Item No.3011}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1703 Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for Disappearing Carriage L.F., Model of 1905 and 6-inch R.F.Guns Model of 1905 (29 October 1908); 68 pages, 8 plates of illustrations Price 8.00 {Item No.3012}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1704 Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for Disappearing Carriage L.F.Model of 1905 MI for 6-inch R.F.Guns Models of 1903, 1905, and 1908 (29 October 1908, revised 30 April 1917); 55 pages, 9 plates of illustrations Price 7.00 {Item No.3013}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1705 Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for Mortar Carriages Model of 1896 MI and Model of 1896 MII for 12-inch Mortars Model of 1890 MI (22 April 1909, revised to 11 January 1916); 41 pages, 12 plates of illustrations Price 6.00 {Item No.3014}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1709 Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for Mortar Carriages Model of 1896 MIII for 12-inch Mortars Model of 1912 (13 December 1913); 36 pages, 7 plates of illustrations Price 5.00 {Item No.3015}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1711 Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for Disappearing Carriage L.F.of 1905 MII and 6-inch Guns Models of 1905 and 1908 (14 January 1914); 56 pages, 8 plates of illustrations Price 6.00 {Item No.3016}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1712 Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for Disappearing Carriages, L.F., Models of 1907 and 1907 MI for 14-inch Guns Models for 1907 and 1907 MI and Model of 1910 (1917); 56 pages, 9 plates of illustrations Price 7.00 {Item No.3017}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1712-A Supplement to Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for Disappearing Carriages L.F.Models of 1907 and 1907 MI for 14-inch Guns Models of 1907 and 1907 MI and Model of 1910 (5 December 1923); 15 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.3018}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1713 Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for 6-inch Barbette Carriage Model of 1910 for 6-inch Guns Model of 1908 MII (29 May 1914); 35 pages, 10 plates of illustrations Price 5.00 {Item No.3019}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1716 Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for Disappearing Carriage L.F.Model of 1912 for 16-inch Guns Models of 1895 and 1912 (12 July 1917); 80 pages, 8 plates of illustrations Price 9.00 {Item No.3020}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1749 Instructions for Mounting Using, and Caring for 4.72-inch Gun, Armstrong 40 Caliber Mounted on Barbette Carriage, Armstrong (28 October 1904, revised to 6 January 1911); 25 pages, 5 plates of illustrations Price 4.00 {Item No.3023}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1750 Instructions for Mounting Using, and Caring for 4.72-inch Gun, Armstrong 45 Caliber Mounted on Barbette Carriage, Armstrong (28 October 1904, revised to 6 January 1911); 27 pages, 5 plates of illustrations Price 4.00 {Item No.3024}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1751 Instructions for Mounting Using, and Caring for 4.72-inch Gun, Armstrong 50 Caliber Mounted on Barbette Carriage, Armstrong (28 October 1904, revised to 6 January 1911); 27 pages, 5 plates of illustrations Price 4.00 {Item No.3025}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1752 Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for 6-inch Rapid-Fire Gun, Armstrong and 6-inch Barbette Carriage, Armstrong (21 May 1903, revised 28 April 1908); 22 pages, 3 plates of illustrations Price 3.00 {Item No.3026}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1766 Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for 3-inch (15-pounder) Gun and Barbette Carriage Model of 1902 (1 April 1905, revised to 30 October 1913); 35 pages, 6 plates of illustrations Price 4.00 {Item No.3027}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1766, Addendum to pages 1 to 15, inclusive, to Pamphlet No.1766. Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for 3-inch (15-pounder) Gun Model 1902MI (30 June 1916); 21 pages, 2 plates of illustrations Price 3.00 {Item No.3028}
Ordnance Doc.No.1782 Handbook of the 4.7-inch Howitzer Materiel Model of 1913 on Pedestal Mount Model of 1915 (23 October 1916); 61 pages, 13 plates of illus. Price 7.00 {Item No.2931}
Ordnance Doc.No.1820 Description of Twelve-Inch Mortars and Instructions for their Care (4 November 1904/5 June 1917); 26 pages, 5 plates of illus. Price 4.00 (Item No.2933}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1986 Directions for Using, Mounting and Dismounting 1-PDR.and 2.95-inch Subcaliber Guns in the Bore of Seacoast Guns and Mortars and Instructions for using the Reloading and Resizing Outfit for Drill Primers (18 January 1904, revised to 8 August 1914); 22 pages, 7 plates of illustrations Price 3.00 {Item No.3141}
War Dept.Doc.No.441 Coast Artillery War Game (1913); 69 pages, illus. Price 7.00 {Item No.2965}
Handbook for the Use of Electricians in the Operation and Care of Electrical Machinery and Apparatus of the U.S. Seacoast Defenses (1902); 161 pages, 214 illus. Price 17.00 {Item No.2968}
Abbot, Bvt.Brig.-General Henry I. Course of Lectures upon the Defense of the Sea-Coast of the United States (November 1887). New York: D.Van Nostrand (1888); 167 pages Price 17.00 {Item No.3809}
Morrison, CPT Charles C. Course of Instruction for Artillery Gunners Modern Guns and Mortars (1895); 270 pages, 98 illus. Price 30.00 {Item No.1132}
Tidball, J.C. Manual of Heavy Artillery Service (1880); 516 pages, 76 illus. Price 50.00 {Item No.1134}
Wisser, John P., Major Artillery. The Tactics of Coast Defense. Kansas City, Mo.: Hudson-Kimberly Co. (1902); 232 pages, 14 illus. Price 24.00 {Item No. 4754}

WWI Vintage (1914 to 1939)

Army Extension Course. Special Text No.32 Fire Control, and Position Finding for Seacoast Artillery(1935); 331 pages,134+illus. Price 33.00 {Item No.2978} [Details]
TM 2160-30 Gunnery For Seacoast Artillery (10 July 1937); 210 pages, 58 illus. Price 21.00 {Item No.2829}
TM 2160-35 Coast Artillery Corps. Coast Artillery Target Practice (1 December 1938); 172 pages, illus. Price 18.00 {Item No.2830}
TR 435-20 Coast Artillery Corps. The Tactical Employment of Harbor Defense Artillery, including its Organization and Emplacement (1 December 1928); 32 pages, 2 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.3230}
TR 435-20 Coast Artillery Corps. Emplacement and Tactical Employment of Coast Artillery in Harbor Defense (4 April 1924); 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.3231}
TR 435-26 Coast Artillery Corps. Tactical Employment against Naval Targets of Tractor-Drawn Coast Artillery sited outside of Harbor Defenses (25 January 1926)(+Changes 1 & 2); 24+pages, 1+illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.3233}
TR 435-55 Coast Artillery Corps. Coast Artillery Target Practice (1 June 1934)(+Changes 1 & 2); 173 pages, 13 illus., many tables Price 17.00 {Item No.3583}
TR 435-55 Coast Artillery Corps. Coast Artillery Target Practice (20 June 1930)(+Change 1); 142 pages, 16 pages, many tables Price 14.00 {Item No.3585}
TR 435-55 Coast Artillery Corps. Coast Artillery Target Practice (15 November 1928); 130 pages, 20 illus. Price 13.00 {Item No.2832}
TR 435-55 Coast Artillery Corps. Target Practice Analysis of Drill and Analysis and Reports of Target Practice (27 March 1925); 64 pages, 3 illus., many tables Price 7.00 {Item No.3237}
TR 435-55 Coast Artillery Corps. Analysis of Drills and Analysis and Reports of Target Practice (28 December 1921); 51 pages, 3 illus., many tables Price 5.00 {Item No.3584}
TR 435-56 Coast Artillery Corps. The Schloming Film and Tangent Scales (2 May 1925); 5 pages, 4 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.3586}
TR 435-184 Coast Artillery Corps. Service of the Piece, 155-mm (GPF) Gun (11 November 1929)(+Change 1 & 2); 24 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.3258}
TR 435-184 Coast Artillery Corps. Service of the Piece, 155-mm Gun (26 June 1936)(+Changes 1); 20+ pages, 3+illus., 1 large chart Price 3.00 {Item No.3259}
TR 435-185 Coast Artillery Corps. Battery Command, Tractor-Drawn Coast Artillery (10 February 1926)(+Change 1); 22+pages, 2 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.3260}
TR 435-188 Coast Artillery Corps. Tractor-Drawn Coast Artillery (Organization and Functions)(15 September 1929); 16 pages, 2 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.3261}
TR 435-220 Coast Artillery Corps. The Battery Command (Fixed)(30 September 1924)(+Changes 1&2); 45+pages, 2 illus. Price 5.00 {Item No.3268}
TR 435-221 Coast Artillery Corps. Fire Control and Position Finding. (30 September 1924)(+Changes 1&2); 88 pages, 22 illus. Price 9.00 {Item No.3269}
TR 435-222 Coast Artillery Corps. Regiment, Harbor Defense—The Headquarters Battery (15 June 1927)(+Change 1); 8+pages, 2 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.3270}
TR 435-255 Coast Artillery Corps. Service of the Piece, 12-inch Mortar (Fixed Armament)(24 December 1924)(+Change 1); 20+pages, 2 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.3271}
TR 435-260 Coast Artillery Corps. Service of the Piece, 12-inch Gun (Barbette Carriage)(7 May 1924)(+Change 1); 19 pages, 1 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.3278}
TR 435-265 Coast Artillery Corps. Service of the Piece, 10-inch Guns (Disappearing Carriage)(7 May 1924)(+Change 1); 19 pages, 1 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.3279}
TR 435-266 Coast Artillery Corps. Service of the Piece, 6-inch Guns (Disappearing Carriage)(10 June 1925); 15 pages, 1 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.3280}
TR 435-267 Coast Artillery Corps. Service of the Piece, 6-inch Guns (Pedestal Mount)(10 June 1925); 15 pages, 1 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.3281}
TR 435-270 Coast Artillery Corps. Service of the Piece, 12 and 14 inch Guns (Disappearing Carriage)(7 May 1924) (+Changes 1 & 2); 21 pages, 1 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.3282}
TR 435-275 Coast Artillery Corps. Service of the Piece, 16-inch Guns, M1919 MII and M1919 MIII, on 16-inch Barbette Carriage, M1919; 16-inch Gun, MK II M1, on 16-inch Barbette Carriage, M1919 MI; and 16-inch Howitzer, M1920, on 16-inch Howitzer Carriage, M1920 (26 March 1933); 22 pages, 1 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.3283}
TR 435-276 Coastal Artillery Corps. Service of the Piece, 3-inch, Rapid-Fire Guns (Pedestal Mount)(3 January 1928); 11 pages, 1 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.2833}
TR 435-280 Coast Artillery Corps. Gunnery for Coast Artillery Except Antiaircraft (1 November 1929); 192 pages, 53 illus. Price 20.00 {Item No.2834}
TR 435-280 Coast Artillery Corps. Gunnery for Heavy Artillery (31 July 1925); 179 pages, 63 illus. Price 18.00 {Item No.2835}
TR 435-290 Coast Artillery Corps. The Fire Command (7 May 1924); 9 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.3284}
TR 435-295 Coast Artillery Corps. The Fort Command (7 May 1924)(+Change 1); 11 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.3285}
TR 435-300 Coast Artillery Corps. The Harbor Defense (Organization and Functions)(10 June 1930); 39 pages, 2 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.3286}
TR 435-300 Coast Artillery Corps. The Coast Defense Command (21 July 1924); 11 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.3287}
TR 435-310 Coast Artillery Corps. Examination for Gunners (2 January 1932)(+Change 1); 40 pages Price 4.00 {Item No.3288}
TR 435-310 Coastal Artillery Corps—Examination of Gunners (30 June 1926); 33 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.1141}
TR 435-310 Coast Artillery Corps. Examination for Gunners (30 June 1926)(+Changes 1-4); 33+ pages Price 5.00 {Item No.3289}
TR 435-310 Coast Artillery Corps. Examination for Gunners (24 March 1925); 31 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.3290}
TR 435-310 Coast Artillery Corps. Examination for Gunners (24 November 1922); 24 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.3291}
TR 435-325 Coast Artillery Corps Orientation (February 1925); 138 pages, 58 illus., many tables Price 15.00 {Item No.1142}
TR 435-330 Coast Artillery Corps. Tactical Employment of Harbor Defense Searchlights and Illuminating Devices (31 December 1929); 22 pages Price 2.00 {Item No.3295}
TR 435-330 Coast Artillery Corps. Tactical Use of Searchlights in Harbor Defenses (30 June 1925)(+Change 1); 12+pages Price 2.00 {Item No.3296}
TR 435-440 Coast Artillery Corps. Combined Training of Coast Artillery and Air Corps (14 June 1930); 6 pages, 1 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.3297}
TR 1050-5 Symbols for Seacoast Defense Fire-Control Maps, Diagrams, and Structures (10 May 1939); 8 pages, illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.3593}
TR 1160-20 Coast Artillery Corps. Preservation and Care of Seacoast Defense Material (1 July 1933)(+Change 1); 16+pages Price 2.00 {Item No.3299}
TR 1315-12M Weapons. 12-inch Mortar Carriage, M1896MIII (Mounting 12-inch Mortar, M1912)(14 December 1927); 55 pages, 11 illus. Price 6.00 {Item No.3306}
TR 1315-14B Harbor Defense and Railway Artillery Material. 14-inch guns, M1920MI and M1920MII (16 February 1927); 39 pages, 7 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.3307}
Coast Artillery Field Manual Vol.I; Seacoast Artillery; Part One Tactics (1933); 155 pages, 10 illus. Price 15.00 {Item No.1143}
Coast Artillery Field Manual Vol.I; Seacoast Artillery; Part Two Technique, Part Three Reference Data (1933); 230 pages, 64 illus. Price 23.00 {Item No.1144}
War Dept.Doc.No.424; Technical Notes and Extracts from Reports of Coast Artillery Target Practice for 1911 (1913); 121 pages, many tables Price 12.00 {Item No.4388}
War Dept.Doc.No.450; Technical Notes and Extracts from Reports of Coast Artillery Target Practice for 1912 (1914); 84 pages, many tables Price 8.00 {Item No.4386}
War Dept.Doc.No.474; Coast Artillery Drill Regulations, United States Army 1914 (1917); 230 pages, 15 illus. Price 23.00 {Item No.1145}
War Dept.Doc.No.474; Coast Artillery Drill Regulations. United States Army. 1914 (Corrected to 15 June 1917, changes No.1 to 6)(1917); 230 pages, 15 illus. Price 23.00 {Item No.4389}
War Dept.Doc.479 Technical Notes and Extracts from Reports of Coast Artillery Target Practice for 1913 (1915); 97 pages, many tables Price 10.00 {Item No.4387}
War Dept.Doc.No.491 Technical Notes of Coast Artillery Target Practice for 1914 (1915); 45 pages, many tables Price 4.50 {Item No.4370}
War Dept.Doc.No.536 Technical Notes of Coast Artillery Target Practice for 1915 (1916); 43 pages, many tables Price 4.50 {Item No.4371}
War Dept.Doc.No.540 Coast Artillery War Game by Major William Chamberlaine (4th Ed.)(1916); 100 pages, 47 illus. Price 10.00 {Item No.2966}
War Dept.Doc.No.559 Coast Artillery Instruction Order 1917 (1916); 48 pages Price 5.00 {Item No.4372}
War Dept.Doc.No.997 Questions for National Guard Officers (Coast Artillery). Prepared by Militia Bureau 1920 (1920); 176 pages Price 18.00 {Item No.4393}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1678 Safety Features of Firing and Breech Mechanisms of Field, Siege, and Seacoast Cannon (28 May 1915, revised 5 June 1917); 40 pages, 27 plates of illustrations Price 7.00 {Item No.2996}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1722 Instructions for Mounting, Using, and Caring for Barbette Carriage Model of 1917 for 12-inch Gun Model of 1895 M1 (8 August 1917); 29 pages, 13 plates of illustrations Price 4.00 {Item No.3021}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1869 Oils, Paints, and Materials for the Cleaning and Preservation of Seacoast Guns (1917); 17 pages, 2 plates Price 2.00 {Item No.1149}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1991 Coast Artillery Targets and Accessories (1917); 8 pages, 3 plates Price 1.50 {Item No.1150}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.2042 American Coast Artillery Material (June 1922); 513 pages, 309 illus. Price 50.00 {Item No.1154} [Details]
Bulletin of the Heavy (Coast) Artillery. Catalog of the Coast Artillery School 1918-1919; 104 pages, 17 illus. Price 10.00 {Item No.4123} [Course Descriptions and outlines]
Clark, Captain Walton C.; Orientation for Heavy Artillery; Coast Artillery Training Camp; Ft.Monroe, Virginia (1918); 304 pages, 50+illus. Price 30.00 {Item No.1159}
Engelhardt, Major Fred & Captain Earl W. Thomson. Heavy (Coast)Artillery Gunnery for Field Service (1918); 232 pages, 77+illus. Price 23.00 {Item No.2974}
Hyde, Captain Arthur P.S. Attack and Defense of Fortified Harbors (2nd Edition); Franklin Hudson Publishing Co., Kansas City, Missouri (1916); 82 pages, 8 illus. Price 8.00 {Item No.3071}
Platt, Captain W.P. Coast Artillery Material. 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 Militia Bureau of the the War Department. Franklin Hudson Publishing Co., Kanas City, MO. (3rd Edition Revised) (1917); 178 pages, illus. Price 18.00 {Item No.3073}

WWII Vintage (1940 to 1949)

FM 4-10 Coast Artillery Field Manual. Seacoast Artillery Gunnery (1940)(+Change 1); 189 pages, 50+illus. Price 20.00 {Item No.3680}
FM 4-15 Coast Artillery Field Manual. Seacoast Artillery. Fire Control and Position Finding (1940)(+Change 1); 339+ pages, 107 illus. Price 35.00 {Item No.3681}
FM 4-20 Coast Artillery Field Manual. Seacoast Artillery. Formations, Inspections, Service, and Care of Material (1940) (+Change 1); 71+pages Price 8.00 {Item No.3082}
FM 4-25 Coast Artillery Field Manual. Seacoast Artillery. Service of the Piece. 155-mm Gun (1940); 27 pages, 3 illus. 1 Chart Price 3.00 {Item No.3083}
FM 4-55 Coast Artillery Field Manual. Seacoast Artillery. Service of the Piece. 12-inch Mortar (Fixed Armament)(1940); 27 pages, 3 illus., 1 large table Price 3.00 {Item No.3088}
FM 4-60 Coast Artillery Field Manual. Seacoast Artillery. Service of the Piece. 12-inch Gun (Barbette Carriage)(1940); 23 pages, 2 illus., 1 large table Price 3.00 {Item No. 3089}
FM 4-65 Coast Artillery Field Manual. Seacoast Artillery Service of the Piece 10-inch Gun (Disappearing Carriage)(1940); 25 pages, 2 illus., 1 large table Price 3.00 {Item No.3090}
FM 4-70 Coast Artillery Field Manual. Seacoast Artillery. Service of the Piece 6-inch Gun (Disappearing Carriage)(1940); 21 pages, 2 illus., 1 chart Price 2.00 {Item No.3091}
FM 4-75 Coast Artillery Field Manual. Seacoast Artillery. Service of the Piece. 6-inch Gun on Barbette Carriage (1940); 19 pages, 2 illus., 1 Chart Price 2.00 {Item No.3092}
FM 4-80 Coast Artillery Field Manual. Seacoast Artillery. Service of the Piece. 12- and 14-inch Guns (Disappearing Carriage)(1940); 25 pages, 2 illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.3093}
FM 4-85 Coast Artillery Field Manual. Seacoast Artillery. Service of the Piece 16-inch Gun and Howitzer (1940)(+Changes 1 & 2); 31 pages, 2 illus. Price 4.00 {Item No.3094}
FM 4-90 Coast Artillery Field Manual. Seacoast Artillery. Service of the Piece. 3-inch Rapid-Fire Gun (Barbette Carriage) (1940); 21 pages, 2 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.3095}
FM 4-150 Coast Artillery Field Manual. Examination of Gunners (20 May 1941); 45 pages Price 5.00 {Item No.3334}
FM 4-150 Coast Artillery Field Manual. Examination of Gunners (1940); 52 pages Price 5.00 {Item No.4871}
Japanese Seacoast Artillery (1 February 1946); 208 pages, illus. Price 25.00 {Item No.910} [WWII end of War Report]
FM 4-155 Coastal Artillery. Reference Data (Seacoast and Antiaircraft Artillery (1940); 91 pages, illus. Price 10.00 {Item No.1165}
Special Series No.15 German Coastal Defense (15 June 1943). War Dept., Military Intelligence Division ; 89 pages, 49 illus. Price 12.00 {Item No.3341}
TM 4-225 Orientation (15 July 1941); 64 pages, 9 illus. Price 6.00 {Item No.3149}
TM 4-235 Coast Artillery Target Practice (27 February 1941)(+Changes 1-5); 185 pages, many charts, forms and illus. Price 25.00 {Item No.3746}[With 1942 Supplement, Addenda 1942 Supplement: Instructions for Antimechnanized Training and Firing by Antiaircraft Units, (+Change 1), Addenda No.2 1942 Supplement: Instructions for Submarine Mine Target Practice, and Addenda No.3 Instructions for Antimotor Torpedo Boat Target Practices]
TM 4-238 Coordinate Conversion Tables (25 March 1943)(+Change 1); 338 pages, 336 tables Price 34.00 {Item No.3893}
TM 4-240 Meteorology for Coast Artillery (20 December 1941)(+Change 1); 92 pages, 10+illus. Price 10.00 {Item No.2457}
TM 4-245 Preservation and Care of Seacoast Defense Material (30 June 1941); 26 pages Price 3.00 {Item No.2409}
TM 4-305 Coast Artillery Gunners’ Instruction Fixed Seacoast Artillery First and Second Class Gunners (10 April 1942); 525 pages, 242 illus. Price 52.00 {Item No.3894}
TM 4-310 Coast Artillery Gunners’ Instruction Fixed Seacoast Artillery Expert Gunners (27 January 1942)(+Change 1); 344 pages, 154 illus. Price 34.00 {Item No.3895}
TM 4-315 Coast Artillery Gunners’ Instruction Mobile Seacoast Artillery First and Second Class Gunners (22 January 1942); 436 pages, 207 illus. Price 44.00 {Item No.3896} [Includes instruction on Railway Artillery]
TM 4-320 Coast Artillery Gunners’ Instruction, Mobile Seacoast Artillery, Expert Gunners (4 May 1942); 373 pages, 152 illus. Price 37.00 {Item No.3897}
TM 9-421 3-inch Seacoast Gun Material. 3-inch (15-pdr.) Gun M1902MI Mounted on 3-inch (15-pdr.) Barbette Carriage M1902 and 3-inch (15-pdr.) Gun M1903 Mounted on 3-inch (15-pdr.) Barbette Carriage M1903 (10 October 1942); 125 pages, 63 illus. Price 12.00 {Item No.3756}
TM 9-456 12-inch Seacoast Material. 12-inch Mortar M1890MI mounted on 12-inch Mortar Carriage M1896MI and M1896MII (17 October 1942); 136 pages, 59 illus. Price 14.00 {Item No.3153}
TM 9-458 12-inch Seacoast Material. 12-inch Mortar M1912 mounted on 12-inch Mortar Carriage M1896MIII (19 August 1942); 109 pages, 47 illus. Price 11.00 {Item No.3154}
TM 9-471 16-inch Seacoast Gun Materiel Gun Mk.II M1 Barbette Carriage M4 (3 November 1942); 323 pages, 196 illus. Price 33.00 {Item No.4115}

Fire Control

FM 4-15 Coast Artillery Field Manual. Seacoast Artillery. Fire Control and Position Finding (1940)(+Change 1); 339+ pages, 107 illus. Price 35.00 {Item No.3681}
Army Extension Course. Special Text No.32 Fire Control, and Position Finding for Seacoast Artillery(1935); 331 pages,134+illus. Price 33.00 {Item No.2978} [Details]
TR 435-56 Coast Artillery Corps. The Schloming Film and Tangent Scales (2 May 1925); 5 pages, 4 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.3586}
TR 435-221 Coast Artillery Corps. Fire Control and Position Finding. (30 September 1924)(+Changes 1&2); 88 pages, 22 illus. Price 9.00 {Item No.3269}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1663 Description of the Pratt Range Board, Model of 1905 Mechanical Features and Rules Governing its Care and Preservation in Service (20 May 1908, revised 30 December 1914); 11 pages, 6 plates of illustrations Price 2.00 {Item No.2988}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1666 Description of the Deflection Board, Model of 1905, for Guns. Mechanical Features, Method of Assemblying and Dismounting, and Rules Governing its Care and Preservation in Service (26 January 1906, revised to 26 January 1912); 13 pages, 1 plate of illustrations Price 2.00 {Item No.2990}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1668 Description of the Deflection Board (Model of 1906) with De Carre Drift Chart for 12- inch Mortar Mechanical Features, Rules Governing its Care, Operation, and Preservation in Service (4 April 1907, revised 2 July 1917) ; 10 pages, 1 plate of illustrations Price 2.00 {Item No.2991}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1669 Description of the Whistler-Hearn Plotting Board (Model of 1904) Mortar Plotting Board (Model of 1906 and Model of 1906MI) and Submarine Plotting Board (Model of 1906) and instructions for assembling, adjusting, caring for, etc. (24 April 1907, revised 13 Demember 1909); 26 pages, 6 plates of illustrations Price 3.00 {Item No. 2992}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1672 Description and Instructions for Use of the 360 Degree Mortar Plotting Board Model of 1911 (9 October 1912); 17 pages, 2 plates of illustrations Price 2.00 {Item No.2993}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1673 Description of the 110 Degree Plotting Board Model of 1915 Mechanical Features and Rules Governing its Care and Preservation in Service (15 July 1916); 11 pages, 2 plates of illustrations Price 2.00 {Item No.2994}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1675 Description of the Mortar Range Board Model of 1914 with Instructions for Care and Operation (1916); 8 pages, 2 plates of illustrations Price 2.00 {Item No.2995}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1668 Description of the Deflection Board (Model of 1906) with De Carre Drift Chart for 12- inch Mortar Mechanical Features, Rules Governing its Care, Operation, and Preservation in Service (4 April 1907, revised 2 July 1917); 10 pages, 1 plate of illustrations Price 2.00 {Item No.2991}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1669 Description of the Whistler-Hearn Plotting Board (Model of 1904) Mortar Plotting Board (Model of 1906 and Model of 1906MI) and Submarine Plotting Board (Model of 1906) and instructions for assembling, adjusting, caring for, etc. (24 April 1907, revised 13 Demember 1909); 26 pages, 6 plates of illustrations Price 3.00 {Item No. 2992}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1672 Description and Instructions for Use of the 360 Degree Mortar Plotting Board Model of 1911 (9 October 1912); 17 pages, 2 plates of illustrations Price 2.00 {Item No.2993}
Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.1795 Instructions for the Care, Preservation, Repair and Adjustment of Instruments for the Fire-Control Systems for Coast and Field Artillery (18 December 1906, revised to 4 January 1916); 79 pages, 12 plates of illustrations Price 9.00 {Item No.3032}

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Note: We also sell the following Research Packets which contains all of the manuals, articles, and extracts, in the Military/Info collection on the following Seacoast artillery, including the above listed manuals.
No.78 US 16-inch Seacoast Guns and Howitzers; 11 References, 644 pages, 270 illus. (3/4/02) Price 68.00 {Item No.8078-1} [Not including 16-inch Railway Gun Artillery]
No.79 US 14-inch Seacoast Guns; 10 References, 284 pages, 90 illus. (2/22/02) Price 34.00 {Item No.8079-1} [Not including 14-inch Railway Gun Artillery, See Research Packet No.64]
No.80 US 12-inch Seacoast Guns; 21 References, 543 pages, 141 illus. (3/4/02) Price 59.00 {Item No.8080-1} [Not including 12-inch Railway Gun Artillery, See Research Packet No.65]
No.81 US 12-inch Seacoast Mortars; 11 References, 506 pages, 167 illus. (3/8/02) Price 54.00 {Item No.8081-1} [Not including 12-inch Railway Mortar Artillery, See Research Packet No.66]
No.82 US 10-inch Seacoast Guns; 15 References, 447 pages, 98 illus. (3/15/08) Price 49.00 {Item No.8082-1} [Not including 10-inch Railway Gun Artillery]
No.83 US 8-inch Seacoast Guns; 9 References, 209 pages, 46 illus. (3/22/02) Price 25.00 {Item No.8083-1} [Not including 8-inch Railway Gun Artillery, See Research Packet No.67]
No.84 US 6-inch Seacoast Guns; 24 References, 650 pages, 136 illus. (3/29/02) Price 69.00 {Item No.8084-1}
No.85 US 3-inch Seacoast Guns; 11 References, 294 pages, 93 illus. (4/6/02) Price 34.00 {Item No.8085-1}
No.86 US 4.7-inch Seacoast Guns; 5 References, 103 pages, 18 illus. (4/12/02) Price 14.00 {Item No.8086-1}
No.87 US 5-inch Seacoast Guns; 5 References, 79 pages, 15 illus. (4/19/02) Price 12.00 {Item No.8087-1}

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