FM 6-40 FIELD ARTILLERY MANUAL CANNON GUNNERY

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This field manual (FM) explains all aspects of the cannon gunnery problem and presents a practical application of the science of ballistics. It includes step-by-step instructions for manually solving the gunnery problem and applies to units organized under tables of organization and equipment (TOE) of the L series. The material concerns nonnuclear solutions to the gunnery problem. Automated procedures are covered in ST 6-40-2, ST 6-40-31, and ST 6-50-60.

This publication is a guide for field artillery (FA) officers (commanders and fire direction officers [FDOs]), FA noncommissioned officers (NCOs), and enlisted personnel in the military occupational specialty (MOS) of cannon gunnery (MOS 13E; United States Marine Corps [USMC] MOS 0844/48).

The mission of the Field Artillery 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. Field artillery weapons are normally employed in masked or defilade positions to conceal them from the enemy. Placing the firing platoon in defilade precludes direct fire on most targets. Consequently, indirect fire must be used when FA weapons fire on targets that are not visible from the weapons. The gunnery problem is an indirect fire problem. Solving the problem requires weapon and ammunition settings that, when applied to the weapon and ammunition, will cause the projectile to achieve the desired effects on the target.

PAGES: 733

PUBLICATION DATE: APRIL, 1996

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