# List of United States War Department Forms

Forms of the United States War Department, Office of the Chief of Ordnance, are handbooks, descriptions, instructions, that would later be called technical manuals (TM's): a technical description of a cannon, machine-gun, rifle, pistol, revolver, some wagons and trucks belonging to the artillery and ammunition, also some field manuals (FM's). The forms have their own numbers, at least through no. 2050.

## List

| Document # | Name | Year of publication | Number of pages | Type of publication |
| 400 | Special specifications for steel wire to be used in connection with Ordnance pamphlet no. 445 | 1914 | 16 | specifications/wire |
| 1467 | | | | |
| 1623 | Instructions to accountants attached to Cost Accounting Section, Finance Division, Office of the Chief of Ordnance, War Department | | | |
| 1656 | | | | |
| 1657 | | | | |
| 1659 | Handbook of the 3-inch gun matériel, model of 1902 : with instructions for its care ... revised June 5, 1917 | 1917 | 284 | TM/Artillery |
| 1660 | Handbook of the 3.2-inch field battery, with instructions for its care, July 30, 1902, revised June 23, 1908 | 1917 | 69 | TM |
| 1661 | Handbook of the 5-inch siege gun battery with instructions for its care ... August 12, 1903. Revised May 10, 1911. Rev. June 9, 1914 | 1917 | 95 | TM |
| 1662 | Handbook of the 7-inch siege howitzer battery with instructions for its care ... August 15, 1900. Revised August 12, 1903. Rev. June 23, 1908 | 1914 | 98 | TM |
| 1663 | Description of the Pratt range board, model of 1905 : mechanical features and rules governing its care and preservation in service, May 20, 1908 | 1917 | 29 | TM/Artillery |
| 1665 | Description of 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 Inch Seacoast Guns and Their Breech Mechanisms | 1917 | 59 | TM/Coastal artillery |
| 1666 | Description of the Deflection Board, Model of 1905, for Guns: Mechanical ... | 1917 | 20 | TM/Artillery |
| 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, April 4, 1907, revised December 13, 1907 | 1917 | 26 | TM/Artillery |
| 1669 | Description of the Whistler-Hearn plotting board (model of 1904), mortar plotting board (model of 1906 and model of 1906 MI), and submarine plotting board (model of 1906) : and instructions for assembling, adjusting, caring for, etc. | 1909 | 26 | TM/Artillery |
| 1670 | Description of the fire commander's plotting board, model of 1906, and instructions for assemblage, adjustment, care, and preservation, February 14, 1908 | 1917 | 30 | TM/Artillery |
| 1672 | Description and instructions for use of the 360° mortar plotting board, model of 1911 ... October 9, 1912 | 1917 | 17 | TM/Artillery |
| 1673 | Description of the 110° plotting board, model of 1915 ... | 1917 | 11 | TM/Artillery |
| 1675 | Description of the mortar range board, model of 1914, with instructions for care and operation | 1916 | | TM/Mortar |
| 1678 | Safety features of firing and breech mechanisms of field, siege, and seacoast cannon, May 28, 1915 | 1917 | 40 | FM/Artillery |
| 1683 | Instructions for mounting, using and caring for 5-inch barbette carriages, model of 1896, balanced pillar mounting | 1917 | 19 | TM/Artillery |
| 1684 | Instructions for mounting, using and caring for 5-inch barbette carriage, model of 1903 ... October 19, 1905. Revised May 25, 1908. Revised June 7, 1911 | 1917 | 24 | TM/Artillery |
| 1685 | Instructions for mounting, using, and caring for 8-inch barbette carriages, model of 1892, for 8-inch rifle, model of 1888 ... | | | TM/Artillery |
| 1686 | Instructions for mounting, using, and caring for disappearing carriage, L. F., model of 1898, for 6-inch gun, model of 1897 MI .. | 1917 | 58 | TM/Artillery |
| 1688 | Instructions for mounting, using, and caring for 6-inch barbette carriage, model of 1900, October 10, 1904, revised December 3, 1907 | 1917 | 25 | TM/Artillery |
| 1689 | Instructions for mounting, using, and caring for 8-inch disappearing carriages, L. F., model of 1894, for 8-inch gun, models of 1888 MI and MII .. | 1916 | 40 | TM/Artillery |
| 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 .. | 1917 | 50 | TM/Artillery |
| 1691 | Instructions for Mounting, Using and Caring for Disappearing Carriage L.F., model of 1894 M 1 for 10-inch guns, models of 1888 MI and MII | 1917 | 74 | TM/Artillery |
| 1693 | Instructions for Mounting, Using and Caring for Disappearing Carriage A.R.F. for 10-inch rifles... | 1917 | 63 | TM/Artillery |
| 1694 | Instructions for Mounting, Using and Caring for Disappearing Carriage L.F., model of 1901 for 10-inch guns, models of 1895 and 1900 | 1917 | 83 | TM/Artillery |
| 1695 | Instructions for mounting, using and caring for disappearing carriage L.F., model of 1896 for 12-inch guns, models of 1888 and 1895, April 19, 1904 | 1917 | 64 | TM |
| 1696 | Instructions for mounting, using and caring for disappearing carriage L.F., model of 1897 for 12-inch gun, model of 1895, revised May 31, 1904 | 1917 | 66 | TM |
| 1697 | Instructions for mounting, using and caring for disappearing carriage L.F., model of 1901 for 12-inch guns, models of 1895 and 1900, revised May 31, 1904, revised March 23, 1908 | 1917 | 87 | TM |
| 1698 | | | | |
| 1700 | Instructions for Mounting, Using and Caring for barbette carriage, Model of 1893, for 10-inch guns, Model of 1888 | 1916 | 40 | TM/Artillery |
| 1701 | Instructions for mounting, using and caring for 3-inch 15-pdr barbette carriage, model of 1903 | 1917 | 35 | TM/Artillery |
| 1702 | Instructions for mounting, using and caring for barbette carriage, model of 1892, for 12-inch rifles, models of 1888, 1888 MI and 1888 MII, February 5, 1908 | 1917 | 25 | TM |
| 1703 | Instructions for mounting, using and caring for disappearing carriage L.F., model of 1905 and 6-inch R. F. guns, model of 1905 | 1917 | 68 | FM/Artillery |
| 1704 | Instructions for mounting, using and caring for disappearing carriage L.F., model of 1905 MI and 6-inch R. F. guns, models of 1903, 1905, and 1908 | 1917 | 55 | FM/Artillery |
| 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, April 22, 1909 ... rev. January 11, 1916 | 1917 | 41 | TM |
| 1709 | | | | |
| 1711 | Instructions for mounting, using and caring for disappearing carriage L.F., model of 1905 MII and 6-inch guns, models of 1905 and 1908 | 1917 | 71 | FM/Artillery |
| 1712 | 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 | 1913 | 56 | FM/Artillery |
| 1713 | Instructions for mounting, using and caring for 6-inch Barbette carriage, model of 1910, for 6-inch guns, model of 1908 MII | 1917 | 35 | TM |
| 1715 | | | | |
| 1716 | | | | |
| 1717 | | | | |
| 1722 | Instructions for mounting, using and caring for Barbette carriage, model of 1917 for 12-inch gun, model of 1895 MI | 1917 | 22 | TM |
| 1741 | Description and instructions for the use of rifle and hand grenades | 1912 | 15 | FM |
| 1741a | Description and instructions for the use of Hand Grenades | 1917 | | FM |
| 1750 | Instructions for mounting, using, and caring for 4.72-inch gun, Armstrong, 45 caliber, mounted on barbette carriage, Armstrong ... | 1917 | 42 | TM/Artillery |
| 1752 | Instructions for mounting, using, and caring for 6-inch rapid-fire gun, Armstrong, and 6-inch barbette carriage, Armstrong ... May 21, 1903 ... | 1917 | 22 | TM/Artillery |
| 1755 | Gun making in the United States, by Captain ... Rogers Birnie, Jr. ... | 1907 | 144 | |
| 1758 | Handbook of the Colt automatic machine gun, caliber .30 : with pack outfits and accessories ... Aug. 17, 1901 | 1916 | 53 | TM |
| 1759 | Handbook of the Colt machine gun, model of 1917, caliber.30 | 1917 | 17 | TM |
| 1761 | Handbook of the 2.95-inch mountain gun matériel and pack outfit ... June 10, 1912 | 1916 | 108 | TM |
| 1766 | Instructions for mounting, using, and caring for 3-inch (15-pounder) gun and barbette carriage, model of 1902 | 1917 | 35 | TM |
| 1768 | Instructions for mounting, using, and caring for 3-inch saluting gun and mount | 1918 | 15 | TM |
| 1770 | Handbook of the Maxim automatic machine gun, caliber .30, model of 1904, with pack outfits and accessories, June 15, 1906, revised January 7, 1908 ... revised August 21, 1915 | 1917 | 74 | TM |
| 1771 | Handbook of the 4.7-inch gun matériel, model of 1906 : with instructions for its care, November 19, 1910 | 1917 | 153 | TM |
| 1773 | Handbook of the 3.8-inch gun matériel ... January 19, 1917 | 1917 | 53 | TM |
| 1775 | Handbook of the Vickers machine gun, model of 1915, with pack outfits and accessories ... March 19, 1917 | 1917 | 69 | TM |
| 1779 | Handbook of the 6-inch Howitzer matériel: Model of 1908 and 1908 MI with ... | 1917 | 225 | TM/Artillery |
| 1781 | Handbook of the 3.8-inch howitzer matériel, model of 1915 : with instructions for its care | 1916 | 155 | TM |
| 1794 | Description of the wind component indicator. Mechanical features, method of assembling and dismounting, and rules governing its care and preservation in service ... July 15, 1906 | 1917 | 24 | TM/Artillery |
| 1795 | Instructions for the care, preservation, repair and adjustment of instruments for the fire-control systems for Coast Artillery fire control system coast and field artillery | 1917 | 79 | FM/Coastal artillery |
| 1796 | Handbook of fire-control equipment for field artillery | 1916 | 101 | FM |
| 1797 | Handbook of range-finders, 70 cm. and 80 cm. base, for use of infantry and cavalry : with description and instructions for their care and use, December 9, 1915 | 1917 | 67 | TM/Artillery |
| 1798 | Handbook of the 8-inch howitzer matériel, model of 1917... with instructions for its care ... January 15, 1918 | 1918 | 75 | TM |
| 1803 | | | | |
| 1814 | Description and instructions for care and operation of firing magnetos, types GA and MA | 1917 | 26 | TM/Firing magnetos |
| 1815 | Handbook of the 75-mm gun matériel, model of 1917 (British) with instructions for its care. (Thirty-two plates) February 9, 1918. Rev. September 6, 1918 | 1918 | 106 | TM |
| 1817 | | | | |
| 1819 | Handbook of the 75-mm gun matériel, model of 1916 : with instructions for its care | 1918 | 140 | TM |
| 1820 | Description of twelve-inch mortars and instructions for their care ... Nov. 4, 1904. Rev. Dec. 11, 1907. Rev. Oct. 3, 1913 | 1917 | 27 | TM/Mortar |
| 1861 | Handbook on Ordnance data | 1919 | 523 | FM/artillery |
| 1869 | Oils, Paints and Materials for the Cleaning and Preservation of Seacoast ... | 1917 | 31 | FM/Artillery |
| 1870 | | | | |
| 1876 | Description of Lewis Depression Position Finders, Model of 1907, Classes AA ... | 1917 | 34 | TM/Position Finders |
| 1879 | | | | |
| 1905 | | | | |
| 1907 | | | | |
| 1908 | Instructions for mounting, using, and caring for 6-inch rapid-fire gun, Armstrong, and 6-inch barbette carriage, Armstrong, May 21, 1903 | 1917 | 22 | TM |
| 1912 | Ordnance property regulations, 1917 | 1917 | 135 | FM |
| 1917 | Description and rules for the management of the United States rifle, caliber .30, model of 1917, October 8, 1917 | 62 | | TM |
| 1919 | Description of the Colt's double-action revolver, caliber .38, with rules for management, memoranda of trajectory, and description of ammunition ... April 1, 1905. Rev. Oct. 3, 1908 | 1917 | 15 | TM |
| 1920 | Description and rules for the management of the U. S. magazine rifle model of 1898 and magazine carbine model of 1899, caliber .30 | 1917 | 74 | TM |
| 1923 | Description and rules for the management of the United States rifle, caliber .30, model of 1903 ... March 3, 1904. Rev. Apr. 18, 1906, Feb. 14, 1908, Apr. 2, 1909, Oct. 17, 1911, March 20, 1914, Jan. 22, 1917 | 1917 | 80 | TM |
| 1925 | Description and instructions for the management of the gallery-practice rifle, caliber .22—model of 1903 : October 18, 1907, revised December 14, 1908, revised October 17, 1913 | 1913 | 12 | TM |
| 1926 | Handbook of the Benet-Mercié machine rifle, model of 1909, with pack outfits and accessories. Thirty-one plates. March, 1912 ... rev. September 6, 1917 | 1917 | 83 | TM |
| 1927 | Description of the Colt's double-action revolver, caliber .45, model of 1909 : with rules for management, memoranda of trajectory, and description of ammunition, September 10, 1909 | 1913 | 13 | TM |
| 1952 | Handbook of sights for field and seacoast carriages, not covered by other pamphlets | 1913/1917 | 35 | FM/Artillery |
| 1955 | Description of 3-inch telescopic sights, model of 1904, June 15, 1905, revised July 15, 1906, revised December 5, 1907 | 1912 | 16 | TM/Telescopic sights, |
| 1956 | Description of 2-inch telescopic sights, model of 1906 ... October 11, 1907. Revised October 11, 1910. Revised December 16, 1913. Revised March 1, 1917 | 1917 | 17 | TM/Telescopic sights |
| 1957 | Description of telescopic musket sights, models of 1908 and 1913 ... December 14, 1908. Revised July 22, 1912 | 1915 | 10 | TM/Telescopic sights |
| 1958 | Description of 2 inch telescopic sights, model of 1909 ... | 1917 | 58 | TM/Telescopic sights |
| 1959 | Description of 3-inch telescopic sights, model of 1912 | 1914 | 12 | TM/Telescopic sights |
| 1960 | Description of 3-inch telescopic sights, model of 1910 | 1915 | 11 | TM/Telescopic sights |
| 1962 | Handbook of the artillery repair truck body, model 1918 | 1918 | 159 | TM |
| 1965 | | | | |
| 1986 | Directions for using, mounting, and dismounting 1-pdr and 2.95-inch subcaliber guns in the bore of seacoast guns and mortars ... | 1917 | 39 | FM |
| 1990 | Description of Decapping and Cleaning Tools for Small-arms Cartridges ... | 1916 | 13 | FM/Artillery |
| 1991 | Coast Artillery targets and accessories | 1917 | 11 | FM |
| 1994 | Mobile artillery targets, accessories, and smoke-bomb outfits | 1917 | 23 | FM Artillery |
| 1995 | Handbook of the six-ton special tractor, model 1917 | 1918 | 12 | TM |
| 1996 | Handbook of the 5-ton artillery tractor, model 1917 : with instructions for its care, operations and maintenance | 1918 | 260 | TM |
| 1998 | Target range pocket book for use with the U.S. magazine rifle, model of 1903, cal. .30 ... April 28, 1908 | 1917 | 13 | TM |
| 1999 | Handbook of the two-ton truck chassis : Nash model 4017-A and 4017-L July 3, 1918 | 1918 | 261 | TM |
| 2003 | Handbook of the ten-ton artillery tractor, model 1917 | 1918 | 278 | TM |
| 2017 | Service Handbook of the 155-mm Howitzer Matériel, Model of 1918 (Schneider): Motorized ... | 192 | 236 | TM/Artillery |
| 2018 | Handbook of the 3-inch Antiaircraft Gun Materiel Model of 1918 Motorized with instructions for its care (10 May 1919) | 1919 | 203 | TM/Artillery |
| 2028 | Handbook of 12-inch howitzer railway mount, model of 1918 | 1919 | 115 | TM |
| 2030 | Army ordnance. History of district offices, [1918-19] | 1920 | - | general |
| 2033 | Handbook of artillery : including mobile, antiaircraft, trench and automotive matériel / Prepared in the Office of the chief of ordnance, July, 1921 | 1925 | 398 | FM |
| 2034 Vol.1 | Railway Artillery: A Report on the Characteristics, Scope of Utility, Etc., of Railway Artillery ... | 1921 | 861 | FM |
| 2034 Vol.2 | Railway artillery; a report on the characteristics, scope of utility, etc., of railway artillery, in two vols. . | 1922 | 224 | FM |
| 2035 | Theory and design of recoil systems and gun carriages. Prepared in the Office of the chief of ordnance. September, 1921 | 1921 | 1011 | FM |
| 2035-A | Theory and design of recoil systems and gun carriages (chapter VIII) / Prepared in the office of the Chief of Ordnance | 1922 | 85 | FM |
| 2049 | Handbook of the St. Chamond recoil mechanism for 75 mm gun carriage, model of 1916MI ... | 1924 | 43 | TM/Artillery |
| 2050 | Notes on the selection and use of metals in ordnance design | 1924 | 57 | FM |