Coast Artillery Gunners' Instruction: Fixed Seacoast Artillery, Expert Gunners
Publisher: U.S. G.P.O.
Published: 1942
Language: eng
Description: TM 4-310 Coast Artillery Gunners' Instruction: Fixed Seacoast Artillery, Expert Gunners, 1942-12-27
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: Chapter 1. General 1-2; title: Chapter 2. Ammunition 3-6; title: Chapter 3. Gun and carriage.; title: Section I. Functioning of parts 7-10; title: II. Inspection and maintenance 11; title: Chapter 4. Instruction of members of gun section 12; title: Chapter 5. Gunnery.; title: Section I. Elementary gunnery 13-17; title: II. Use of firing tables, charts, and scales 18; title: Chapter 6. Pointing 19-22; title: Chapter 7. Position-finding system 23-26; title: Chapter 8. Position-finding apparatus.; title: Section I. Plotting-room apparatus 27-45; title: I. Observation instruments, including range finders 46-53; title: Chapter 9. Instruction of members of range section 54; title: Chapter 10. Observation.; title: Section I. Observation of fire and application of corrections 55-56; title: II. Spotting boards 57-58; title: III. General duties of observers in observation posts 59; title: Chapter 11. Target practice.; title: Section I. Preparation for subcaliber and service practice 60-61; title: II. Preparation of records and reports; analysis of drill and target practice 62; title: Chapter 12. Searchlights.; title: Section I. Fixed searchlight apparatus (seacoast) 63-66; title: II. Mobile searchlight apparatus (AA and sea-coast) 67-74; title: III. Troubles and remedies 75-79; title: IV. Sound-locator apparatus 80-84; title: V. Tactical employment of AA searchlight; title: Chapter 13. Instruction of searchlight squad 87; title: Chapter 14. Targets, local shipping, and water areas.; title: Section I. Indication and identification of naval targets 88-89; title: II. Local shipping and water areas 90; title: III. Indication, identification, and characteristic features of classes of aircraft 91-94; title: Chapter 15. Motor transportation.; title: Section I. March rules and discipline 95-97; title: II. Rules of the road, convoy discipline, and road inspections 98-102; title: III. Principles of internal combustion engines 103-113; title: IV. Inspection and maintenance 114-122; title: V. Shop practices and supervision and instruction of mechanics 123-125; title: VI. Loads and their proper distribution 126; title: VII. Training of drivers 127; title: VIII. Records and reports 128; title: Chapter. 16. Communication.; title: Section I. Systems of communication 129-132; title: II. Installation and operation of message centers ; encoding and decoding 133-134; title: III. Installation of field telephone system 135-137; title: IV. Visual signaling — panels 138; title: V. Location of faults; tests foregrounds and short circuits 139; title: VI. Instruction of linemen and telephone and switchboard operators 140; title: Chapter 17. General subjects.; title: Section I. Definitions and elementary principles for seacoast artillery 141; title: IL Definitions and elementary principles for AA artillery 142-144; title: III. Elementary principles of electricity, magnetism, and induction 145-146; title: IV. Organization of a position 147-150; title: V. Map reading 151-154; title: VI. Dissemination of A A artillery alarms 155-156; title: Index 335