Field Artillery Gunnery (1941 edition)

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• Part 1 Gunnery; 50 pages, 11 illus.  Price 5.00  {Item No.22350} [Includes chapters 1-3 below]
• Chapter 1 - Introduction
• 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]
• Part 2  Observered Fires; 113 pages, 61 illus.  Price 12.00  {Item No.22353} [Includes chapters 4-10 below]
• 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]
• Part 3  Survey; 124 pages, 63 illus.  Price 13.00  {Item No.22361} [Includes Chapters 11-18 below]
• Chapter 11 - General; 7 pages  Price 1.00  {Item No.22362} [Includes: Sections I.General, II.Survery echelons]
• Chapter 12 - Maps, Firing Charts, Grid Systems, and Their Use; 13 pages, 9 illus.  Price 1.50  {Item No.22363} [Includes: Sections I.General, II.Fire control grid, III.Point designation grid and polar coordinates] 
• Chapter 13 - Survey Equipment and Its Use; 16 pages, 1 illus.  Price 1.50  {Item No.22364} [Includes: Sections I.Principal instruments, II.The plane table, III.The tape, IV.The aiming circle, V.The transit and accessories]
• Chapter 14 - Basic Survey Methods; 23 pages, 14 illus.  Price 2.50  {Item No.22365} [Includes: Sections I.General, II.Traverse, III.Resection, IV.Long base intersection, V.Short base intersection, VI.Calculation of distances, Y-azimuths, and coordinates, VII.Astronomical model]
• Chapter 15 - Air Photographs; 14 pages, 10 illus.  Price 1.50  {Item No.22366} [Includes: Sections I.General, II.Tilt, relief, direction, and scale, III.Mosaics, IV.Restitution]
• 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]
• Chapter 18 - Survey Plans and Examples; 29 pages, 23 illus.  Price 3.00  {Item No.22369} [Includes: Sections I.Survey planes, II.General discussion of examples, III.Battalion survey - Firing chart: Battle map, IV.Battalion survey - Firing chart: Wide angle photo, V.Battalion survey - Firing chart: Grid sheet, VI.Division survey - Firing chart: Battle map, VII.Division survey - Firing chart: Wide angle photo, VIII.Corps artillery battalion survey - Firing charts: Grid sheet; wide angle photo]
• 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]
• Appendixes; 37 pages, 16 illus.  Price 4.00  {Item No.22375} [Includes Appendixes A-H below]
• 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]
• Appendix G - Forms; 4 pages, 5 illus.  Price .50  {Item No.22382} [Includes: Recorder's form, Data card, Ammunition report, Computer's record]
• Appendix H - Glossary; 2 pages  Price .50  {Item No.22383}