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FM 17-25 Assault Gun Section and Platoon

FM 17-25

Assault Gun Section and Platoon

Army · FM · Sep 1944 · 83 pages

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This manual supersedes FMl 17-25, 25 June 1942. Chapter 1 GENERAL 1. PURPOSE. This manual is a guide to the employment of the assault gun platoon of the tank battalion, armored infantry battalion, the platoon of the assault gun troop of the mechanized cavalry reconnaissance troop, and the assault gun section of the medium tank company. 2. CHARACTERISTICS. a. 105-mm Tank (fig. 1). This is a medium tank, M4, with a 105-mm howitzer mounted in the turret. It has 360° traverse. In addition to the howitzer' it has two caliber .30 machine guns-one mounted coaxially with the howitzer and one in the bow-and one caliber .50 machine gun mounted on the turret for antiaircraft defense. High explosive, HE AT, and smoke ammunition is carried. This is the assault gun for tank and armored infantry battalions.

DesignationFM 17-25

EditionSep 1944

StatusSuperseded

Pages83

FunctionSmall Unit Tactics

EchelonSquad

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

References 21

TM 20-205Not in the Vault
TM 21-250Not in the Vault
TM 9-1900Not in the Vault
FM 21-80Not in the Vault