FM 4-106: Antiaircraft Artillery Field Manual. Employment of Antiaircraft Searchlights and the AAAIS

FM 4-106 Antiaircraft Artillery Field Manual. Employment of Antiaircraft Searchlights and the AAAIS

FM 4-106

Antiaircraft Artillery Field Manual. Employment of Antiaircraft Searchlights and the AAAIS

Army · FM · Jun 1943 · 58 pages

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4-8 ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY FIELD MANUAL are provided to show when the searchlight beam is directed _at the azimuth and elevation indicated by the detector unit (or sound locator). The binoculars, especially designed for night use, are so mounted that they may be adjusted parallel to the searchlight beam. They are used primarily for visual observation of targets at extreme ranges and for following a target once it is illuminated. @ 5. Derector Unit—The detector unit provides directional data for the searchlight which data are transmitted electrically to the searchlight by means of a self-synchronous data transmission system. HM 6. Sounp Locator—The sound locator may continue in use in some units in lieu of the radio detector unit to furnish directional data for the searchlight.

DesignationFM 4-106

EditionJun 1943

StatusSuperseded

Pages58

FunctionAviation

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

References 13

TM 134Not in the Vault