Se MORI Y MANU FORMATIONS AND INSPECTIONS CHANGES) ; WAR DEPARTMENT, No. 1 WASHINGTON 25, D, C., 6 May 1944 FM 4-120, 17 November 1943, is changed as follows: M1. Purpose. * d. (Added.) Artillery formations.—The normal formation of the battery for purposes of artillery training is the artillery formation (see figs. 1.1, 1.2, 13, and 14). Individual sections form as prescribed in appropriate Field Manuals, except for those sections for which the Field Manuals prescribe no formation. These will form in double rank with the ranking noncommissioned officer in charge. In forming the battery, the first sergeant takes post 9 paces in front of and facing the point where the center of the battery is to rest and commands: FALL IN.
DesignationFM 4-120
EditionNov 1943
StatusSuperseded
Pages42
FunctionFires
CollectionHistoric
Public domain (U.S. Government work)