FM 4-15 COAST ARTILLERY FIELD MANUAL SEACOAST ARTILLERY FIRE CONTROL AND POSITION FINDING (The matter contained herein supersedes sections IV and V. chapter 1, and chapter 2, part two, volume I, Coast Artillery Field Manual, February 1, 1933.) CHAPTER 1 GENERAL · 1. PuRPos.--The purpose of this manual is to provide a guide for the technical training of the personnel employed in the determination and application of firing data for seacoast artillery. * 2. ScoPE.-This manual covers the principles of position finding, including the design and operation of all instruments and devices used by the position finding details, and the pointing details on the guns, as well as the functioning of that personnel as a whole.
DesignationFM 4
EditionJan 1940
StatusSuperseded
Pages348
FunctionFires
CollectionHistoric