FM 4-29: War Department Field Manual. Service of Seacoast Searchlight

FM 4-29 War Department Field Manual. Service of Seacoast Searchlight

FM 4-29

War Department Field Manual. Service of Seacoast Searchlight

Army · FM · Aug 1945 · 73 pages

About

This manual is a guide for the battery commanders, platoon commanders, section leaders, and light commanders of seacoast artillery searchlight units in harbor defenses or in the field in training searchlight squads in the orderly, efficient operation of seacoast searchlights. It covers organization and equipment, searchlight employment, duties of personnel, service of the searchlight, field operations, care and adjustment of materiel, and destruction of equipment. 2. REFERENCES. This manual is intended for use in conjunction with existing field and technical manuals on searchlights and associated subjects. Appropriate manuals are listed in appendix I. 3. DEFINITIONS. The following is a brief glossary of terms used in searchlight operation:' Barrier light. A searchlight used to place an unmoving beam across a channel or a harbor entrance. Control station.

DesignationFM 4-29

EditionAug 1945

StatusSuperseded

Pages73

FunctionSmall Unit Tactics

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

References 33

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