FM 4-45: Coast Artillery Field Manual Seacoast Artillery Service of the Piece 12-Inch Gun, Railway Mount, M1918, Railway Artillery

FM 4-45 Coast Artillery Field Manual Seacoast Artillery Service of the Piece 12-Inch Gun, Railway Mount, M1918, Railway Artillery

FM 4-45

Coast Artillery Field Manual Seacoast Artillery Service of the Piece 12-Inch Gun, Railway Mount, M1918, Railway Artillery

Army · FM · Jan 1943 · 58 pages

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SECTION VIII1/2 (ADDED) DESTRUCTION OF MATE RIEL 1 68. GENERAL PRINCTPLES.-a. Tactical situations may arise when, due to limitations of time or transportation, it will become impossible to evacuate all equipment. In such situations it is imperative that all materiel that cannot be evacuated be destroyed to prevent- (1) Its capture intact by the enemy. (2) Its use by the enemy, if captured, against our own or allied troops. b. The working principles to be followed are: (1) Methods for the destruction of mat6riel subject to capture or abandonment in the combat zone must be adequate, uniform, and easily' followed in the field. (2) Destruction must be as complete as the available time, equipment, and personnel will permit.

DesignationFM 4-45

EditionJan 1943

StatusSuperseded

Pages58

FunctionFires

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

Editions 2

References 10

TM 9-905Not in the Vault
TM 4-245Not in the Vault
TM 9-850Not in the Vault