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FM 4-5 Coast Artillery Tactics (C1)

FM 4-5

Coast Artillery Tactics (C1)

Army · FM · Jun 1944 · 40 pages

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Yous. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1947—751601 = RESTRICTED FM 4-5 cl FIELD MANUAL COAST ARTILLERY TACTICS CHANGES WAR DEPARTMENT NO. 1 Washington 25, D. C., 8 Aug., 1947 FM 4-5, 20 June 1944, is changed as follows: 2. COASTAK FRONTIER DEFENSE. (Superseded). a. Coastal frontier defense includes all measures taken by the armed forces to provide protection against any form of attack at or near the shoreline and within the zone immediately to the rear. ‘ b. In the preparation for and the execution of coastal ‘frontier defense, the basic consideration of the defending force isthe defeat and destruction of the invading force before it lands or while it is attempting to gain a beachhead. Coastal frontier defense is conducted by all elements of the armed forces: the Navy to meet and) defeat the enemy while he is still at sea; the ae forces to counter enemy air action and carry 1

DesignationFM 4-5

EditionJun 1944

StatusSuperseded

Pages40

FunctionSmall Unit Tactics

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

References 15

FM 6-101Not in the Vault
TM 20-205Not in the Vault
TM 6-225Not in the Vault
TM 11-750Not in the Vault
TM 38-405Not in the Vault