FM 4-55: Coast Artillery Field Manuals Seacoast Artillery Service of the Piece 12-Inch Mortar F

FM 4-55 Coast Artillery Field Manuals Seacoast Artillery Service of the Piece 12-Inch Mortar F

FM 4-55

Coast Artillery Field Manuals Seacoast Artillery Service of the Piece 12-Inch Mortar F

Army · FM · Jan 1943 · 37 pages

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RFI 4-55c RESTRICTED COAST ARTILLERY FIELD MANUAL SEACOAST ARTILLERY SERVICE OF THE PIECE 12-INCH MORTAR (FIXED ARMAMENT) CHANGES WAR DEPARTMENT, No. 1 WASHIrNGTON, April 23, 1943. FM 4-55, May 15, 1940, is changed as follows: SECTION VI1½ (ADDED) DESTRUCTION OF MATEtRIEL U 53. GENERAL PBINCPLES.-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 materiel subject to capture or abandonment in the combat zone must be adequate, uniform, and easily followed in the field.

DesignationFM 4-55

EditionJan 1943

StatusSuperseded

Pages37

FunctionFires

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

References 11

TM 9-850Not in the Vault
TM 9-420Not in the Vault
TM 9-905Not in the Vault
TM 4-205Not in the Vault
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