FM 6-115: The Field Artillery Searchlight Battery

FM 6-115 The Field Artillery Searchlight Battery

FM 6-115

The Field Artillery Searchlight Battery

Army · FM · Nov 1970 · 80 pages

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FM 6-115 CHAPTER 2 COMMAND, CONTROL, AND ORGANIZATION Section I. GENERAL 2-1. Command and Control The field artillery searchlight battery is as- signed to corps artillery. The searchlight batter- y commander is the searchlight adviser to the corps artillery commander, who, in turn, advises the corps commander in the use of searchlights, units to be supported, areas to be covered, times of employment, and other matters pertaining to the illumination plan. Guidance in the use of searchlight illumination is contained in FM 20-60. 2-2. Capabilities and Limitations of Employment a. The capabilities of the searchlight battery include but are not limited to the following: (1) The battery can provide mobile battle- field illumination—visible and infrared—with- in the zone of action of a corps under normal conditions.

DesignationFM 6-115

EditionNov 1970

StatusSuperseded

Pages80

FunctionFires

EchelonBattery

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

Editions 2

References 33

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