CHAPTER 2 ARTILLERY SURVEY PURPOSE AND RESPONSIBILITIES 8. Purpose of Artillery Survey Artillery survey operations provide a com- mon grid which will permit the massing of fires, delivery of surprise observed fires, de- livery of effective unobserved fires, and trans- mission of target data from one unit to another. The establishment of a common grid is a com- mand responsibility. 9. Responsibilities of the Corps of Engineers a. The survey responsibilities of the Corps of Engineers are described in AR 117-5 and TM 5-231. In regard to artillery survey, engi- neer responsibilities include— (1) The supply of maps. (2) The supply of trig lists and other sur- vey control data. (3) Extension of ground control as de- scribed in b and c below. b.
DesignationFM 6-2
EditionJan 1961
StatusSuperseded
Pages282
FunctionFires
CollectionHistoric
Public domain (U.S. Government work)