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FM 6-20-1 Field Artillery Tactics

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FM 6-20-1

Field Artillery Tactics

Army · FM · Oct 1961 · 89 pages

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U.S. Army Artillery and Missile School, Fort Sill, Okla. 2. Mission of Artillery The mission of the artillery isa. To support the ground-gaining arms by fire, give depth to combat by counterbattery fires, attack hostile reserves, restrict movement, and disrupt command systems and other installations. b. In nonnuclear combat, to support maneuver elements by destroying or neutralizing those targets most dangerous to the supported arms. c. In nuclear combat, to attain fire superiority over the enemy's nuclear artillery and to destroy other major targets which threaten the accomplishment of the force mission. 3. Artillery Weapons System The artillery weapons system consists of weapons and those elements necessary to obtain the desired effect on the target. These elements are target acquisition; survey; meteorology; communications; air and ground transportation; and logistics.

DesignationFM 6-20-1

EditionOct 1961

StatusSuperseded

Pages89

FunctionFires

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

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References 19

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