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FM 6-20 Field Artillery-Tactical Employment

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FM 6-20

Field Artillery-Tactical Employment

Army · FM · Feb 1944 · 81 pages

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This manual, together with FM 6-100 and FM 6-101, when published, supersedes FM 6-20, Tactics and Technique, 10 July 1940, including C 1, 2 January 1941. CHAPTER I GENERAL SECTION I ROLE AND CHARACTERISTICS 1. ROLE OF FIELD ARTILLERY. Field artillery is a supporting arm. It contributes to the action of the entire force by giving close and continuous fire support to infantry (cavalry) (armored) units and by giving depth to combat by counterbattery fire, fire on hostile reserves, fire to restrict movements in rear areas, and fire to disrupt command agencies. 2. CHARACTERISTICS OF FIELD ARTILLERY. a. General. Field artillery is an arm for relatively long range combat. Massed artillery fire possesses great power of destruction and neutralization. Artillery fire can be shifted rapidly in width and depth without changing positions.

DesignationFM 6-20

EditionFeb 1944

StatusSuperseded

Pages81

FunctionFires

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

Editions 7

References 23

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