General will make possible the proper use of one of the a. Purpose. This manual presents and explains most effective tools available to the combat field artillery gunnery and presents a solution, commander. The principal characteristics and based on practical experience, to the gunnery capabilities of field artillery are as follows: problem. Gunnery includes a practical applica- a. Destructive power obtained through accution of the science of ballistics and a system com- rate and timely delivery of large numbers of heavy bining those principles, techniques, and proce- projectiles, regardless of visibility, weather, and dures essential for the delivery of timely and terrain, in a very short period of time. effective artillery fire. This manual cannot cover b. Versatility through rapid maneuver of massed all weapons and all situations.
DesignationFM 6-40
EditionApr 1957
StatusSuperseded
Pages447
FunctionFires
CollectionHistoric
Public domain (U.S. Government work)