FM 6-55: Field Artillery Field Manual Service of the Piece

FM 6-55 Field Artillery Field Manual Service of the Piece

FM 6-55

Field Artillery Field Manual Service of the Piece

Army · FM · Jan 1939 · 67 pages

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3-4 SERVICE OF THE PIECE the additional materiel and the personnel required to serve that piece. b. Limbered.--A piece (caisson) is said to be limbered when its lunette is attached to the pintle of its limber. c. Unlimbered.-A piece (caisson) is said to be unlimbered when its lunette has been detached from the pintle of the limber and the trail (caisson prop) rests on the ground. d. Coupled.-A piece is said to be coupled when its lunette is attached to the pintle of a truck or other prime mover. e. Uncoupled.-A piece is said to be uncoupled when its lunette is detached from the pintle of a truck or other prime mover and the trail rests on the ground. Front-The front in a section, carriages limbered or coupled, is the direction in which the trail points; carriages unlimbered or uncoupled, the direction in which the muzzle of the piece points. g.

DesignationFM 6-55

EditionJan 1939

StatusSuperseded

Pages67

FunctionFires

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)