CHAPTER 1 GENERAL 1. Purpose and Scope This manual is a guide to assist commanders in developing the gun sections of 280-mm gun firing batteries into efficient, smooth-working teams that have a sense of discipline which will impel them to operate effectively under the stress of battle. This manual prescribes individual duties and section drills, inspection and maintenance drills, tests and adjustments for sighting and fire control equipment, safety precautions, and refer- ences to instructions for the decontamination and destruction of equipment. No attempt to de- scribe duties of platoon headquarters and am- munition section personnel is set forth except as such duties relate directly to the work of the gun section. 2. Definitions and Terms a. Gun. Throughout this manual the term gun is used generally to include the carriage. b. Section.
DesignationFM 6-96
EditionJul 1954
StatusSuperseded
Pages216
FunctionFires
CollectionHistoric
Public domain (U.S. Government work)