21st Century U.S. Army Field Manuals: Field Artillery Five Field Artillery Manuals (CD-ROM)

This unique electronic book on CD-ROM has a complete reproduction of the U.S. Army Field Manual, Field Artillery Five Field Artillery Manuals, with a total of 3011 pages. Field manuals on field artillery include: FM 3-09.21, Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for the Field Artillery Battalion; FM 6-50, Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for the Field Artillery Cannon Battery; FM 3-09.8, Field Artillery Gunnery; FM 6-40, Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Field Artillery Manual Cannon Gunnery; FM 3-09.15, Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Field Artillery Meteorology; FM 6-2, Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Field Artillery Survey; FM 3-09.12, Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Field Artillery Target Acquisition. In addition, as a bonus, there are reproductions of over 50 vital U.S. Army Field Manuals! FM 3-09.8 1-1: This manual provides the guidelines for implementing an FA gunnery program that incorporates all FA systems. The objective is a safe, technically and doctrinally grounded, progressive, task-oriented training model. FA, as a system of systems, requires integrating functions or tasks performed by the critical elements of the gunnery team to provide timely and accurate fires. The artillery tables provide the commander with a systematic means of training and qualifying each of the sections/crews/teams that are critical to the solution of the gunnery problem. The tables provide progressive, gated training from MOS-qualified individual tasks through collective tasks at the section level. These tables also provide all FA leaders and Soldiers with the what and how to train materials that are standard across the Army. The FA commander continuously assesses the unit s proficiency and readiness to perform mission-essential tasks. Each commander implements gunnery programs to achieve and sustain unit readiness and proficiency in these tasks. The commander uses all the resources available to implement an efficient gunnery program; this maximizes the use of ammunition, training area availability, and Soldier training time to sustain proficiency. The unit master gunner is a primary advisor and manager of the commander s gunnery program. FA master gunners are the commander s key resource and the unit focal point for administering the training and qualification programs in this manual. Master gunners are selected for their technical education and skills in their MOS, training management, and individual instructor proficiency, as well as for breadth of proficiency in various artillery skills. A master gunner is an operations staff asset, having specified training management responsibilities for gunnery, technical standardization, and safety oversight. The master gunner is responsible for the selection, training, and certification of evaluators for implementing the tables in this manual. He will assist in the execution of the commander s safety certification program. The master gunner will also assist the commander in developing programs and training future master gunners in the organization.