UC-NRLF GIFT of No
U F UC-NRLF GIFT OF No. 1773 HANDBOOK OF THE 8-INCH GUN MATERIEL (ELEVEN PLATES) JANUARY 19, 1917 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1917 No. 1773 HANDBOOK OF THE i 3.8-INCH GUN MATERIEL (ELEVEN PLATES) JANUARY 19, 1917 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1917 111 WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ORDNANCE. Washington, January 19, 1917. This manual is published for the information and government of the Regular Army and National Guard of the United States. By order of the Secretary of War: WILLIAM CROZIER, Brigadier General, Chief of Ordnance. (3) 362104 CONTENTS. Page. List of 6 plates. , List of equipment 7 Gun . description 9 Gun, weights, dimensions, etc 9 Range table, service table for shell and shrapnel 10 Ammunition 12 ( 'art ridge case 12 Propelling charge 12 Projectiles 12 ( Common steel shell 12 ( 'ommon shrapnel 13 Fuxes 13 F. A. combination 13 A llowance of ammunition .". 13 Blank ammunition 14 The charge 14 Preparation of blank metallic ammunition 14 Flash targets 14 Drill cartridge 14 Fuze setter, hand, model of 1913 14 Operation 15 Fuze hand old model 15 setter, , Adjustment 16 " Adaptability to other guns 16 Carriage 17 Weights, dimensions, etc 17 Nomenclature of parts 17 Description 23 Adjustment of sights 26 Verification of parallelism of lines of sight and axis of bore 26 Limber. .- 26 Weights, dimensions, etc 26 Nomenclature of parts 27 Description 29 Caisson 30 Weights, dimensions, etc 30 Nomenclature of parts 30 Description 33 Forge limber 33 Battery wagon 33 Store limber 33 Store wagon 33 Repairs for Field Artillery materiel issued to the United States Army and the National Guard 34 Method of loading one 3.8-inch gun battery for transportation by rail 34 Total equipment of a field battery, together with expendable supplies 36 Index 51 (5) LIST OF PLATES.
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