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FM 6-75
WAR DEPARTMENT
FIELD ARTILLERY FIELD MANUAL
SERVICE OF THE PIECE
15MM HOWMlEtR M2, TRUCK-DRAWN December 12, 1941
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FM 6-75 FIELD ARTILLERY
FIELD MANUAL
SERVICE OF THE PIECE
105-NMM HOWITZER, M2, TRUCK-DRAWN
Prepared under direction of the Chief of Field Artillery
UNI'IED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON : 1941 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents. Washington, D.C.
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, December 12, 1941.
FM 6-75, Field Artillery Field Manual, Service of the Piece-105-mm Howitzer M2, Truck-drawn, is published for the information and guidance of all concerned.
[A. G. 062.11 (10-14-41).]
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:
G. C. MARSHALLI Chzef of Staff.
OFFICIAL:
E. S. ADAMS, Major General, The Adjutant General.
DISTRIBUTION:
Bn and H 6 (4); IB 6 (10); IR 6 (6); IC 6 (16); IC and H 9 (2).
(For explanation of symbols see FM 21-6.)
IBn 6
(7);
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION I. General.
Paragraph Page
Purpose and scope -________________
1
References --- ____________________ 2
1
Definitions and terms - -__________3___
1
II. Organization.
Composition--______________ - -_-___ 4
2
Formation ____-_-_________________ 5
2
III. Posts: Mounting and dismounting.
Posts of howitzer squad __-_-________ 6
3
To post howitzer squads___-___-_____ 7
3
Posts of cannoneers____-____-_8_____
3
To post cannoneers ___-_-_____ ____ 9
4
To mount _____-_-_________________ 10
4
To dismount _____-_-_______________ 11
6
IV. Movements of the carriages by hand.
Coupled______-_______-_1_2__________
7
Uncoupled________________________ 13
7
V. Uncoupling and coupling.
Uncoupling______- ______-_14_________
9
Coupling-----_____________________ 15
10
VI. Prepare for action and march order.
To prepare for action ___--______ _ 16
10
Posts of cannoneers,. piece un-
coupled
-
-_______________1_7_______1_3_
March order_____-______-_18_________
14
VII. Duties in firing.
General - -__________-_-___._______9
17
Chief of section ___-_-_____________ 20
17
Gunner _____________--____________ 21
22
No. 1 -____-_-____ _-_--_-_- ________ 22
26
No. 2-________________-__-___--
-___ 23
29
No.3_-___________-_______-_______
24
30
No. 4 ----------------------------
25
31
No. 5 _____-_-_-_______-______
-____26
31
No. 6--_____----------------------- 27
32
No. 7 ______-_-______________________ 28
32
VIII. Additional information on the service of
the piece.
Accuracy in laying---______________ 29
33
Fire at will-________________-__--_ 30
33
Aiming posts ____-_-_______________ 31
34
Displacement correction--___________ 32
34
Reporting errors ____-_-____________ 33
34
Cease firing --------- -_____________ 34
35
Suspend firing _____-_-_____________
35
35
Change in data during firing ------ 36
35
To unload piece____-_____-_3_7_______
35
Misfires______-_______-_3_8__________
36
Ammunition -
-______________3_9_____ 36
Section data board------___________ 40
36
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SEcrTON
Paragraph
IX. Care and maintenance of materiel.
General ---------------------.----
41
Inspection ------------------------ 42
Cleaning -_-------_----__---------- 43
Lubrication -___------------_------
44
Protection against chemicals __---- 45
Recoil mechanism___----___------
46
Barrel assembly and slides__________ 47
Breech and firing mechanisms______ 48
Equilibrator___-__----------------
49
Elevating mechanism and cradle
trunnion bearings-________-------
50
Wheels and wheel bearings -_______ 51
Brake mechanism -_________--------
2
Sighting and fire-control equip-
ment __-_________________------
53
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