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FM 6-20: Tactical Employment
Field Artillery Field Manual, War Department, February 5, 1944
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INDEX

 ParagraphsPages
Advance guard artillery7037-38
Air support62-6534-35
Aerial photographs6435
Air-artillery cooperation6334-35
Air missions42, 64, 6521-22, 35
Air observation42, 6521-22, 35
Alternate positions8550
Ammunition135
     Salvage11570
     Supply11367-69
     Train commander2812
Annexes, field artillery orders3114-15
Army artillery104
Army artillery officer26, 2711-12
Artillery:
     Control19,78,928, 41, 53
     Estimate of requirements3013-14
     In reserve239-10
     Intelligence43 22
     Missions20-228-9
     Movements by rail and water   7338-39
     Officers2611-12
     Orders3114-15
     Organization for combat2410
     Plans3013-14
     Positions8549-50
     Staffs2812
     With the corps94
Artillery fire:
     Ammunition135
     Counterbattery79, 89, 90, 10041-45, 52-53, 58
     Effect sought145-6
     Form156-7
     In defense87-9250-53
     In offense76-8140-47
     Observed and unobserved167
     Prearrangement178
     Supporting fires14-175-8
Attached artillery     7-9, 24, 70-72, 77, 83, 85, 86    4, 10, 37-38, 40-41, 48-50
Attack:
     In a meeting engagement7740-41
     Night10158
     Of a fortified locality11063-65
     Of an organized position77, 7940-45
     Preparation8146-47
Barrages15, 79, 90, 1006-7, 41-45, 53, 58
Battalion4,53-4
Battery33
Bivouacs7539
Brigade84
Chain of command2712
Characteristics of field artillery21-3
Classification of artillery fire12-185-8
Coast line, defense10962-63
Combat in towns11165-66
Commanders, artillery2611-12
Command posts2913
Communication:
     Axis5832
     Codes and ciphers6032-34
     Means5932-33
     Reconnaissance5732
Concentration156
Contingent zone of fire2510-11
Control of artillery action19, 21, 78, 92, 97, 1118, 9, 41, 53, 56, 65-66
Coordination
     Of fire48-54, 9225-31, 53
     With supported arm48-5025-29
Corps artillery9, 25, 79, 89, 964, 11, 41-45, 51-52
Corps artillery commander2611-12
Counterbattery7941-45
Counterpreparation8951-52
Covering force8650
Daylight withdrawal9655-56
Defensive combat84-9349-54
     Artillery fires87-9250-53
     Artillery positions8549-50
     Defense of coast line10962-63
     Defense of river line10359-60
     Support of covering force8650
     Support of rear position9353-54
Defensive-offensive operations8247-48
Delaying action9756
Desert warfare10762
Destruction fire145
Direct support artillery20, 54, 868-9, 31, 50
Displacement of artillery5431
Division artillery7, 79, 894, 41-45, 51-52
Encircling force78, 8341, 48
Estimate of artillery requirements3013-14
Field artillery:
     Capabilities of weapons22-3
     Characteristics21-3
     Modes of transportation22
     Role in combat11
     Staffs2812
Field orders3114-15
Fire direction51-5430-31
     By large units5230
     Displacements5431
     Within battalion5330
     Zones of fire2510-11
Fires:
     Prearrangement49, 7925-27, 41-45
     Shifting5027-29
     Types14-185-8
Flank guard artillery7238
Fortified locality, attack11063-65
Forward observer3919-20
General headquarters artillery115
General-support artillery219
Groups, artillery64
Halts, march7439
Harassing fire145-6
Heavy artillery21-3
Intelligence, artillery4322
Interdiction fire145-6
Jungle warfare10661-62
Landing operations10862
Liaison4423
Maintenance11469
Maps188
Marches:
     Day6837
     Night6937
March halts7439
Messengers5933
Missions:
     Air6535
     Artillery20-228-9
Mountain warfare10561
Movement by rail and water7338-39
Neutralization fire145
Night attack10158
Night marches6937
Normal zone of fire2510-11
Observation38-4218-22
     Air4221-22
     Battalion4020
     Forward observer3919-20
     Posts4020
     Sound and flash4120-21
Observed fires167
Offensive combat:
     Artillery positions7740-41
     Attack of organized position7944
     Defensive-offensive8247-48
     Meeting engagements7740-41
     Night attack10158
     Pursuit8348
     Registration8046
     Supporting fires7941-45
Officers, artillery26, 2711-12
Organization:
     Army artillery104
     Battalion4, 53-4
     Battery33
     Brigade84
     Corps artillery94
     Division artillery74
     General headquarters artillery115
     Groups64
Organization for combat2410
     Division artillery2410
     Corps artillery2410
Penetration, artillery in7941-45
Photographic missions6435
Planning supporting fires4925-27
Plans, artillery3013-14
Positions, artillery33, 77, 82, 85, 8816, 40-41, 47-51
Prearranged fires17, 48, 798, 25, 41-45
Preparation, artillery7941-45
Pursuit, artillery in8348
Radio communication5932-33
Raids, support of10058
Rail movements7338-39
Rear guard artillery7138
Reconnaissance3216
     Extent3717-18
     For communications5732
     For positions3316
     Planning3517
     Routes3416
     Time available3617
Registration14, 805-6, 46
Reinforcing artillery229
Reserve artillery239-10
Retrograde movements94-9855-57
     Daylight withdrawal9655-56
     Delaying action9756
     Night withdrawal9555
     Retirement9856-57
River crossing10259
River line, defense10359-60
Role of artillery11
Salvage11569-70
Schedule fires5027-29
Security6134
Shifting of fire5027-29
Signal communications55-6032-34
Snow and extreme cold operations  10460-61
Sound and flash observation4120-21
Special operations99-11158-66
     Attack of fortified locality11063-65
     Combat in towns11165-66
     Defense of coast line10962-63
     Defense of river line10359-60
     Desert warfare10762
     Jungle warfare10661-62
     Landing operations10862
     Mountain warfare10561
     Night attack10158
     Raids10058
     River crossing10259
     Snow and extreme cold10460-61
Staff functions2812
Supply112,11367-69
Support of covering force8650
Supporting fires49, 50, 7925-29, 41-45
Targets of opportunity17, 40, 508, 20, 27-29
Temporary positions8549-50
Time schedules5027-29
Troop movements6636
     Bivouacs7539
     Halts7439
     Marches67-6936-37
     Rail and water movements7338-39
     Security detachments70-7237-38
Unobserved fires16, 187-8
Visual communication5932-33
Voice communication5932-33
Water movements7338-39
Withdrawal, artillery in95, 9655-56
Wire communication5932-33
Zones of fire2510-11

 


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