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FM 6-20 Artillery Tactics and Technique 1953

FM 6-20 Artillery Tactics and Technique 1953-10-22 "This manual is a guide for artillery officers and artillery commanders and their staffs and commanders of other combat arms at echelons above battalion. It is principally concerned with the tactical employment of artillery in the combat zone. The employment of antiaircraft artillery in the communications zone and the zone of the interior is excluded. It covers organization, command, and tactical control of artillery. It includes a discussion of the techniques involved in target acquisition, artillery fire planning, and the direction of artillery fires. It includes a general discussion of the principles, organization, and techniques of fire support coordination with particular emphasis given to artillery aspects. The employment of artillery in airborne, amphibious, and other special operations is covered. For employment of the field artillery battalion refer to FM 6-101; for employment of the field artillery battery FM 6-140; for field artillery gunnery FM 6-40. For a complete understanding of antiaircraft artillery matters, reference must be made to such manuals as FM 44-1, antiaircraft artillery employment; FM 44-2, organization

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