Tanks study guide by clarizio03 includes 114 questions covering vocabulary, terms and more. Chapters 3 through 11 cover the current inventory of tank gunnery training devices and usage strategies. Tds 10511 tank destroyer weapons 75mm gun on motor carriage m3a1, march 1943. A major exception to this is a primary tank range at grafenwoehr in germany, which is set within 1 kilometer of a neighboring town. Mar 23, 2015 gunnery standards for individuals, crews,sections,and platoonsare basedon hitting the target as fast as possible. A german leopard 2 platoon will participate in the strong europe tank challenge at grafenwoehr, germany in may. A special thanks also to lugnut for providing the tank kill zone graphics in the map. Apr 02, 2015 also available is a small arms range for practicing with nearly every firearm in the game along with a 4 story building for high angle shots and further viewpoints. Published by the tank destroyer school weapons department. Part one outlines the purpose and scope of this field manual. Tank crew scores 1,000 on gunnery exercise news stripes. Most of his platoon is brand new but happy to do the job. If you have an idea or a request, post it here and i will see what i can do. Earlier, the company c crew achieved a rare perfect.
It presents in detail the principles, methods, and techniques of direct fire. Armored forces are particularly well suited to conduct a pursuit. In order to know that you are a human as opposed to a web bot or scraper, please enter the two words separated by a space in the recaptcha box below. Tank gunnery fm 1712 1 headquarters, department of the army changoes no. At 0530 on 26 september, the 344th and 345th tank battalions rolled. T34c would be the most commonly encountered russian tank from 1942 until the end of the war. This is a single player practice map similar to the practice range map in darkest hour.
The true test of the tank corps would come in its next action, the meuseargonne offensive. I just finished shooting gunnery for the first time, with ranges that dont like to work and a bn co who has never been on a tank before, it was rough but my unit pulled through. Tank precision gunnery inbore device how is tank precision. Coft hit rate, a composite measure of tank gunnery per. Fm 1712, armored force field manual, tank gunnery, is published for the information and guidance of all concerned. The direction element of the fire command tells the crew and gunner the general direction to the target.
The tables ranged from practice machine gun engagements to individual qualification and. Quizlet flashcards, activities and games help you improve your grades. Using the gunnery progression table outlined in st 320. Armored force field manual tank platoon chaynges 1 war department, no. German tank maintenance in world war ii will be of interest to persons who want to compare the united states and german systems of tank maintenance. Its fun shooting the tank actually being able to really do your job instead of being at the motor pool for maintenance and all the other stuff. On a gunnery table, evaluate standard fire commands, crew responses to the fire commands, crew duties, and fire commands for degradedmode gunnery situations. The history of tank warfare 5 world war i between the wars world war ii 2. Our bn co had us shoot tt8 at a range on ft hood called clabber creek, a range meant for tt12.
Military field manuals 17921899 4,157 pages of military manuals, regulations, textbooks, memoranda, and handbooks dating from 1792 to 1898. Field manual fm 17127 department of the army washington. Crew critical skills designed to test crews ability as a whole to accomplish vital tasks in a timely manner. Their objectives may be reached by envelopments, penetrations, or turning movements. Binks pressure tanks asme code stainless steel, galvanized, and asme pt series tanks. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order 1toz.
For firing, the submachine gun was connected to the firing solenoid from the coaxial machine gun. All tank crews subsequently fired table viii during at. Since we were the first unit to shoot tt8 at this range, it took about three and a half days to. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page.
Boresight coaxial machine gun and assist in boresighting main gun. Rodriquez live fire complex, republic of koresa m1a2 abrams tank with 6th squadron, 9th cavalry regiment, 3rd armored brigade combat team, 1st. Gunnery in 1858 is a valuable insight into the trade and older thinking of his day and, with the other greener books, illustrates a progression from early percussion days to the end of the edwardian period. Light tanks and airborne vehicles 35 typess 112 tanks 7. Ke rounds are designed to defeat advanced threat armor. Langfeldt, commanding officer, 2nd tank battalion, 2d marine division 2d mardiv shares a few words during the 14th annual tiger competition tigercomp at sr. Armored vehicles from 1920 to 1929 military factory.
Standards outlined in this chapter are starhng points lor performanceoriented gunnery which will be testedin the tank crew gunnery skills test and duing a multiple engagement, valiable target sequence,combatgudnelycoulse. Practically immune to early german antitank guns, it presented a problem for them whenever it showed up on the battlefield. Iii%ervies revealed thct the extent to which platcon. The light cavalry gunnery tables are designed to develop and test the proficiency of individual, crew, and section gunnery techniques at the basic, intermediate, and. Petersburg, russia great patriotic war museum moscow, russia battlefields of france portfolio warner robins museum of. Tanks summary patton tank museum saumur tank museum musee des blindes, saumur, france us army ordnance museum aberdeen proving ground, usa canadian war museum ottawa, canada museum of artillery and engineering, st. The gunner would then call out identified when he locked onto the target with his sight. Fm 1712 tank gunnery this field manual presents tank gunnery principles, methods, and techniques, and training exercises and proficiency tests applicable to all types and models of standard tanks. Aimed at breaking through german lines by advancing through the meuseargonne sector, the campaign began on the night of the 2526 of september with a massive allied artillery barrage. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. In the armor and mechanized infantry battalions, units can normally fire mortars from mortar carriers. Tank gunnery can take the tanker to the most outoftheway places, since the nature of shooting tanks necessitates removal from most civilization. Marines with alpha company, 4th tank battalion, 4th marine division 4th mardiv, fire the main gun during the 14th annual tiger competition.
General superseded the tank crewman preliminary gunnery examination is designed to assist the commander in determining whether his tank crewmen. There are a total of 22 armored vehicles from 1920 to 1929 in the military factory. Part one outlines the purpose and scope of this manual. The new aeromotive gen ii stealth tank utilizes patented and awardwinning phantom technology. Until a standard mount could be developed, the tank gunnery manual recommended the following mount for the 75mm gun on the m4. Tank academy tank basics firepower protection mobility other.
A practical manual for officers of the horse, field and mountain artillery henry arthur bethell on. Crew proficiency course designed to evaluate crews ability to engage stationary and moving targets placed in a tactical array from a stationary or moving vehicle. A wrecked german sdkfz 250 halftrack in the village of christot, 17 june 1944. Loew was not alone as a first timer through gunnery.
Which, in turn, ensures consistent fuel delivery and. Tank gunnery, war department field manual fm 1712, july 10, 1944. The appendix, gunnery event device suitability, shows the devices described in chapters 3 through 9 by type, with their suitability code for tank table training. However, there is a tremendous amount of work involved, not to mention sleepless nights. Current tank gunnery doctrire stresses control arb coordi nation. Tank gunnery for m728 combat engineer vehicle cev in. The roar of the tanks engine made communication impossible, so the tanks commandergunner had to communicate with the driver through a system of kicks to signal stop, reverse, left, and right.
Gunnery is a highly structured progression of training that begins with the assessment of basic individual skills and culminates with platoon collective training. Flag images indicative of country of origin and not necessarily primary operator. Mar 15, 2016 see an example of the bundeswehrs main battle tank, the leopard 2, in action. Selfpropelled howitzer sph cardenloyd tankette series tankette light tank infantry.
The 45 mm anti tank gun model 1932 factory designation 19k and grau index 52p243a was a light quickfiring anti tank gun used in the interwar period and in the first stage of the germansoviet war. For 18 days in october, d270 cab did a validation tank gunnery to test out some revised gunnery tables. Approved for public release, distribution is unlimited. Being able to master the basics of tank gunnery with the agts system, the regiment will be able to train the rest of the army that much better, said sgt 1st class jared m. Gallons of coating per 8 hour shift suggested tank size for single component coating suggested tank size for plural component coating 1 hour tank life 2 hour tank life 3 hour tank life 4 hour tank life up to 5 2 or 5 gallon 2. Commander, lieutenant harol driver, technical sergaent 4th t4 bill williams assistant driver t4 harold ike1 grieb gunner, corporal sd. Each device is illustrated and has a purpose statement, brief description, and usage strategy. Churchill tank crews of 31st tank brigade with their extensively camouflaged vehicles, july 1944. The discussion of training methods is limited to tank guns. Cromwell tanks engage the enemy during the advance towards aunaysurodon, 31 july 1 august 1944.
It presents in detail the principles, methods, and techniques of. Part two presents general characteristics of tank armaments, turrets, armament controls, ammunition, and ballistics. Fm 1712 tank gunnery 19610503 this manual is divided into five parts. Until recently, 12 gunnery tables outlined the tasks required for a platoon to certify on mounted platforms. This tells the loader the type of ammunition and the gunner the type of target. Based on the analysis of gunnery scores fired by 171 m1a2 tank crews, an easytouse strategy was developed for predicting which crews will, and will not. Tanks in battle of normandy part i in 31 photographs. Gunners of 20th antitank regiment, 3rd infantry division.
Contract or grant numbere gary kress mda 90378c2042 9. The art of tank warfare a guide to world war ii armored combat for players of panzer elite by christopher s. Tank gunnery standards hansard, 14 july 1987 search help hansard 18032005 1980s 1987 july 1987 14 july 1987 written answers commons defence. This element may be given using one or a combination of the following methods. Antiaircraft guns can also be mounted to tanks as the tanks primary armament, they are almost always employed in a direct fire mode to defeat a variety of ground targets at. T23 medium to m1 abrams, heavy tanks and miscellaneous 51 typess 291 tanks 6. An officer inspects a german dummy tank made of wood, 31 july 1944.
This enables a quiet, highflow efi pump and baffle to maintain an ample fuel supply around the inlet of the pump. This manual provides the unit commander and the gunnery officer with a stepbystep outline of tank gunnery training and the necessary explanation and references. Modern tank guns are largecaliber highvelocity guns, capable of firing kinetic energy penetrators, high explosive antitank rounds, and in some cases guided missiles. Modern tank guns are largecaliber highvelocity guns, capable of firing kinetic energy penetrators, high explosive anti tank rounds, and in some cases guided missiles.
Subcaliber tank fighting vehicle gunnery devices 85, page 100 grenade launchers 86, page 100 close support of ground personnel 87, page 104. Fullcolor reprint of naval aircrewmans gunnery manual, opnav 3340navaer 00 80s40, of 1944, issued by aviation training division, office of the chief of naval operations, u. A tank chart is a table that converts the number of inches of liquid in the tank into the number of gallons. Many experienced tankers cannot count the number of times they pulled fog watch at the ranges of grafenwoehr, or waited until the thunderstorms stopped at fort knox. For all intents and purposes, gunnery prep should begin six to eight. Tank precision gunnery inbore device listed as tpgid. The current 120 mm family of tactical tank ammunition consists of the five unique cartridges, each designed to defeat one or more specific threat targets. War in iraq, mosul offensive graphic content duration. The family includes the fifth generation kinetic energy ke cartridge, three highexplosive he cartridges, and a canister cartridge.
Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book without typos from the publisher. Responsible for the maintenance and accountability of one 1 m1a2 sep tank, one 1 hmmwv and all anciliary equipment valued in excess of 10 million dollars. Complete with bradley ifv, m1a1, a10 warthog, apache. If you have more than one tank, you will need a chart for each tank unless the tanks are identical. The evolution of the american tank popular mechanics.
Gunners of 20th antitank regiment, 3rd infantry division, haul a 2pdr antitank gun up a steep slope during training at verwood in dorset, 22 march 1941. To train accomplished armor noncommissioned officers in advanced gunnery methodology, turret weapons systems maintenance, and gunnery training management. You need a tank chart that exactly matches your storage tank tank manufacturers usually provide charts for their tanks. These acquired skills and knowledge will allow him to function as the units master of gunnery, the tank commanders mentor and the commanders gunnery technical adviser. Learn how to fight with the tanks or learn how to kill the tanks.