Landing Force Manual Classic Reprint

Author : United States Bureau of Nava Personnel
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267692798
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book The Ship and Gun Drills written by United States Bureau of Nava Personnel and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Ship and Gun Drills: U. S. Navy, 1922 In the revision of Ship and Gun Drills, 1914, it has been con antly borne in mind that efficiency in battle is the goal of all aval training. For the individual ship of any type this means iat its facilities of offense and defense be developed to the utmost. 'hese facilities, for convenience grouped under the heads of ship antrol, fire control, and communications, must not only be operated t maximum efiiciency, but all must be coordinated to produce an ntity - the fighting ship. With this ideal in mind this book has been revised in View of xperience prior, during, and subsequent to the World War. Espe ial emphasis is laid on the necessity of such organization and train 1g as will insure vessels keeping afloat, maintaining speed, and elivering an accurate, maximum volume of fire. The dictum that rapid and accurate volume of fire is the best protection from the nemy' 5 guns is true; but a well organized ship-control party trained circumvent every possible personnel or material Injury in battle I not incompatible with this truth, but co mfplementary It has been impossible in a publication 0 this kind to provide a andard drill for every ship or every weapon. Development is so tpid and consequent variations so great that this can not be done. Ertain types have been selected and a standard method laid down. Vhile it is not the department's policy to restrict initiative, these Iethods, having been fully tested by long experience should not e deviated from unless the change demonstrates a positive improve considered In all its aspects. Ter on Explosives' is omitted as it is now covered in Manual, 1922, issued by the Bureau of Ordnance. Has been made to include drills and exercises for a. Force, as they are set forth in the Landing Force Manual. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.