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ANTIAIRCRAFT ARTILLERY FIELD MANUAL
(5) Map reading .---------------- ------ 10
(a) Scales, contours, and conventional signs.*
(b) Location of a position by coordinates.*
(6) Duties of an assistant in the use of a transit in
establishing a battery position* ------ ----- --- 10
(7) Organization of a position --------- ----- 10
(a) Camouflage and camouflage discipline.*
(b) Protection against sabotage, raids, and low-flying
aircraft. *
(c) Organization of a position for close in defense.*
(d) Construction of shelters.*
(e) Field sanitation.*
(8) Detailed knowledge of the recognition and identification
of targets, to include the sending of flash messages*
10
sages*------------------------------- 10
(9) Destruction of equipment----------- ---- 5
- 100
e. Duties of communication sergeant.
(1) Systems of communication, to include a thorough
knowledge of all kinds of field telephones, switchboards,
and power and telephone lines*---------- 20
(2) Elementary principles of electricity, magnetism,
and induction*------------------------ 10
(3) Visual signaling, to include panels*----- ---- 5
(4) Installation of battery field telephone system, including
utilization of natural features of the terrain and
artificial means for protection and concealment of cables,
wires, and switchboard controls and destruction of
equipment* -----------__________-- --- 15
(5) Location of faults, tests for grounds, and short
circuits* ------------- ----- ------------ 10
(6) Installation and operation of message centers,
to include encoding and decoding*--___-__-------- 15
(7) Ability to instruct in the duties of linemen and
telephone and switchboard operators under all conditions*
------ ----------------- -------- 10
(8) Use and operation of radio, to include radio procedure
and typical net*---------------- ------- 15
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United States. War Department. Antiaircraft artillery field manual : examination for gunners., book, December 9, 1943; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9951/m1/18/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.