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TM 44-225 Orientation For Artillery 1945-02-19

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Table of Contents

CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1. GENERAL.
Section I. General 1-4
Basic methods 5-9
Significance of figures 10-16
CHAPTER 2. DUTIES OF RECONNAISSANCE OFFICERS.
Section I. General 17-18
Situation 19-22
Preparation for future action 23-24
IV. Orientation problem 25-26
CHAPTER 3. INSTRUMENTS.
Section I. Miscellaneous equipment 27-30
Transit 31-41
Observation instrument, A A BC, Ml (BC telescope) and director 42-46
IV. Tape measurement 47-52
CHAPTER 4. METHODS OF DESIGNATING LOCATION.
Section I. Maps
Projections
CHAPTER 5. COORDINATE SYSTEMS.
Section I. Geographic coordinates
II. Military grid system
III. Azimuth
IV. Local plane coordinates
V. Point designation grid
VI. JAN grid
VII. Thrust -line method
VIII. Map templates Ml and M2
IX. British grid system
X. Air defense grid
CHAPTER 6. METHODS OF DETERMINING POSITION - TRAVERSE.
Section I. General
II. Transit traverse
III. Organization and duties of transit traverse party
CHAPTER 6. METHODS OF DETERMIMING POSITION - TRAVERSE— Continued
IV. Transit traverse procedure
V. Field notes
VI. Computation of transit traverse
VII. Traverse tables
CHAPTER 7. METHODS OF DETERMINING POSITION - INTERSECTION.
Section I. General
II. Field work and field notes
III. Mathematical solutions
IV. Graphical solution of transit intersection
CHAPTER 8. METHODS OF DETERMINING POSITION - RESECTION.
Section I. General
II. Sample problem
III. Summary
CHAPTER 9. VERTICAL CONTROL
Section I. General
II. Map leveling
III. Trigonometric leveling
IV. Spirit leveling
CHAPTER 10. ELEMENTARY ASTRONOMY.
Section I. The celestial sphere
II. The Sun
III. Time
IV. Time and hour angle
CHAPTER 11. AZIMUTH DETERMINATION-APPROXIMATE METHODS.
Section I. General
II. Compass
III. Watch dial
IV. Shadow of a gnomon
V. Direction by plumb line and star
VI. Direction by sun
CHAPTER 12. STELLAR OBSERVATION 174-181
Section I. General
II. Polaris at culmination and elongation
III. Polaris at any hour
IV. Any star-equal altitudes
V. Any star-altitude method
VI. Any star— hour angle method
CHAPTER 13. SOLAR OBSERVATION. 208—211
Section I. Hour angle method
II. Altitude method 168
CHAPTER 14. STAR IDENTIFICATION 221-224
CHAPTER 15. USE OF BEARING CHARTS FOR ORIENTATION FOR ARTILLERY 225-231
CHAPTER 16. OBSERVATIONS FOR LATITUDE.
Section I. General 232-235
Polaris at culmination 236-238
Latitude by a southern or northern star 239-242
APPENDIX I. CHARTS AND TABLES.
Chart I. Bearing chart of the sun (includes tables I and II)
Chart II. Bearing chart of the stars 225
Table III. Apparent places of 23 main stars for the period 1944-1948 (in right ascension and decimation) 228
Table IV. Azimuths of Polaris at maximum elongation for the years 1944-50
APPENDIX II. AIR DEFENSE AND TABLES 238

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OL25949738M
Internet Archive
TM44-225
OCLC/WorldCat
44806373

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