Skip to Main Content

United States Army Field Manuals: A Resource Guide and Inventory

Series 4: Coast Artillery

The following title links to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to additional online content are included when available.

The inventory below lists Field Manuals (FM) found in Series 4 at the Library of Congress

FM # Title Author Date Page Count
4-6 Seacoast Artillery Tactics and Technique of Controlled Submarine Mines War Dept May 1942 204 pages
4-10 Seacoast Artillery Gunnery War Dept Jul. 1940 189 pages
4-10 Instruction sur le Tir Ministere de la Guerre Jul. 1944 190 pages
4-15 Seacoast Artillery Fire Control and Position Finding War Dept Jul. 1940 339 pages
4-15 Seacoast Artillery Fire Control and Position Finding War Dept Nov. 1943 495 pages
4-15 Artillerie de Cote Commande du Tir et Reperage du But Ministere de la Guerre Aug. 1944 326 pages
4-20 Seacoast Artillery Formations, Inspections, Service, and Care of Materiel War Dept Apr. 1940  71 pages
4-24 Service of the Piece 155-mm Gun M1 War Dept Aug. 1943 87 pages
4-24 Canon de 155 mm M1 Service de la Piece Ministere de la Guerre Mar. 1945 86 pages
4-25 Seacoast Artillery Service of the Piece 155-mm Gun War Dept Apr. 1940 27 pages
4-25 Service of the Piece 155=mm Gun (G.P.F.). War Dept Feb. 1944 128 pages
4-30 Decontamination Apparatus M3A1, Power Driven, 400 Gallon War Dept Apr. 1943 210 pages
4-32 Service of the Base-End Data and Gun Data Transmission Systems War Dept Feb. 1944 46 pages
4-35 Seacoast Artillery Service of the Piece 14-Inch Gun, M1920MII on Railway Mount, M1290 War Dept Jun. 1940 64 pages
4-40 Seacoast Artillery Service of the Piece 12-Inch Mortar, Railway Artillery War Dept May 1940 39 pages
4-45 Seacoast Artillery Service of the Piece 12-Inch Gun, Railway Mount,M1918, Railway Artillery War Dept Apr. 1940 41 pages
4-48 Service of the Piece 8-Inch Gun, Mark VI, Modification 3A2, on Barbette Carriage M1 War Dept Jul. 1943 55 pages
4-49 Service of the Piece 8-Inch Gun, Mark VI, Modification 3A2, on Railway Mount M1A1 War Dept Aug. 1942 47 pages
4-50 Seacoast Artillery Service of the Piece 18-Inch Gun, Railway Artillery War Dept May 1940 35 pages
4-51 Coast Artillery Field Manual War Dept May 1943 159 pages
4-55 Seacoast Artillery Service of the Piece 12-Inch Motor (Fixed Armament) War Dept May 1940 27 pages
4-60 Seacoast Artillery Service of the Piece 12-Inch Gun (Barbette Carriage) War Dept May 1940 23 pages
4-65 Seacoast Artillery Service of the Piece 10-Inch Gun (Disappearing Carriage) War Dept Apr. 1940 25 pages
4-70 Seacoast Artillery Service of the Piece 6-Inch Gun (Disappearing Carriage) War Dept May 1940 21 pages
4-75 Seacoast Artillery Service of the Piece 6-Inch Gun (Barbette Carriage) War Dept Apr. 1940 19 pages
4-80 Seacoast Artillery Service of the Piece 12 and 14-Inch Gun (Disappearing Carriage) War Dept May 1940 25 pages
4-85 Seacoast Artillery Service of the Piece 16-Inch Gun and Howitzer War Dept Jun. 1940 31 pages
4-90 Seacoast Artillery Service of the Piece 3-Inch Rapid-Fire Gun (Barbette Carriage) War Dept May 1940 21 pages
4-91 Coast Artillery Service of the Piece 90-MM Gun M1 on 90-MM Mount M3 War Dept Sep. 1944 53 pages
4-96 Seacoast Artillery Service of the Radio Set SCR-582 War Dept Nov. 1943 83 pages
4-97 Service of the Radio Set SCR-682-A War Dept Aug. 1944 219 pages
4-100 Coast Artillery Field Manual Organization and Tactics of Antiaircraft Artillery War Dept Jun. 1943 92 pages
4-101 Coast Artillery Field Manual Employment of Antiaircraft Artillery With Armored Forces War Dept Mar. 1943 90 pages
4-102 Coast Artillery Field Manual Employment of Antiaircraft Automatic Weapons War Dept Aug. 1943 130 pages
4-103 Coast Artillery Field Manual Employment of Antiaircraft Artillery with Airborne Forces War Dept Sep. 1943 62 pages
4-104 Coast Artillery Field Manual Employment of Antiaircraft Guns War Dept Jun. 1943 92 pages
4-105 Coast Artillery Field Manual Antiaircraft Artillery Organization and Tactics War Dept Aug. 1940 224 pages
4-106 Coast Artillery Field Manual Employment of Antiaircraft Searchlights and the AAAIS War Dept Jun. 1943 110 pages
4-107 Coast Artillery Field Manual Barrage Balloon Organization, Tactics, and Technique War Dept Mar. 1942 104 pages
4-108 Coast Artillery Field Manual Barrage Balloon Service of the Balloon and Balloon Equipment War Dept Mar. 1942 72 pages
4-110 Coast Artillery Field Manual Antiaircraft Artillery Gunnery, Fire Control, and Position Findings, Antiaircraft Guns War Dept Aug. 1940 372 pages
4-110 Antiaircraft Artillery Field Manual Gunnery War Dept Sep. 1943 210 pages
4-110 Artillerie de Cote D.C.A Instructions sur le Tir, son Reglage et la Telemetrie Canons de LA D.C.A. War Dept Jan. 1944 416 pages
4-111 Coast Artillery Field Manual Antiaircraft Artillery Position Finding and Control Antiaircraft Searchlights War Dept Jul. 1940 59 pages
4-112 Coast Artillery Field Manual Antiaircraft Artillery Gunnery, Fire Control, and Position Findings, Antiaircraft Automatic Weapons War Dept Jul. 1940 224 pages
4-112 Coast Artillery Field Manual Antiaircraft Artillery Gunnery, Fire Control, Position Finding, and Horizontal Fire, Antiaircraft Automatic Weapons (Case I Firing). War Dept Aug. 1942 224 pages
4-113 Coast Artillery Field Manual Antiaircraft Artillery Gunnery, Fire Control, and Service of the Piece Antiaircraft Automatic Weapons (Case III Firing). War Dept Jan. 1942  188 pages
4-115 Coast Artillery Field Manual Antiaircraft Artillery Operation of Materiel and Employment of Personnel, Antiaircraft Searchlight Units War Dept Jun. 1940 130 pages
4-117 Coast Artillery Field Manual Barrage Balloon Operation of Materiel and Employment of Personnel War Dept Jun. 1942 100 pages
4-119 Coast Artillery Field Manual Antiaircraft Artillery Field Manual War Dept Dec. 1943 26 pages
4-120 Coast Artillery Field Manual Antiaircraft Artillery Formations, Inspections, Service, and Care of Materiel War Dept Jul. 1940 65 pages
4-121 Coast Artillery Field Manual Antiaircraft Artillery Field Manual Fire Control, Guns War Dept Dec. 1943 91 pages
4-125 Coast Artillery Field Manual Antiaircraft Artillery Service of the Piece 3-Inch Antiaircraft Gun War Dept May 1940 55 pages
4-125 Coast Artillery Field Manual Antiaircraft Artillery Service of the Piece 3-Inch Antiaircraft Gun War Dept Jan. 1942 74 pages
4-126 Coast Artillery Field Manual Service of the Piece 90-MM Antiaircraft Gun on M1A1 Mount War Dept Oct. 1943 70 pages
4-127 Coast Artillery Field Manual Service of the Piece 90-MM AA Gun M2 on Mount M2 War Dept Oct. 1943 102 pages
4-128 Coast Artillery Field Manual Service of the Piece 4.7 Inch AA Gun War Dept Sep. 1943 54 pages
4-130 Coast Artillery Field Manual Antiaircraft Artillery Service of the Piece 105-MM Antiaircraft Gun War Dept Jun. 1940  37 pages
4-135 Coast Artillery Field Manual Antiaircraft Artillery Marksmanship and Service of the Piece Antiaircraft Machine Gun War Dept Jun. 1940 74 pages
4-136 Coast Artillery Field Manual Service of Directions M4 and M7 War Dept Oct. 1943 99 pages
4-138 Coast Artillery Field Manual Service of Directors M9 and M10 War Dept Sep. 1943 121 pages
4-140 Coast Artillery Field Manual Antiaircraft Artillery Service of the Piece 37-MM Antiaircraft Gun War Dept May 1940 41 pages
4-140a Coast Artillery Field Manual Antiaircraft Artillery Service of the Piece 37-MM Antiaircraft Gun (Case I Firing) War Dept Sep. 1941 63 pages
4-141 Coast Artillery Field Manual Antiaircraft Artillery Service of the Piece 40-MM Antiaircraft Gun War Dept Jun. 1942 135 pages
4-142 Coast Artillery Field Manual Service of the Height Finders M1 and M2 War Dept Oct. 1943 87 pages
4-143 Coast Artillery Field Manual Service of the Height Finder SCR-547 War Dept Jun. 1943 85 pages
4-144 Coast Artillery Field Manual Service of Radio Set SCR-584 War Dept Nov. 1943 118 pages
4-145 Coast Artillery Field Manual Antiaircraft Artillery Radio Set SCR-286 Operation of Materiel and Employment of Personnel War Dept Apr. 1942 78 pages
4-146 Antiaircraft Artillery Field Manual Service of Radio Set SCR-545 War Dept Nov. 1943 102 pages
4-150 Coast Artillery Field Manual Examination For Gunners War Dept Dec. 1939 42 pages
4-150 Coast Artillery Field Manual Examination For Gunners War Dept May 1941 45 pages
4-151 Antiaircraft Artillery Field Manual Fire Control Automatic Weapons War Dept Jun. 1943 58 pages
4-155 Coast Artillery Field Manual Reference Data (Seacoast Artillery and Antiaircraft Artillery) War Dept Oct. 1940 91 pages
4-155 Antiaircraft Artillery Field Manual Service of the Piece Caliber.50 AA Machine Gun War Dept Oct. 1943 164 pages
4-157 Antiaircraft Artillery Field Manual Service of the Piece Multiple Machine-Gun Mounts War Dept Oct. 1943 119 pages
4-159 Antiaircraft Artillery Field Manual Service of the Piece Multiple Gun Motor Carriage M15 War Dept Sep. 1943 68 pages
4-160 Antiaircraft Artillery Field Manual Service of the Piece 40-MM Fire Unit War Dept Nov. 1943 228 pages
4-175 Coast Artillery Field Manual Antiaircraft Artillery Operation of Materiel and Employment of Personnel Searchlight Units War Dept Dec. 1942 131 pages
4-183 Antiaircraft Artillery Field Manual Balloon Barrage Control War Dept Jul. 1943 22 pages
4-187 Antiaircraft Artillery Field Manual Barrage Balloon Service of the Balloon and Balloon Equipment Low Altitude War Dept Mar. 1943 166 pages
4-188 Antiaircraft Artillery Field Manual Service of the Balloon and Balloon Equipment Very Low Altitude War Dept Apr. 1943 92 pages
4-191 Antiaircraft Artillery Field Manual Barrage Balloon Service of the Cable Armament, Low Altitude War Dept Sep. 1943 76 pages
4-193 Antiaircraft Artillery Field Manual Barrage Balloon Gas Generation, Use, Purification, and Service of Hydrogen Generator War Dept Aug. 1943 60 pages
4-196 Antiaircraft Artillery Field Manual Barrage Balloon Rigging and Fabric Repair War Dept Jun. 1943 111 pages
4-198 Antiaircraft Artillery Barrage Balloon Reference Data War Dept Oct. 1943 132 pages