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FM 18-18: Crew Drill, Gun Motor Carriage, M36
Field Manual, War Department, December 1944
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section I.  GENERAL
     1. Purpose and scope
     2. Description
     3. Training principle
Section II. CREW COMPOSITION AND FORMATIONS
     4. Composition
     5. Formations
     6. To form crew
Section III. CREW CONTROL
     7. Operation of interphone and radio
Section IV. CREW DRILL, GUN MOTOR CARRIAGE, M36
     8. To mount
     9. To open hatches
     10. To dismount
     11. To prepare for action
     12. Duties of members of crew during marches
     13. Stand by
     14. Detailed duties in firing (direct laying)
     15. Detailed duties in firing (indirect laying)
     16. To suspend firing
     17. To cease firing
     18. To move to alternate or supplementary position
     19. To execute march order
     20. Duties after firing
     21. Action in case of engine fire
     22. Action in case of crew compartment fire
     23. Dismounted action
     24. To remount destroyer after action
     25. To abandon destroyer
Section V. INSPECTIONS AND MAINTENANCE
     26. General
     27. Before operation inspection
     28. Inspection during operation
     29. Inspection at halt
     30. After operation maintenance
     31. Periodic additional services
Section VI. DESTRUCTION OF MATÉRIEL
     32. General
     33. Methods
     34. Small arms
     35. 90-mm gun
     36. Motor carriage M36
     37. Ammunition
     38. Fire-control equipment
     39. Radio equipment
Appendix DETAILED DUTIES OF DESTROYER COMMANDER IN INDIRECT LAYING

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