TM-9-2350-311-10 M109 Operator's Manual for M109A2, M109A3, M109A4 and M109A5 Download
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TM 9-2350-311-10 Section IV. SECTION DRILL The purpose of section drill is to improve the performance of the howitzer section through execution of assigned tasks and cross training of howitzer section personnel. Section drill must be conducted in silence, except for commands and reports. The howitzer section must be drilled until reaction to commands is quick, automatic, and correct. Battery officers will supervise the drill. Errors will be corrected immediately. Duties should be rotated during training so that each howitzer section member can perform all duties within the howitzer section. 1-15 DRILL PROCEDURES 1-15.1 Forming the Section On the command of execution, the howitzer section forms a single rank, at close interval, centered on, and facing the chief of section at a distance of three paces. Numbered cannoneers form, in order, between the assistant gunner and the howitzer driver. The chief of section may indicate, in his preparatory command, the place and direction in which the section is to form. 1-41