Forms of the United States War Department, Office of the Chief of Ordnance, are handbooks, descriptions, instructions, that would later be called technical manuals (TM's): a technical description of a cannon, machine-gun, rifle, pistol, revolver, some wagons and trucks belonging to the artillery and ammunition, also some field manuals (FM's). The forms have their own numbers, at least through no. 2050.

List

Document # Name Year of publication Number of pages Type of publication
400 Special specifications for steel wire to be used in connection with Ordnance pamphlet no. 445 1914 16 specifications/wire
1467
1623 Instructions to accountants attached to Cost Accounting Section, Finance Division, Office of the Chief of Ordnance, War Department
1656
1657
1659 Handbook of the 3-inch gun matériel, model of 1902 : with instructions for its care ... revised June 5, 1917 1917 284 TM/Artillery
1660 Handbook of the 3.2-inch field battery, with instructions for its care, July 30, 1902, revised June 23, 1908 1917 69 TM
1661 Handbook of the 5-inch siege gun battery with instructions for its care ... August 12, 1903. Revised May 10, 1911. Rev. June 9, 1914 1917 95 TM
1662 Handbook of the 7-inch siege howitzer battery with instructions for its care ... August 15, 1900. Revised August 12, 1903. Rev. June 23, 1908 1914 98 TM
1663 Description of the Pratt range board, model of 1905 : mechanical features and rules governing its care and preservation in service, May 20, 1908 1917 29 TM/Artillery
1665 Description of 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 Inch Seacoast Guns and Their Breech Mechanisms 1917 59 TM/Coastal artillery
1666 Description of the Deflection Board, Model of 1905, for Guns: Mechanical ... 1917 20 TM/Artillery
1668 Description of the deflection board (model of 1906) with De Carre drift chart for 12-inch mortar : mechanical features, rules governing its care, operation and preservation in service, April 4, 1907, revised December 13, 1907 1917 26 TM/Artillery
1669 Description of the Whistler-Hearn plotting board (model of 1904), mortar plotting board (model of 1906 and model of 1906 MI), and submarine plotting board (model of 1906) : and instructions for assembling, adjusting, caring for, etc. 1909 26 TM/Artillery
1670 Description of the fire commander's plotting board, model of 1906, and instructions for assemblage, adjustment, care, and preservation, February 14, 1908 1917 30 TM/Artillery
1672 Description and instructions for use of the 360° mortar plotting board, model of 1911 ... October 9, 1912 1917 17 TM/Artillery
1673 Description of the 110° plotting board, model of 1915 ... 1917 11 TM/Artillery
1675 Description of the mortar range board, model of 1914, with instructions for care and operation 1916 TM/Mortar
1678 Safety features of firing and breech mechanisms of field, siege, and seacoast cannon, May 28, 1915 1917 40 FM/Artillery
1683 Instructions for mounting, using and caring for 5-inch barbette carriages, model of 1896, balanced pillar mounting 1917 19 TM/Artillery
1684 Instructions for mounting, using and caring for 5-inch barbette carriage, model of 1903 ... October 19, 1905. Revised May 25, 1908. Revised June 7, 1911 1917 24 TM/Artillery
1685 Instructions for mounting, using, and caring for 8-inch barbette carriages, model of 1892, for 8-inch rifle, model of 1888 ... TM/Artillery
1686 Instructions for mounting, using, and caring for disappearing carriage, L. F., model of 1898, for 6-inch gun, model of 1897 MI .. 1917 58 TM/Artillery
1688 Instructions for mounting, using, and caring for 6-inch barbette carriage, model of 1900, October 10, 1904, revised December 3, 1907 1917 25 TM/Artillery
1689 Instructions for mounting, using, and caring for 8-inch disappearing carriages, L. F., model of 1894, for 8-inch gun, models of 1888 MI and MII .. 1916 40 TM/Artillery
1690 Instructions for mounting, using, and caring for 8-inch disappearing carriages, L. F., model of 1896, for 8-inch gun, models of 1888 MI and MII .. 1917 50 TM/Artillery
1691 Instructions for Mounting, Using and Caring for Disappearing Carriage L.F., model of 1894 M 1 for 10-inch guns, models of 1888 MI and MII 1917 74 TM/Artillery
1693 Instructions for Mounting, Using and Caring for Disappearing Carriage A.R.F. for 10-inch rifles... 1917 63 TM/Artillery
1694 Instructions for Mounting, Using and Caring for Disappearing Carriage L.F., model of 1901 for 10-inch guns, models of 1895 and 1900 1917 83 TM/Artillery
1695 Instructions for mounting, using and caring for disappearing carriage L.F., model of 1896 for 12-inch guns, models of 1888 and 1895, April 19, 1904 1917 64 TM
1696 Instructions for mounting, using and caring for disappearing carriage L.F., model of 1897 for 12-inch gun, model of 1895, revised May 31, 1904 1917 66 TM
1697 Instructions for mounting, using and caring for disappearing carriage L.F., model of 1901 for 12-inch guns, models of 1895 and 1900, revised May 31, 1904, revised March 23, 1908 1917 87 TM
1698
1700 Instructions for Mounting, Using and Caring for barbette carriage, Model of 1893, for 10-inch guns, Model of 1888 1916 40 TM/Artillery
1701 Instructions for mounting, using and caring for 3-inch 15-pdr barbette carriage, model of 1903 1917 35 TM/Artillery
1702 Instructions for mounting, using and caring for barbette carriage, model of 1892, for 12-inch rifles, models of 1888, 1888 MI and 1888 MII, February 5, 1908 1917 25 TM
1703 Instructions for mounting, using and caring for disappearing carriage L.F., model of 1905 and 6-inch R. F. guns, model of 1905 1917 68 FM/Artillery
1704 Instructions for mounting, using and caring for disappearing carriage L.F., model of 1905 MI and 6-inch R. F. guns, models of 1903, 1905, and 1908 1917 55 FM/Artillery
1705 Instructions for mounting, using and caring for mortar carriages, model of 1896 MI and model of 1896 MII for 12-inch mortars, model of 1890 MI, April 22, 1909 ... rev. January 11, 1916 1917 41 TM
1709
1711 Instructions for mounting, using and caring for disappearing carriage L.F., model of 1905 MII and 6-inch guns, models of 1905 and 1908 1917 71 FM/Artillery
1712 Instructions for mounting, using and caring for disappearing carriages L.F., models of 1907 and 1907 MI for 14-inch guns, models of 1907 and 1907 MI and model of 1910 1913 56 FM/Artillery
1713 Instructions for mounting, using and caring for 6-inch Barbette carriage, model of 1910, for 6-inch guns, model of 1908 MII 1917 35 TM
1715
1716
1717
1722 Instructions for mounting, using and caring for Barbette carriage, model of 1917 for 12-inch gun, model of 1895 MI 1917 22 TM
1741 Description and instructions for the use of rifle and hand grenades 1912 15 FM
1741a Description and instructions for the use of Hand Grenades 1917 FM
1750 Instructions for mounting, using, and caring for 4.72-inch gun, Armstrong, 45 caliber, mounted on barbette carriage, Armstrong ... 1917 42 TM/Artillery
1752 Instructions for mounting, using, and caring for 6-inch rapid-fire gun, Armstrong, and 6-inch barbette carriage, Armstrong ... May 21, 1903 ... 1917 22 TM/Artillery
1755 Gun making in the United States, by Captain ... Rogers Birnie, Jr. ... 1907 144
1758 Handbook of the Colt automatic machine gun, caliber .30 : with pack outfits and accessories ... Aug. 17, 1901 1916 53 TM
1759 Handbook of the Colt machine gun, model of 1917, caliber.30 1917 17 TM
1761 Handbook of the 2.95-inch mountain gun matériel and pack outfit ... June 10, 1912 1916 108 TM
1766 Instructions for mounting, using, and caring for 3-inch (15-pounder) gun and barbette carriage, model of 1902 1917 35 TM
1768 Instructions for mounting, using, and caring for 3-inch saluting gun and mount 1918 15 TM
1770 Handbook of the Maxim automatic machine gun, caliber .30, model of 1904, with pack outfits and accessories, June 15, 1906, revised January 7, 1908 ... revised August 21, 1915 1917 74 TM
1771 Handbook of the 4.7-inch gun matériel, model of 1906 : with instructions for its care, November 19, 1910 1917 153 TM
1773 Handbook of the 3.8-inch gun matériel ... January 19, 1917 1917 53 TM
1775 Handbook of the Vickers machine gun, model of 1915, with pack outfits and accessories ... March 19, 1917 1917 69 TM
1779 Handbook of the 6-inch Howitzer matériel: Model of 1908 and 1908 MI with ... 1917 225 TM/Artillery
1781 Handbook of the 3.8-inch howitzer matériel, model of 1915 : with instructions for its care 1916 155 TM
1794 Description of the wind component indicator. Mechanical features, method of assembling and dismounting, and rules governing its care and preservation in service ... July 15, 1906 1917 24 TM/Artillery
1795 Instructions for the care, preservation, repair and adjustment of instruments for the fire-control systems for Coast Artillery fire control system coast and field artillery 1917 79 FM/Coastal artillery
1796 Handbook of fire-control equipment for field artillery 1916 101 FM
1797 Handbook of range-finders, 70 cm. and 80 cm. base, for use of infantry and cavalry : with description and instructions for their care and use, December 9, 1915 1917 67 TM/Artillery
1798 Handbook of the 8-inch howitzer matériel, model of 1917... with instructions for its care ... January 15, 1918 1918 75 TM
1803
1814 Description and instructions for care and operation of firing magnetos, types GA and MA 1917 26 TM/Firing magnetos
1815 Handbook of the 75-mm gun matériel, model of 1917 (British) with instructions for its care. (Thirty-two plates) February 9, 1918. Rev. September 6, 1918 1918 106 TM
1817
1819 Handbook of the 75-mm gun matériel, model of 1916 : with instructions for its care 1918 140 TM
1820 Description of twelve-inch mortars and instructions for their care ... Nov. 4, 1904. Rev. Dec. 11, 1907. Rev. Oct. 3, 1913 1917 27 TM/Mortar
1861 Handbook on Ordnance data 1919 523 FM/artillery
1869 Oils, Paints and Materials for the Cleaning and Preservation of Seacoast ... 1917 31 FM/Artillery
1870
1876 Description of Lewis Depression Position Finders, Model of 1907, Classes AA ... 1917 34 TM/Position Finders
1879
1905
1907
1908 Instructions for mounting, using, and caring for 6-inch rapid-fire gun, Armstrong, and 6-inch barbette carriage, Armstrong, May 21, 1903 1917 22 TM
1912 Ordnance property regulations, 1917 1917 135 FM
1917 Description and rules for the management of the United States rifle, caliber .30, model of 1917, October 8, 1917 62 TM
1919 Description of the Colt's double-action revolver, caliber .38, with rules for management, memoranda of trajectory, and description of ammunition ... April 1, 1905. Rev. Oct. 3, 1908 1917 15 TM
1920 Description and rules for the management of the U. S. magazine rifle model of 1898 and magazine carbine model of 1899, caliber .30 1917 74 TM
1923 Description and rules for the management of the United States rifle, caliber .30, model of 1903 ... March 3, 1904. Rev. Apr. 18, 1906, Feb. 14, 1908, Apr. 2, 1909, Oct. 17, 1911, March 20, 1914, Jan. 22, 1917 1917 80 TM
1925 Description and instructions for the management of the gallery-practice rifle, caliber .22—model of 1903 : October 18, 1907, revised December 14, 1908, revised October 17, 1913 1913 12 TM
1926 Handbook of the Benet-Mercié machine rifle, model of 1909, with pack outfits and accessories. Thirty-one plates. March, 1912 ... rev. September 6, 1917 1917 83 TM
1927 Description of the Colt's double-action revolver, caliber .45, model of 1909 : with rules for management, memoranda of trajectory, and description of ammunition, September 10, 1909 1913 13 TM
1952 Handbook of sights for field and seacoast carriages, not covered by other pamphlets 1913/1917 35 FM/Artillery
1955 Description of 3-inch telescopic sights, model of 1904, June 15, 1905, revised July 15, 1906, revised December 5, 1907 1912 16 TM/Telescopic sights,
1956 Description of 2-inch telescopic sights, model of 1906 ... October 11, 1907. Revised October 11, 1910. Revised December 16, 1913. Revised March 1, 1917 1917 17 TM/Telescopic sights
1957 Description of telescopic musket sights, models of 1908 and 1913 ... December 14, 1908. Revised July 22, 1912 1915 10 TM/Telescopic sights
1958 Description of 2 inch telescopic sights, model of 1909 ... 1917 58 TM/Telescopic sights
1959 Description of 3-inch telescopic sights, model of 1912 1914 12 TM/Telescopic sights
1960 Description of 3-inch telescopic sights, model of 1910 1915 11 TM/Telescopic sights
1962 Handbook of the artillery repair truck body, model 1918 1918 159 TM
1965
1986 Directions for using, mounting, and dismounting 1-pdr and 2.95-inch subcaliber guns in the bore of seacoast guns and mortars ... 1917 39 FM
1990 Description of Decapping and Cleaning Tools for Small-arms Cartridges ... 1916 13 FM/Artillery
1991 Coast Artillery targets and accessories 1917 11 FM
1994 Mobile artillery targets, accessories, and smoke-bomb outfits 1917 23 FM Artillery
1995 Handbook of the six-ton special tractor, model 1917 1918 12 TM
1996 Handbook of the 5-ton artillery tractor, model 1917 : with instructions for its care, operations and maintenance 1918 260 TM
1998 Target range pocket book for use with the U.S. magazine rifle, model of 1903, cal. .30 ... April 28, 1908 1917 13 TM
1999 Handbook of the two-ton truck chassis : Nash model 4017-A and 4017-L July 3, 1918 1918 261 TM
2003 Handbook of the ten-ton artillery tractor, model 1917 1918 278 TM
2017 Service Handbook of the 155-mm Howitzer Matériel, Model of 1918 (Schneider): Motorized ... 192 236 TM/Artillery
2018 Handbook of the 3-inch Antiaircraft Gun Materiel Model of 1918 Motorized with instructions for its care (10 May 1919) 1919 203 TM/Artillery
2028 Handbook of 12-inch howitzer railway mount, model of 1918 1919 115 TM
2030 Army ordnance. History of district offices, [1918-19] 1920 - general
2033 Handbook of artillery : including mobile, antiaircraft, trench and automotive matériel / Prepared in the Office of the chief of ordnance, July, 1921 1925 398 FM
2034 Vol.1 Railway Artillery: A Report on the Characteristics, Scope of Utility, Etc., of Railway Artillery ... 1921 861 FM
2034 Vol.2 Railway artillery; a report on the characteristics, scope of utility, etc., of railway artillery, in two vols. . 1922 224 FM
2035 Theory and design of recoil systems and gun carriages. Prepared in the Office of the chief of ordnance. September, 1921 1921 1011 FM
2035-A Theory and design of recoil systems and gun carriages (chapter VIII) / Prepared in the office of the Chief of Ordnance 1922 85 FM
2049 Handbook of the St. Chamond recoil mechanism for 75 mm gun carriage, model of 1916MI ... 1924 43 TM/Artillery
2050 Notes on the selection and use of metals in ordnance design 1924 57 FM

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