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th ei r fu l l cap ab i li t i es as ye t . They have a id ed in th e out pos t in g of ***.When t hey w er e p l aced i n pos i t ion , t h e e n e m y s p r e p a r a t o r y a r t i l le r y a n dm o r t a r c o n c e n t r a t i on s d a m a g e d t h e li gh t s a n d t h e t a n k s . The on e l igh t t h i tw a s u n d a m a g e d w a s r e st r i c t e d i n r a n g e d u e t o t h e t r e m e n d o u s a m o u n t o f d u s tr a i s ed by enem y an d fr i end l y fi r e s . I t i s f e lt t ha t it d i d a i d t he i n f an t r y s om e-w h a t and a i ded t he s up por t i ng un i t s on t he MLR by de f in i ng t he fi na l p r o t ec -t i ve l ine . Tank s ha ve l a t e ly been p l aced a t t he bas e o f h i l ls i n pos i t ions w h er et hey can m ove t o t he fl anks . I t i s fe l t t ha t t hes e t ac t i c s w i l l p l ace t he beam su n d e r t h e d u s t , t h u s g iv in g t h e m m o r e r a n g e . I f a c o u n t e r a t t a c k w e r e n e e d e d ,t he t an ks cou l d m ove t o t he i r up -h i l l f ir i ng pos i t ions r a p i d l y .


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g a s we ld in g s e t s a n d y e t t h e T /O&E a u th o r i z e s o n ly two we ld e r s . T wo o ft h e w e l d i n g s e t s a r e i n u s e a t a l l t i m e s w i t h t h e t h i r d a n d fo u r t h b e i n g u s e dd u r i n g p e r i o d s o f m o v e m e n t a n d o p e r a t i o n s b y t r a i n i n g m e c h a n i cs t o s e r v ea s w e l d e r s .

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o p e r a t i o n t h a t t h e u n i t s c o n s t it u t i n g t h e b l oc k i n g f or c e h a d t o b e s t r o n g a n dh ig h ly mo b i l e . C o n s e q u e n t ly , i t wa s d i s c o v e r e d t h a t t h e d e c i s ion wa s s o u n dt o a t t a c h t a n k s t o t h e s e u n i t s i n i t ia l ly a n d a s t h e y ca m e t h r o u g h t h e M LR o nL in e s *** a n d *** to p a s s t h e s e t a n k s t o o p e r a t i o n a l c o n t r o l o f t h e two b a t -t a l i o n s o n l i n e . As t h e b a t t a l i on s o n l in e w i t h d r e w t h r o u g h t h e u n i t s o c cu p y -i n g p o s it i o n s o n t h e O P L R , t h e s e t a n k s o n c e a g a i n r e v e r t e d t o t h e u n i t s c o n -s t i t u t i n g t h e b lo c k in g p o s i t i o n s . B y u t i l i zin g t h i s me t h o d , t h e s h e l l g r o u pw a s a b le t o m a i n t a i n a h i g h s t a t e o f m a n e u v e r a b i l it y b u t a l so p o s s e ss e d a na b u n d a n t s o u r c e o f fi r e p o w e r .

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b y M OS a n d g r a d e d u r i n g t h e p a s t s i x m o n t h s h a s b e co m e a m a t t e r o f g r e a tc o n c e r n . I t i s r e a l iz e d t h a t t h e g r e a t e r p o r t i o n o f n o n c o m mis s io n e d o f-f ic e r s o f. t h e l ow e r g r a d e s a r e n o r m a l ly m a d e w i t h i n t h e u n i t b u t i t m u s ta l s o b e r e c o g n iz e d t h a t t h e t ime f a c to r i n t h i s t h e a t e r d o e s n o t l e n d i t s e l ft o t r a i n i n g a n i n d i v id u a l a n d d e v e lo p i n g b o t h h i s t e c h n i c a l a n d l e a d e r s h i pa b i l i t i e s t o f il l k e y p o s i t i o n s i n t h e u p p e r g r a d e s ,

Un d e r p r e s e n t c o n d i t i o n s i t i s n e c e s s a r y t o f il l T /O v a c a n c i e s w i tht h e b e st a v a ila b le p e r s on n e l w i t h ou t r e ga r d t o o ve r -a ll q u a l ifi ca t i on s ;- a sa r e s u l t , 3 2% o f t h e NC Os o f t h e t o p t h r e e g r a d e s h a v e b e e n p r o mo te dth r e e t im e s s in c e a r r i v in g i n Ko r e a . As o f 3 0 J u n e t h i s b a t t a l i o n h a d ato t a l a s s ig n e d o f 1 00 NC Os o f t h e t o p t h r e e g r a d e s , o f t h i s n u mb e r 5 2 h a d-l e s s t h a n two y e a r s o f s e r v i c e .\

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A s y st e m r e q u i r in g s u c h fa s t a d v a n c e m e n t e v e n t u a l ly r e s u l t s i n l ow e r -i n g t h e s t a n d a r d s d e s i r e d f o r c o m p e t e n t n o n c o m m i ss io n e d o ffi c er s a n d ,w i t h i n a s h o r t p e r i o d o f t i m e , f il ls *a un i t wi th NCOs of lower ca l iber wh o a r ee x p e c t e d t o t r a i n a r e p l a c e m e n t . T h u s t h e s t a n d a r d s o f p r o f ic ie n c y a n d l ea d -e r s h i p a r e p r o g r e s s iv e ly l ow e r e d .

At t he p r e s en t t i m e t h e m a j or i t y o f key pos i t i ons t ha t ca l l fo r g r adeE-7 ar e f il led by comp eten t NCOs , bu t i f i t becom es neces s a r y t o r ep l acet h e s e fe w w i t h m e n w h o h a v e li t t le o r n o e x p e r i e n c e , t h e si t u a t i on m a y b e -c o m e c r i t ic a l a n d e v e n d a n g e r o u s .

T h e e x p e r i e n c e o f t h e p a s t s ix m o n t h s h a s s h o w n , t h a t t h e p e r c e n t a g eo f r e p l a c e m e n t s r e c e i ve d b y M OS a n d g r a d e , a g a i n s t t h a t w h i c h w a s r e -qu es t ed , i s ve r y low . I n t he nex t t h r ee m on t hs t h i s u n i t w i l l lo s e 47% o ft he fi r s t t h r ee g r a des N CO s . I t i s r e c o m m e n d e d t h a t g r e a t e r e ffo r t b em a d e t o fi ll p e r s o n n e l r e q u i si t io n s b y g r a d e a n d M OS a n d t o p l a c e t h e e x -p e r i e n c e d p e r s o n n e l i n t h e c o m b a t u n i t s i n o r d e r t o a c h i e v e t h e e ffi c ie n c yneces s a r y t o accom p l is h t he i r m i s s i on i n com ba t .

S O UR C E : C o m m a n d R e p o r t - I X C a r p s , B k I I , P a r t 3DATE: M ar ch 1952 Sour ce No 554

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i s r ed uc i ng t he e f fi c iency o f m a ny un i t s . K e y p e r s o n n e l a r e g e n e r a l ly t h eo n e s w h o h a v e b e e n i n t h e u n i t t h e l on g e r p e r i o d o f t i m e a n d t h e r e f o r e a r et he ones t ha t a r e be i ng r o t a t ed . I t w ou l d i nc r ea s e t he e f fi c iency o f un i t s i fp r o v i si on s w e r e m a d e -t o a l lo w o v e r s t r e n g t h i n u n i t s u n t i l s u c h t i m e t h a tr e p l a c e m e n t s w e r e t r a i n e d t o c a r r y o u t t h e i r d u t i e s e ffi ci e n t ly .

R e c o m m e n d t h a t k e y p e r s o n n e l r e p l a c e m e n t s a r r i ve i n t i m e t o b et r a i ned on - t he -j ob , p r i o r t o dep a r t u r e o f ve t e r a ns o f K or ea .

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o r fac i ng be us ed on t he new Dua l G r an u l a t i on G r ap h i c fi r i ng t ab l e s (M 39 Al )an d th e Gra ph ic Si t e Tab les (M53 Al ). The p r e s en t t ype fac i ng i s l e ss pe r -m a n e n t t h a n t h e t y p e u s e d in t h e o ld S in g l e G r a n u l a t io n T a b le s , a n d a f t e rapp r ox i m a t e l y t h r ee w eek s of con t i nuou s us e , t he fac i ng becom es d i r t y an dt he m a r k i ng becom es d i ff icu l t t o r ea d . E r a s u r e o r w a s h i n g d e l e t e s t h em a r k i n g s a n d l in e s .

S O UR C E : C o m m a n d R e p o r t - 3 d AAA AW B n (S P )DATE; J un e 1952 Sour ce No 556

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be au t ho r i zed m l ieu o t t he gene r a t o r , 3 K W pr es en t l y au t ho r i zed , i nas m u cha$ 3 K W does n o t p r odu ce an adeq ua t e s upp l y o f pow er fo r t he need s o f t h i so r gan i za t i on .

S OU R CE : C om m a n d R e p o r t - 3 d D iv Ar t yDATE: May 1952 Sour ce No 557

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pos t Ke l ly w i t hou t ac t u a l con t ac t , s u c k i n g i n a n e n e m y s q u a d t o t h e ou t p o s t .The 58t h F i e l d Ar t i l le r y Ba t t a l i on p l aced a r t i l le r y fi r e on t he un s us pec t i ngenem y an d w h en t he RO K s r e t u r n ed t o K e ll y, t hey coun t ed 9 enem y cas ua l -t i es . Th i s t ype o f t ac t i c s w as o f t en us ed by RO K i n f an t r y du r i ng M ay .

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DATE: J u n e 1 95 2 Sour ce No 558

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dev i s ed a m ob i l e F i r e D i r ec t i on Cen t e r cons t r u c t ed i n a fou r w h ee l , van -typ e t r ai ler ( ins id e dim en sion s 75 x 176 x 62). Th is m obi le FDC,ha sb e e n a g r e a t h e l p t o w a r d s p e e d i n d i s p la c e m e n t s a n d a .ls o fo r th e h e a l t ha n d c o m fo r t o f t h e F D C p e r s o n n e l d u r i n g c o ld a n d w e t w e a t h e r . T h e p r i m em over fo r t h i s van i s t he S -2 ha l f-t r a ck . A gas o li ne s t ove f r om an a r c t i ct e n t w a s u s e d i n t h e v a n d u r i n g t h e w i n t e r a n d i n a d d i t io n t o p r o v i d in g h e a t ,ho t co ffee w as a l s o ava i l ab l e f d r t he n i gh t s h i ft . Com pu t e r s cha i r s , an ddesk s , HCO, VCO, an d S-3 desk s , r a dios an d t e l eph one s ar e secur ed int he t r a i le r s o a s t o r em a i n i n p l ace du r i ng m oves . U pon a r r i v i ng i n a newpos i t ion , t he connec t i on o ft e l ephon e l ines i s t he on l y t h i ng neces s a r y t op l a c e t h i s u n i t i n t o o p e r a t i o n . L

I t i s r e c o m m e n d e d t h a t a v a n t r a i l er o f a t y p e s i m ila r t o t h i s be a u t h -o r i ze d fo r a r m o r e d a r t i l le r y u n i t s e n g a g e d i n c o ld o r w e t w e a t h e r o p e r a t i o n .

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F e b r u a r y t h a t i t i s p o s si b le t o h a v e Am e r i c a n u n i t s p l a c e d i n d i r e c t s u p p o r to f RO K un i t s and fu r n i s h a good po r t i on o f t he neces s a r y nu m ber o f l ia i s onoffi ce r s an d f or w ar d obs e r ve r s . Cor ps l i gh t ba t t a l ions can fu r n i s h s evenoffi ce r s f or t h i s w or k i f a t a l l nea r fu l l s t r eng t h . T h e p r i n c i p a l a d v a n t a g e so f ha v i ng Am er i can f or w ar d obs e r ve r s w i t h RO K - un i t s a r e : (a ) The m or a l ea s p e c t s o f h a v i n g U S o ffi ce r s fr o m t h e s u p p o r t i n g a r m a p p e a r i n g a t t h e fr o n tw i t h RO K t r oops s how i ng Am er i can w i l li ngnes s t o s ha r e RO K da nge r s ; an d(b ) t h e m o r e a c c u r a t e r e c e i p t o f i n fo r m a t i o n a t h i g h e r U S h e a d q u a r t e r sd u e t o t h e fa c t t h a t n o la n g u a g e b a r r i e r i n t e r v e n e s i n t h e fl ow o f i n fo r m a t i o n .T h e m a i n d i s a d v a n t a g e i s t h e la c k o f i n t e r p r e t e r s . F o r w a r d o b se r v e r a n dl ia i s on o ff ice r s m u s t ha ve t he c l os es t a s s oc ia t i on w i t h t he i r com p an y an d ba t -t a l i o n c o m m a n d e r s . Wi t hou t ad equa t e i n t e r p r e t e r s t h i s i s no t pos s i b le .


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I n t h e c u r r e n t s it u a t i o n , o n ly a fe w i n t e r p r e t e r s a r e a v a il a b le a n d t h i s fa c tp r e v e n t s t h e f u l l c o o r d in a t i o n d e s i r e d . T h e l im i t e d T /O&E o f c o r p s b a t -t a l io n s i s st r e t c h e d t o t h e b r e a k i n g .p o i n t i n b o t h p e r s o n n e l a n d e q u i p m e n tb y t h e p o l ic y o f h a v i n g a f or w a r d o b s e r v er w i t h ea c h c o m p a n y i n t h e l in e .

R e c o m m e n d t h a t Am e r i c a n l ig h t f ie l d a r t i l le r y b a t t a l i on s i n d i r e c ts u p p o r t o f R O K u n i t s , o n a p p l i ca t i o n , b e g iv e n a n u m b e r o f i n t e r p r e t e r ss u f fi c ie n t t o a l lo w t h e f ir e d i r e c t io n c e n t e r a n d e a c h fo r w a r d o b s e r v e ra n d l ia i s o n o ff ic e r t o h a v e a q u a l if ie d i n t e r p r e t e r .

Ame r i c a n l ig h t b a t t a l i on s a s s ig n e d t o d i r e c t s u p p o r t r o l e s i n R OKu n i t s s h o u l d b e g iv e n a p e r s o n n e l a n d e q u i p m e n t a u g m e n t a t i o n t o e n a b l eth e m to f ol lo w Ame r i c a n a r t i l le r y s y s t e m o f h a v in g a f or w a r d o b s e r v e rw i t h ea c h c o m p a n y a n d a l ia i s on o ffi c e r w i t h ea c h b a t t a l io n a n d w i t hr e g i m e n t .

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b y a n a m b u s h o n Ko r e a n Na t io n a l R a i l r o a d T r a in No 1 11 , e ig h t m i l e s S o u tho f S a g a -r i , wh ic h r e s u l t e d i n two US p e r s o n n e l k i l le d a n d o n e wo u n d e d ,twe n ty -o n e R OKA k i l le d , s e v e n Na t io n a l P o l i c e me n k i l le d , a n d s e v e n t e e nKo r e a n c ivi li a n s k i l le d . E i gh t r a i lw a y c o a ch e s w e r e b u r n e d a n d t h e t r a i ne n g i n e d e r a i l ed a n d d a m a g e d .

S O UR C E : C o m m a n d R e p o r t - 14 5t h AAA B nDATE: Mar ch 1952 Sour ce No 561

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FOR M3Al PE RSONNEL CARRIER. - T h e w i n t e r iz a t io n k i t fo r t h e M 3Alp e r s o n n e l c a r r i e r , t h o u g h ,n o t a u th o r i z e d b y T /O&E o r S NL , wa s a c q u i r e dth r o u g h s p e c i a l r e q u i s i t i o n a n d h a s p r o v e d i n v a lu a b l e i n u t i l i zi n g t h e M 3s .

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UNCL AS S I F I E DI t i s f e lt t h a t t h e i r v a lu e i s n o t l im i t e d t o c o ld we a th e r . Go o d u s e c a n b em a d e o f t h e m t h r o u g h t h e d u s t y a n d r a i n y s e a so n s t o p r o v i d e m o r e h e a d -s p a c e , l ig h t a n d p r o t e c t i o n f r o m th e e l e me n t s .

I t i s r e c o m m e n d e d t h a t t h e w i n t e r i z a t io n k i t s fo r t h e M 3Al p e r s o n n e lc a r r i e r s b e ma d e a n i t e m o f T /O&E .

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t h e M 45 tu r r e t b e k e p t f or d iv i sio n a l a n t i a i r c r a ft a r t i l le r y a u to ma t i c we a p o n sb a t t a l i on s b u t t h e y b e mo u n te d o n a f u l l t r a c k v e h i c le .

S O UR C E : C o m m a n d R e p o r t - 4 24 t h F A B nDATE: Mar ch 1952 Sour ce No 562

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e x p la in a b l e p h e n o me n a o c c u r r in g a t t ime s o n f ir i n g t h e 8 -i n c h h o wi t z e r .I t h a s b ee n n a m e d F l a r e B a c k b y t h e b a t t a l io n g u n c r e w s a n d o cc u r s i nth e f or m o f i n c r e a s e d b l a s t , i n c r e a s e d n o i s e , a n d i n c r e a s e d fl a sh w h e nf ir i n g t h e h o wi t z e r . . T h e b l a s t i s s o g r e a t t h a t it h a s k n o c k e d c a n n o n e e r sd o w n i n r e a r o f t h e p i e ce s . T h e n o i se p r o d u c e d i s v e r y s h a r p c o m p a r e dto n o r ma l h o wi t z e r f ir i n g , a n d i s v e r y p a in f u l t o t h e e a r s a n d i n s o me c a s e se a r d r u m s h a v e b e e n p i e r c e d . Wh e n e v e r t h e F l a r e B a c k o c c u r s d u s te v ol ve s f r o m t h e s u r r o u n d i n g g r o u n d a n d p a r a p e t s i n g r e a t c lo u d s , m u c hh e a v i e r t h a n n o r m a l .

T h e r e s e e ms to b e n o a p p a r e n t r e a s o n f or t h e s e F l a r e B a c k s !Or ig in a l ly , i t wa s f e lt t h a t i t wa s d u e t o s wa b b in g w i th t o o mu c h wa t e r .T o e li m i n a t e t h i s , c a n n o n e e r s h a v e w i p e d t h e p o w d e r c h a m b e r d r y a f t e rs wa b b in g ; h o we v e r , i t d id n o t s e e m to e l im in a t e t h e F l a r e B a c k . Un i -fo r m h a r d r a m m i n g w a s e m p h a s i ze d b u t i t c a u s e d n o n o t i ce a b l e c h a n g e .T h e f ol lo win g i t e ms we r e c h e c k e d a n d we r e t h e s a m e wh e n F la r e B a c k *

.o cc u r r e d a n d w h e n t h e y d i d n o t o c cu r :( 1) S wa b b in g u n i f o r m a n d n o t we t .( 2) P o w d e r l ot s i d e n t i c a l a n d s to r e d d r y .


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(3 ) R a m m i n g w a s h a r d a t a l l t i m e s .(4 ) P o w d e r w a s n o t l e ft i n t u b e t o h e a t .( 5) Pow der w a s no t l e ft open t o abs o r b m oi s t u r e .

Al l ba t t e r i e s expe r i ence t he F l a r e Back an d i t occu r s on a l l gun sw i t h no de f i n i t e f r equen cy bu t ave r a ges , ap p r ox i m a t e l y , once ou t o f e i gh tr o u n d s f i r e d . T ,he ba t t a l i on ha s expe r i enced t h i s t h r ough abou t 40,000 .r ou nd s o f am m u ni t i on w i t h a l l l ot s o f pow der s , l o t s o f p r o j ec t il e s an d l ot so f p r i m e r s . I t h a s a l so b e e n e x p e r i e n c e d t h r o u g h v a r i o u s t y p e s o f p o w e rp a c k i n g a n d a m m u n i t io n s t o r a g e b y d i ffe r e n t a m m u n i t io n d u m p s a n d p e r s o n -ne l .

The F l a r e Back ha s , gene r a l ly been cons i de r e d on l y un com f or t ab l ea n d i r r i t a t i n g ; h o w e v e r , f r om n i gh t obs e r va t i ons i t ha s been d i scove r edt ha t t he F l a r e Back, ha s a t r em end ous effect .on t he am oun t o f fl a s h de f i -

-la d e r e q u i r e d fo r t h e h o w i t z e r . Norm al ly , f ive yar ds of de f il ad e a t 800ya r ds d i s t an ce Wi ll h i de an y f la s h t ha t occu r s w h en t he how i t ze r i s f ir ed .H ow ever , w h en t he9 l a r e Back occu r s , i t i s e s t im a t e d t h a t i t w o u l d t a k e30 ya r d s o f de f i lad e a t abou t 5 ,000 ya r d s t o h i de t he fl a s h .

I f t h e r e a s o n fo r F l a r e B a c k c o u ld b e d e t e r m i n e d a n d e l im i n a t e d ,i t w ou l d ce r t a i n l y e l im i n a t e , fo r a l l p r ac t i ca l pu r p os es , t he p r ob l em o ffl a s h de f i lad e f or t he a -i nch how i t ze r .

S OU R CE : C om m a n d R e p o r t - I X C or p sDATE: May 1952 Sou rc e No 563

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EU SAK , X Cor ps a nd r e s u l t s o f ce r t a i n I X Cor ps i n t e r r oga t i ons i nd i ca t et h a t i n c r e a s e d e m p h a s i s i s b e i n g p l a c e d o n t h e i n d o c t r i n a t i on a n d t r a i n i n gof gue r r i l la -t ype e s p i onage an d s abo t age pe r s onn e l , a s w e l l a s enem ya g e n t s . Thr ough i n s t r u c t i on g i ven a t p , ol it i ca l s choo ls an d l ia i s on o ffi ce s ,c e r t a i n a g e n t s a r e b e i n g i n d o c t r i n a t e d i n C o m m u n i st m e t h o d s a n d e s p io n a g e.t echn i ques an d i n f il t r a t ed i n t o U N occup i ed t e r r i t o r y . Pa r t i cu l a r a t t en t i oni s be i ng gi ven t he w e l l -kn ow n Com m u ni s t dev i ce o f bo r i ng f r om w i t h i n . I IT w o l in e -c r o s se r s w h o s u r r e n d e r e d t o e le m e n t s o f t h e 4 0t h I n fa n t r y s t a t e d
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t h a t f ol lo win g a t e n - d a y b r i e f i n g t h e y we r e a s s ig n e d t h e mi s s io n o k c r o s s in gth e UN l in e s i n t h e 6th R OK Divi s io n s e c to r a n d jo in in g a R OK in t e l li g e n c eu n i t . I f s u c c e s s fu l t h e y we r e t o o b t a in c e r t a in i n f or m a t io n , t h e n v o lu n t e e rf or a N o r t h K o r e a n m i s s io n t o fa c i li t a t e t h e i r r e t u r n t o t h e C o m m u n i stzone , a n d c o n t in u e t h e i r e s p io n a g e , a c t i v i t i e s wh i l e e n r o u t e . A n a l t e r n a t emis s io n wa s a s s ig n e d i f t h e p r ima r y mi s s io n c o u ld n o t b e a c c o mp l i s h e da n d d e t a i ls o f t h e a l t e r n a t e mi s s io n we r e t o b e d iv u lg e d o n ly i n c a s e o fc a p t u r e .

An o th e r v a r i a t i o n o f t h i s t y p e mi s s io n wa s d i s c lo s e d i n t h e i n t e r r o g a -io n o f a C C F P W wh o h a d s u r r e n d e r e d t o e l e me n t s o f t h e 7 th I n f a n t r y D ivi -

s ion . T h i s p r i s o n e r h a d b e e n g ive n t h e mi s s io n o f o b t a in in g i n f or m a t io n o ns t r e n g th , l oc a t i o n a n d e q u ip m e n t o f UN f or c e s a n d i n s t a l l a t i o n s ; a f t e r o b -t a i n i n g t h i s d a t a h e w a s t o s u r r e n d e r t o U N fo r c e s a n d , u p o n b e i n g i m -p r i s o n e d e i t h e r a t S e ou l or P u s a n r e l a y h i s i n fo r m a t i o n t h r o u g h a k n o w na g e n t i n t h e e n c lo su r e b y i d e n t i f y in g h im s e l f t o t h e a g e n t t h r o u g h th e u s e o fa c e r t a i n c o d e . T o d e c e iv e t h e a p p r e h e n d i n g U N i n t e r r o g a t o r s t h e a g e n t w a sw e l l b r i e fe d o n a n t i -c o m m u n i st d o c t r i n e a n d s u p p l i e d w i t h l e t t e r s a n d l ea f -l e t s t o s u b s t a n t i a t e h i s p r e t e n d e d a n t i -r e d s t a n d .

T h e f or e g o in g t e c h n iq u e s i n d i c a t e t h e i n g e n u i ty o f h o s t i l e c o u n te r -i n t e l l ig e n c e t e c h n iq u e s a s we l l a s t h e u s e of v a r i e d d e v i c e s t o p a s s i n -t e l li g e n c e a g e n t s t h r o u g h UN l in e s in to r e a r a r e a s . D i r e c t i n g s u c h o p e r a -t i on s a r e se v er a l d e p a r t m e n t s o p e r a t i n g u n d e r t h e N o r t h K or e a n P e o p l e sAr m y GHQ. w i th r e s p o n s ib .i li t i e s f or t a c t i c a l i n f o r m a t io n , s t r e n g th a n de q u ip m e n t , d e t a i le d i n f or m a t io n o n s h ip p in g , a i r f i e ld s , a n d r o a d s . I n a d d i -t i o n t o t h e t r a in in g a n d d i s p a t c h in g d u t i e s a n e l a b o r a t e s y s t e m o f l ia i s o ns t a t i on s i n b o t h fr i e n d l y a n d h o s t i le t e r r i t o r y i s m a i n t a i n e d a l on g t h e r o u t e s ,o f a g e n t t r a v e l.

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S OU R CE : C om m a n d R e p o r t - 57 th F A B nDATE: May 1952 Sour ce No 564

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s ec t ion cons i st s o f t he S -2 an d one M as t e r Se r gean t . T h e d r i v e r fo r t h eS-2 i s fu r n i s hed by t he su r vey s ec t ion . I t i s r e c o m m e n d e d t h a t o n e C o r p o r a lbe au t ho r i zed a s an a s s i st an t t o t he I n t e l li gence Se r gean t , an d one p r i va t ef ir s t c l as s as a fu l l-t ime dr iver for th e S-2 . D u r i n g c om b a t o p e r a t i o n s ,i t i s o ft en neces s a r y f or t he s ec t ion t o fun c t i on l ong hour s . F u r t h e r m o r e ,w i t h on l y one non com m i s s ioned o ff ice r i n t he s ec t ion , i t w ou l d s u f fe r g r ea t l yi n t he even t o f t he l os s o f t he I n t e l li gence Se r gean t w i t hou t a n adeq ua t e l yt r a i n e d a s s is t a n t t o a s s u m e h i s d u t i e s . The need f o r a fu l l t i m e d r i ve r i sj u s t i fi ed du e t o t he ex t ens i ve t r a ve l neces s a r y t o be pe r f or m ed by t he S -2i n t h e p r o p e r p e r f o r m a n c e o f h i s d u t i e s . The p r e s en t p r ac t i ce o f u s i ng ad r i ve r f r om t h e s u r vey s ec t ion i s de t r i m en t a l t o t he e ff ic i ency o f t ha t s ec -t i on .

S O UR C E : C o m m a n d R e p o r t - 4 9t h F A B nDATE: May 1952 Sour ce No 565

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fo r w a r d obs e r ve r s o f t he 49t h F i e l d Ar t i l le r y Ba t t a l i on m a de cons i de r ab l eus e o f g r ap h i c i n t e r s ec t i on . Al l obs e r va t i on pos t s w er e s u r veyed an d a r e f -e r en ce p o i n t l oca t ed fo r o r i en t i ng BC s copes . The p r i m ar y ob j ec t w as t helo c a t io n o f a n u m b e r o f p r o m i n e n t t e r r a i n fe a t u r e s fo r u s e i n p r e p a r i n g fi r ep l ans . App l i ca t i on p r oved t h a t t h i s m e t h od o f l oca t i ng t a r ge t s cou l d be i n -va l uab l e i n ca l li ng f or s u r p r i s e f ir e s on s uch t a r ge t s a s enem y t r oops i n t heo p e n . T h r o u g ,h c o n t in u e d u s e o f t h e s ys t e m b o t h F D C a n d t h e fo r w a r d o b -s e r ve r s deve l oped a p r o fi c iency fo r qu i ck l y ob t a i n i ng a n accu r a t e p l o t .

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to fu l fi l l du t i es of c l erk -dr iver .. d . T h a t a u g m e n t a t i on t a b l e t o i n c lu d e 9 e n l is t e d m e n b e u s e d t ob o ls t e r b a t t a l io n F D C in a c o m b a t t h e a t e r .

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1. Tha t ba t t a l ion be au th or ized s ix TS-10s .m . T h a t h e a d q u a r t e r s b a t t e r y b e a u t h o r i ze d fo u r SC R 5 36 fo r u s e

w i t h su r v e y a n d w i r e s e ct i on .n . T h a t a s s a u lt fi r e m e t h o d s b e e m p h a s i ze d i n t r a i n i n g .0. T h a t c o r p s a r t i l le r y b e p r o v i d e d w i t h a d d i t i on a l S P w e a p o n s t o

pe r f o r m as s au l t f i r e .

S O UR C E ; C o m m a n d R e p o r t - N o r t h w e s t AAA S e c t orDATE: J u n e 1 9 5 2 Sour ce No 566

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be g iven to th e sub s t i tu t ion of th e AN/GRC-5 ra dio se t an d/or th e AN/P RC-9ra dio se t , wi th th e P P -545/U pow er un i t s , for 10 AN/GRC-9 ra dio se t s an d10 P E-162 pow er un i t s in a l l T /O&Es for HAA an d MAA gun ba t t a l ions(T/O&E 44-15, 44-16, 44-17, 44-115, 44-116 an d 44-117).

S O UR C E : C o m m a n d R e p o r t - 1 st F A O b se r v a t i on B nDATE: J un e 1952 Sour ce No 567

(RESTRICTED)COUNTER BATTERY FIR E. - A s t ud y o f t he l oca t i ons m a de by t h i s u n i td u r i n g t h e p a s t n i n e m o n t h s s h o w s a la r g e n u m b e r o f p o s it i on s w h i c h h a v eb e e n i n t e r m i t t e n t l y o c cu p i e d b y e n e m y a r t i l le r y w e a p o n s ; a n d a n i n c r e a s in gn u m b e r o f p o s it i on s w h i c h h a v e b e e n r e p o r t e d i n a c t io n i n t h e s a m e l oc a t io nd u r i n g t h e p a s t t h r e e m o n t h s . I t i s obv i ous t ha t i n m a ny cas es coun t e r -ba t t e r y f ir e h as been i ne f fec t i ve , du e e i t he r t o l ack o f heavy a r t i l le r y ( fo rexam pl e 240 -m m h ow i t ze r un i t s t o des t r oy a r t i ll e r y bu nk e r s ) , d i s pe r s i on

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of ava i lab le 8-inch how i tzer an d 155-mm gun ba t t a l ions , or l ack of suf f ic i enta m m u n i t io n t o a d e q u a t e l y d e s t r o y e n e m y p o s it i on s a n d m a t e r i e l. I t i s be -l ie v e d t h a t i n t h e p r e s e n t s it u a t i o n , w i t h e n e m y a r t i l le r y i n c r e a s in g i n u u m -ber s , ca l iber , an dwel l du g-in in pos i t ion s , i t i s neces s a r y t o i nc r ea s e bo t hi t he ca l i be r o f f r i end l y a r t i ll e r y an d t he am m u ni t i on ava i l ab l e f or coun t e r -b a t t e r y f i r e , t o a c c o m p l is h t h e m i s si on o f d e s t r u c t i o n , a n d n o t m e r e n e u -t r a l i za t i on , o f enem y a r t i ll e r y .

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i n PE 210s ha s m a de G R8 ope r a t i on a day -by -da y c r i s i s. The r e i s a l s o as ho r t a ge o f i r r egu l a r bas e f ans . A d e f e ct i n t h e s ou n d r a n g i n g p a p e r(P H 4 38 ) m a d e b y We s t e r n U n i on T e le g r a p h C o m p a n y h a s b e e n n o t e d . Th ep a p e r i s t o o t h i c k , h a s r o u g h t e x t u r e a n d c a u s e s t h e s t y li t o j u m p .

I t i s r e c o m m e n d e d t h a t so m e t h o u g h t b e g iv e n t o t h e d e v e lo p m e n t o fa fl a sh r a n g i n g i n s t r u m e n t t h a t i n c o r p o r a t e s t h e p e r i s c op i c e ffe c t o f t h eB C S co p e a n d t h e a c cu r a c y o ft h e M - 1 a z im u t h i n st r u m e n t . The Br i t i s hM -2 , w h er e t h e obs e r ve r i s f or ced t o l ook dow n on t he i n s t r u m en t , m a kesh i m p a r t i cu l a r l y v u l n e r a b l e a n d i s m o s t u n p o p u l a r a m o n g t h e fl a sh o b s e r v e r s .

S O UR C E : C o m m a n d R e p o r t - 4 24 t h F A B nDATE: Apr i l 1952 Sour ce No 568

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t i on o f g u n e m p l a c e m e n t s i n t h e n o r m a l b a t t e r y a r e a a n d i n fo r w a r d p o s i-t i ons has b r ou gh t t o l igh t t he s e r i ous l ack o f hea vy ea r t h -m ov i ng equ i p -m en t i n t he T /O & E o f an 8 -i nch h ow i t ze r a r t i ll e r y ba t t a l ion . As t he p r ep -a r a t i on o f f or w ar d pos i t i ons on m a ny occas ions m u s t be accom p l is hed i n ,a l im i t ed pe r i od o f t i m e , i t i s n e c e s sa r y t o h a v e t h e e q u i p m e n t w i t h w h i c ht o accom p l is h t he m i s s ion ava i l ab l e an d r ea dy t o u s e . We ha ve i n ce r t a i npos i t i ons u s ed a D -4 doze r i n a t t em pt i ng t o cons t r u c t t he t ype o f em p l ace -m e n t n e c e ss a r y . T h i s w a s fo u n d t o b e t o o l ig h t t o m o v e t h e t r e m e n d o u s .v o lu m e o f e a r t h a n d r o c k fo u n d i n t h i s t e r r a i n a n d c o n s e q u e n t l y, m e c h a n i ca lfa i lu r e s a n d n u m e r o u s b r e a k d o w n s r e s u l t e d .

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I n o t h e r p o s it i o n s a r r a n g e m e n t s w e r e m a d e w i t h v a r i ou s E n g i n e e r b a t -t a l i on s o r c o m p a n i e s t o u s e on e o f t h e i r D -7 d o z e r s i n t h i s t y p e c o n s t r u c -tion . T h i .s l a r g e m a c h i n e m u s t b e m o v e d b y a s p e c i a l t r a c t o r -t r a i le r r i ga n d i s a c t u a l l y l a r g e r t h a n a n a r t i ll e r y b a t t a l io n c a n e c o n o m i c a ll y h a n d l e .

_ H o w e v e r , a D -6 d o z e r a p p r o a c h e s m o r e c lo s e ly t h e d e s i r e d m a c h i n ef o r t h i s t y p e w o r k . T h i s n o r m a l ly w o u l d b e u s e d fo r t h e h o w i t z e r p o s i t i on s ,a m m u n i t i o n a n d p o w d e r p i t s a n d a l l o t h e r d u g -i n i n s t a l la t i o n s n e c e s s a r y f ora h o w i t z e r b a t t a l io n i n .c o m b a t . P r e p a r a t i o n o f a d e q u a t e p o s it i o n s f or p r o -t e c t i o n o f p e r s o n n e l a n d e q u i p m e n t i s e s s e n t i a l d u e t o t h e c lo s e p r o x i m i t yo f t h e M L R a n d t h e e n e m y s e x p a n d i n g p r a c t i c e o f a t t e m p t e d c o u n t e r b a t t e r y .T h e r e fo r e i t i s r e c o m m e n d e d t h a t a D -6 d o z e r b e i n c l u d e d i n t h e T /O &E o fe a c h 8 -i n c h h o w i t z e r b a t t e r y f o r p u r p o s e s o u t l i n e d a b o v e .

-S O UR C E : C o m m a n d R e p o r t - 9 2d Ar m d F A B nDATE: Mar ch 1952 S o u r c e N o 569

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M 67 , m e c h a n i c a l t i m e fu s e , w i t h t i m e cu t fo u r s e co n d s , i s b e s t s u i t e d fo rt h e b a s e e j ec t i o n s m o k e s h e l ls f ir e d i n m a r k i n g m i s s io n s , a l l o f w h i c h i n -v o lv e d a t i m e o f fl ig h t g r e a t e r t h a n 2 5 s e c on d s . S i n c e t h e b a t t a l io n a l w a y sf ir e s f u s e VT w h e n t h e m i s s i on c a l ls f or a i r b u r s t s , t h e o n l y o t h e r u s e f orfuse M67 i s in i l lum ina t ing she l l s . F o r u s e o n b o t h i ll u m i n a t i n g s h e l ls a n d s m o k e s h e l ls , t h e b o o s t e r o n t h e M 67 m u s t b e r e m o v e d b y d r i ll in g o u t t h es c r e w h o l d i n g i t t o t h e f u s e p r o p e r . T h i s i s a t i m e c o n s u m i n g j o b . I t i ss u g g e s t e d t h a t a m o d i f ic a t i o n o f t h e f u s e b e c o n s i d e r e d w h i c h w o u l d a ll o wt h e fu s e t o b e d e t a c h e d e a s i ly a s i n t h e fu s e M 54 a n d M 55 c o m b i n a t i o n .

S O UR C E : C o m m a n d R e p o r t - 2 5t h D iv Ar t yDATE: J u n e 1 9 5 2 Sour ce No 570

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c a l le d u p o n to f ir e b a s e e j e c t io n t y p e s h e l l , s mo k e a n d p r o p a g a n d a , b o thr e q u i r i n g a t i m e f u s e . Du e t o h ig h a n g l e f i r e a n d l on g - r a n g e s , a n d t h er e s u l t i n g l on g t ime s o f f li g h t , t h e M 55 c o mb in a t i o n t ime a n d s u p e r q u i c kf u s e is u n s a t i s fa c to r y d u e t o i t s t ime o f b u r n in g l im i t a t i o n s .

I t i s r e c o m me n d e d th a t t h e M 50 0 s e r i e s f u s e s b e ma d e a v a i la b l e f oru s e i n t h i s t h e a t e r , p a r t i c u la r l y a t i m e f u s e s u c h a s t h e c om b i n a t i o n7 5-s e c o n d me c h a n ic a l t ime a n d s u p e r q u i c k .

I t i s a l s o r e c o m me n d e d th a t t h e 7 5-s e c o n d me c h a n ic a l t ime f u s e , M 67 ,fo r u s e w i t h 1 55 -m m a m m u n i t i o n , b e r e p l a c e d w i t h a m e c h a n i c a l t i m e fu s eh a v i n g a s u p e r q u i c k e l em e n t .

(RESTRICTED)HIGH ANGLE FIR E INSTRUCTION. - T h e p r o ce d u r e s a n d t e ch n i qu e s o fh ig h a n g l e f ir e h a v e l o n g b e e n b r u s h e d o v e r l ig h t l y i n t h e i n s t r u c t i o n g ive nto o f fice r s a t The Ar t i l le ry Schoo l , As a r esu l t , mos t o f th e o f fice rs a r r iv -in g i n t h i s t h e a t e r f or a s s ig n me n t t o a r t i l le r y u n i t s k n o w v e r y l i t t l e , i f a n y -t h i n g , a b o u t t h e a d j u s t m e n t , f ir e d i r e c t i on p r o c e d u r e o r r a m i fi ca t i o n s o fh ig h a n g le f ir e . I t i s , t h e r e f o r e , n e c e s s a r y t o d e v o te c o n s id e r a b l e ;t ime a n de f fo r t i n t h e o r i e n t a t i o n a n d i n s t r u c t i o n o f a l l n e w ly a s s ig n e d a r t i l le r y o ff ic e r s .

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c o n s id e r a b l e d i f fi c u l t i e s i n i t s i n i t i a l p e r io d i n t h e c o mb a t z o n e d u e t o t h ein a b i l i t y o f p e r s o n n e l t o b e c o me a c c l ima te d t o l iv in g i n t h e f ie ld . T h i s w a sa d i r e c t r e s u l t o f l a c k o f u n i t t r a i n i n g a n d t r a i n i n g u n d e r f ie l d c o n d i t i on s .T h e u n i t wa s st a t i o n e d a t T h e Ar t i ll e r y C e n te r a s s c h o o l t r o o p s a n d a l t h o u g hi t s t r a i n i n g i n g u n n e r y a n d s e r v ic e o f t h e p i e c e w a s s u p e r i o r b e c a u s e o f t h ewo r k it wa s r e q u i r e d t o p e r f or m f or T h e Ar t i l l e r y S c h o o l, i t wa s n e v e r a b l et o t r a i n a s a b a t t a l i on a n d h a d l it t l e o p p o r t u n i t y t o l iv e i n t h e fi e ld fo r a n ye x t e n d e d p e r i o d . T h e b a t t a l i on w a s , in e f fec t , a co l lec t ion o f gun sec t ions .w h i c h h a p p e n e d t o b e q u a r t e r e d i n t h e s a m e g en e r a l a r e a . F o r t u n a t e l y , t h ee n t r y i n t o c o m b a t w a s m a d e d u r i n g a r e l a t i ve ly q u i e t p e r i o d o f o p e r a t i o n sa n d u p t o t h i s t i m e m o v e m e n t h a s n o t b e e n n e c e s sa r y . T h e b a t t a l i on h a s i n


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fa c t c o m p l e t e d i t s t r a i n i n g o n t h e j ob a n d h a s n o w a c q u i r e d a h i g h s t a t e o fm o r a l e a n d e s p r i t -d e c or p s .

I n v i e w of t h e e x p e r i e n c e s o f t h i s b a t t a l io n i t i s r e c o mm e n d e d th a tu n i t s o f s c h o o l t r o o p s d e s t i n e d f o r o v e r s e a s a s s ig n me n t b e r e m o v e d f r o mth e c o n t r o l o f t h e s ch o o l a r e a s o n a b le l e n g th o f t ime p r io r t o t h e i r i n v o lv e -m e n t in p r e p a r a t i o n fo r o ve r s e a s m o v e m e n t a n d p l a c ed u n d e r t h e c on t r o lo f a t a c t i ca l h e a d q u a r t e r s w i t h a v i ew t o u n d e r g oi n g i n t e n s iv e u n i t t r a i n i n gin t h e f ie ld .

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2000 hou rs 26 May 1952;Ba t t e r ies B an d C , 424 th F ie ld Ar t i l le ry Ba t t a l ion ,p a r t i c ip a t e d i n a c o r p s a r t i l le r y T im e o n T a r g e t m i s s io n o n a r e p o r t e d a c t i vea r t i l le r y p i e c e l o ca t e d i n s id e t h e n o -f ir e l in e i n f r o n t o f t h e 3 1s t In f a n t r y .Du r in g t h i s m i s s io n , s e ve r a l r o u n d s w e r e r e p o r t e d fa l li n g s h o r t , l a n d i n go n a l is t e n in g p o s t p o s i t i on C o mp a n y L , 31 s t I n f a n t r y , wa s p r e p a r in g t oo c cu p y f or t h e n ig h t . S in c e t h e p o s i t i o n wa s n o t o c c u p ie d a t t h e t ime , n o tc a s u a l t ie s w e r e c a u s e d . E x a m i n a t i on o f c r a t e r s a n d fr a g m e n t s t h e d a y .f ol lo win g s h o we d th a t t h e s h o r t r o u n d s we r e f i r e d b y o n e o f t h e 8 -in c h h o w-i t z e r b a t t e r i e s .

A th o r o u g h in v e s t i ga t i o n i n to t h e c a u s e o f t h e s e s h o r t r o u n d s r e v e a l e dt h a t t h e y w e r e fi r e d b y B a t t e r y B a n d t h a t t h e q u a d r a n t m o u n t o n t h e c a r -r i a g e o f n u m b e r t h r e e p i e c e i n B a t t e r y B w a s o u t o f a d j u s t m e n t . W h e n ac e r t a i n e le v a t io n w a s s e t o n t h i s p i e ce , u s i n g t h e q u a d r a n t m o u n t , m e a s u r e -m e n t o f t h e q u a d r a n t e le v a t io n u s i n g t h e s e a t s o n t h e b r e e c h r i n g p r o v e d t h a tt h e a x i s o f t h e b o r e w a s a t a n a n g l e o f e l e va t i o n 1 1.4 mi l s g r e a t e r . -S in c et h i s p a r t i c u la r p i e c e w a s u s e d a s t h e b a s e p i e ce i n r e g i st r a t i o n p r i o r t o f i r -i n g t h e e n t i r e b a t t e r y , i t r e s u l t e d i n n u m b e r 3 b e i n g o n t a r g e t d u r i n g t h et r a n s fe r a n d t h e o t h e r t h r e e p i e c es fi r i n g b e t w e e n t w o a n d t h r e e h u n d r e dy a r d s s h o r t .

O n t h e d a y t h i s m a l a d j u s t m e n t w a s d i s co v er e d , a n i n s t r u m e n t t e a mfr o m o u r s u p p o r t i n g O r d n a n c e c o m p a n y c h e c k e d a n d a d j u s t e d a l l s ig h t i n g andl a y in g e q u ip m e n t o n t h e f ou r h o wi t z e r s o f B a t t e r y B . T h i s h a d a ls o b e e n d o n e w \


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a p p r o x im a t e ly t w o w e e k s p r i o r t o t h i s i n c id e n t . C o mma n d in g o ff ic e r s o f t h et h r e e f i r i n g -b a t t e r i e s w e r e d i r e c t e d t o c h e c k t h e a c c u r a c y o f t h e q u a d r a n tmo u n t s a t l e a s t t w ic e d a i l y . Wh e n i t wa s d i s c ov e r e d t h a t , o n t h e d a y f p l -l ow i n g t h i s a d j u s t m e n t o f B a t t e r y B s q u a d r a n t m o u n t s , t h e s e m o u n t s w e r ea l r e a d y a g a i n o u t o f a d j u s t m e n t , f r o m . 5 to 1 mi l , a l l f ir i n g b a t t e r i e s we r ei n s t r u c t e d t o d i s co n t i n u e u s e of t h e q u a d r a n t m o u n t a n d u s e t h e q u a d r a n ts e a t s o n t h e b r e e c h r i n g e x c lu s iv e ly .

Wh i l e i t i s t r u e t h a t u s e of t h e b r e e c h r i n g s e a t s w i l l in t r o d u c e a rangee r r o r i f c a n t ,i s p r e s e n t , t h i s e r r o r i s s m a l l e n o u g h t h a t i t m a y b e d i s r e g a r d e dp r o v id e d t h e c a n t d o e s n o t e x c e e d 1 00 mi l s . T e s t f i r i n g w i th a p i e c e c a n t e da t a n a n g l e o f 6 5 m i l s r e v e a l e d t h e r a n g e e r r o r a t m i d r a n g e fo r c h a r g e s 6a n d 7 t o b e a p p r o x im a t e ly 2 5 y a r d s , wh i le t h e d e p th c o v e r e d e f fe c t i v e ly b yimp a c t b u r s t o f t h e 8 .-i n c h h o wi t z e r p r o j e ct i l e i s 2 0 y a r d s .

S in c e it has not yet been d e t e r m i n e d w h a t c or r e c t iv e m e a s u r e s a r en e e d e d t o p r e v e n t t h e s h o c k o f fi r i n g l oo s en i n g t h e q u a d r a n t m o u n t , i t i sfe l t t h a t g r e a t e r a c c u r a c y a n d s a fe t y w i l l b e o b t a i n e d b y u s i n g t h e b r e e c h ~r i n g . q u a d r a n t seats only .

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m e n d a t i o n :.

a . Tha t T/O&E 6-125 , I5 May 1952 , be am en ded to ad d one t r ac to rw/d o z e r b l a d e o

b . T h a t s o m e ty p e c on t r o l b e s e t u p b y a l l AS P s t o c o n t r o l t h e i s s u eo f a m m u n i t i o n b y l ot n u m b e r .

C. Tha tT /O&E 6-125 , 15 May 1952, be am en ded to ad d one t r uck2-I/2-to n , 6x6, ca r go, w /win c h f o r u s e a s a mo b i l e f ir e d i r e c t i o n c e n t e r .

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p e r i e n c e t h a t t h i s o r g a n i za t i on h a s g a i n e d d u r i n g t h e p e r i o d F e b r u a r y t h r o u g hJ un e 1952, t h e fo ll ow ing chan ges i n o r gan i za t i on an d equ i pm en t a r e be l i evedjus t i f ied: .

P r e s en t T /O &Es do no t an t i c ipa t e t he l o ss o f pe r s onne l du e t o r o t a -t ion , i l l nes s , R& R, ETS , an d m a ny o t he r fac t o r s . As a r e s u l t t he r e a r ee x t e n d e d p e r i o d s d u r i n g w h i c h u n i t s m u s t m a i n t a i n t w e n t y fo u r h o u r o p e r a -t i ons w i t h a s l it t l e a s e i gh t y pe r cen t o f t he i r au t ho r i zed s t r en g t h r e s u l t ingi n a l os s o f e f fi c iency an d a s ho r t a ge o f t r a i ned pe r s onne l . The pol i cy ofno t a s s i gn i ng pe r s onne l un t i l t he ph ys ica l l o ss o f pe r s onne l s e r i ous l y ha nd i -c a p s t h e t r a i n i n g o f n e w p e r s o n n e 1 i s ma ter i a l ly af fec t in g oper a t ion al e f fi -c i ency . Exper i ence ha s s how n t ha t it t ak es a t l ea s t one m on t h o f on -t he -j obt r a i n i ng t o ena b l e an i nd i v i dua l t o r e l i eve a t r a i ned -s pec i a l is t an d he , is s t i llfa r fr om be i ng a t r a i ned s pec i a l is t h i m s e l f, fu r t he r a t r a i ned s pec i a l is t s hou l dha ve a t l ea s t t en days o f on -t he - job t r a i n i ng be f o r e t ak i ng ove r i n a com ba tzone .

P r e s e n t o r g a n i z a t io n o f h e a d q u a r t e r s a n d h e a d q u a r t e r s b a t t e r y u n d e rth e T/O&E 6-336N w/C 1 an d 2 i s not ad equ at e to accom pl i sh ef fi c i ent ad -m i n i s t r a t i on i n b a t t a l io n h e a d q u a r t e r s , i n t h e o p e r a t i o n a n d fi r e d i r e c t io ns ec t i on , an d t he pe r s onne l s ec t i on w h en t he ba t t a l ion i s o r gan i zed f or com -b a t a n d i s r e q u i r e d t o e s t a b li sh a b a t t a l io n ,r e a r a n d fo r w a r d . T h e p r e s e n t

. or gan i za t i on ha s t he Se r gean t M a j or an d hea dqu a r t e r s c l e r k ( 4405) a s s i gnedt o t h e o p e r a t i o n s a n d ,fi r e d i r e c t io n s e ct i on a n d a s e co n d h e a d q u a r t e r s c le r k(4405) as we l l as a c l erk typ i s t (4405) as s i gned t o t he pe r s onne l s ec t i on .U n d e r t h e p r e s e n t o r g a n i za t i on t h e h e a d q u a r t e r s c le r k ( 44 05 ) a s s ig n e d t ot h e o p e r a t i o n a n d fi r e d i r e c t io n s e ct i on m u s t d o a l l o f t h e a d m i n i st r a t i v ew or k f or t he S - 1 , S -2 an d S -3 w h i ch i s t oo m uch o f a w or k l oad fo r onec l e r k . The c l e r k t yp i s t a s s igned t o t he pe r s onne l s ec t ion w ou l d be o f f a rg r e a t e r v a lu e i f h e w e r e a p e r s o n n e l a d m i n i st r a t i v e c le r k (4 81 6) a n d t h ehea dqu a r t e r s c l e r k (440 5 ) w h o i s a l s o a s si gned t o t he pe r s onne l s ec t i on , w e, r e a fi nan ce c l e r k ( 4624) capa b l e o f p r epa r i ng m i l it a r y pa y o r d e r s , vouch-e r s , a l lo t m e n t r e c o r d s a n d o t h e r r e l a t e d d u t i e s . I t i s b e l ie v e d t h a t t h e r e -e s t ab l i sh i ng o f t he ba t t a l i-on hea dqu a r t e r s s ec t i on , cons i st i ng o f t he Se r gean t


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Major (1502) , he ad qu ar ter s c l erk (4405), agen t (5704) an d l ight t r uck dr iver( 5704); t h e conve r s i on o f t he hea dqu a r t e r s c l e r k ( 4405) o f ope r a t i ons an df ir e d i r ec t i on s ec t i on t o a c l e r k t yp i s t ( 4405); conve r t i ng t he c l e r k t yp i s t ( 4405) o f t he pe r s onne l s ec t i on t o a . pe r s onn e l ad m i n i s t r a t i ve c l e r k (4816)a n d r e p l a c in g t h e h e a d q u a r t e r s c le r k o f t h i s se c t io n w i t h a fi n a n c e c le r k( 4624) w ou l d m a t e r i a l l y i m pr ove t he ad m i n i s t r a t i on an d r eco r ds o f t he en t i r eba t t a l i on . T h i s w o u l d e li m i n a t e t h e n e e d fo r c a r r y i n g p e r s o n n e l i n o n e M OSa n d h a v i n g t h e m p e r fo r m o t h e r d u t i e s .

T/O&E 6-339N w/C 1 an d 2 , for s erv ice ba t t er y , f i e ld ar t i l le ry ba t -t a l i on , 155 -m m how i t ze r t r a c t o r -d r aw n , a u t h o r i ze s o n e O r d n a n c e p a r t sspecia l i st (38 15)) in th e gra de of Corp ora l (E-4). T h e sh o r t a g e o f O r d n a n c ep a r t s a n d t h e sm a l l q u a n t i t y o f s p a r e p a r t s a u t h o r i ze d fo r t h e u n i t s n e c e s si -t a t e t h a t t h e O r d n a n c e p a r t s s p e c ia l is t s p e n d a g r e a t p o r t i o n o f h i s -t i m e i nli a is on w i t h O r d n a n c e d e p o t s a n d s u p p l y c o m p a n i e s , t h i s s o m e t im e s c a u s e sde l ays i n i s sue o f pa r t s an d a l s o e f fec t s t he accoun t i ng s ys t em f or O r dna ncep a r t s w i t h a r e s u l t in g d e c l in e i n s u p p l y e c on o m y . I t i s be l i eved t ha t a ,m or ee ffi ci e n t p a r t s o p e r a t i o n c o u ld b e o b t a i n e d b y a u t h o r i zi n g t w o O r d n a n c e p a r t sspe cia l is t (38 15) i n g r a des o f Se r gean t (E -5 ) an d Cor por a l ( E -4 ) s o t ha t oneO r d n a n c e P a r t s s p e c ia l is t i s a v a i la b l e fo r t h e i ss u e a n d m a i n t e n a n c e o f s p a r epa r t s r eco r d s a t a l l t i m es . T /O &F 6 -339N a l s o au t ho r i zes a m o t o r m a i n t e -na nce Se r gean t ( 1660), Se r gean t F i r s t C l a s s ( E -6 ) f o r t he ba t t a l i on m ot o rm a i n t en an ce s ec t ion , t h i s i nd i v i dua l exe r c i s e s d i r ec t s upe r v i s ion ovkr e l eveni n d i vi d u a l s a n d i n d i r e c t s u p e r v i s io n o v e r n i n e t e e n o t h e r v e h i cle m a i n t e n a n c epe r s onne l , t h r ee o f w h om a r e o f equa l r a nk , i t i s f e lt t ha t m or e e f fi c ien tv e h i cle m a i n t e n a n c e c o u lU b e o b t a i n e d i f t h e b a t t a l io n m o t o r m a i n t e n a n c eSer gean t w er e au t ho r i zed i n t he g r ad e o f M as t e r Se r gean t (E -7 ).

R e c o m m e n d t h a t :a . P r es en t T /O & Es o r po l i ci e s be chan ged t o pe r m i t t he a s s i gn i ng

of pe r s onne l t o un i t s i n exces s o f T /O &E au t ho r i za t i on p r i o r . t o t he ph ys ica ll os s o f pe r s onne l t o i n s u r e ad equa t e t r a i n i ng an d con t i nu ed h i gh e ff ic i ency .

b . The fo llowing cha nges be ma de to T/O&E 6-336N:(1 ) Es t ab l i s h a ba t t a l ion h ead qu a r t e r s s ec t i on w i t h t he fo ll ow ing

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Cl e r k Typ i s t (MOS 4405) P zr son nel Adm in Clk (MOS 4816)(Total 4)

Hq Clerk (MOS 440 5) Fina nce Clerk (MOS 4624)Thes e chan ges w ou l d m a ke an i nc r ea s e o f one i nd i v i dua l i n t he T /O &E, ah e a d q u a r t e r s c le r k (M OS $ 40 5, b u t w o u l d r e s u l t i n a m u c h h i g h e r a d m i n -i s t r a t ive ef f i c i ency.

C. The fo l lowin g cha nge be ma de to T/O&E 6-339N:(1) Two Ord na nce pa r t s specia l i st (MOS 3815) be au th or ized in

t he ba t t a l ion m a i n t ena nce s ec t i on ; one g r ad e E -4 a nd one g r ad e E -5 .(2 ) T h e b a t t a l io n m o t o r m a i n t e n a n c e S e r g e a n t b e a d v a n c e d fr o m

gra de E-6 to gra de E-7 .

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r e l a t i ve t o s epa r a t e f ie l d a r t i ll e r y ba t t a l ion s igna l equ i pm en t a r e be l ievedw or t h y o f s t udy :

The l ong l ines neces s a r y fo r adm i n i s t r a t i on , an d i n s om e cas es t ac t i -.ca l , w i r e com m u ni ca t i ons neces s i t a t e t he ad d i t i on o f a t e l ephon e s e t TP-9p e r h e a d q u a r t e r s a n d p e r s e r v ic e b a t t e r y . .

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I t i s b e l i e ve d t h a t a mo r e e c o n o m ic a l a n d e q u a l ly e f fi c ie n t *s t e m f ors u p p ly o f Qu a r t z c r y s t a l s f or r a d io s c a n b e d e v i s e d . I t i s r e c om m e n d e dth a t i a d io s b e i s s u e d w i th o n ly o n e c r y s t a l p e r u s a b l e c h a n n e l , t h a t c r y s t a l sb e s to c k e d a t c o r p s l e ve l a n d i s s u e d f or f r e q u e n c y c h a n g e s o n a n e x c h a n g eb a s i s . A s imi l a r p r o c e d u r e i s u n d o u b t e d ly a p p l i c a b l e t o d iv i s io n a r t i l le r yb a t t a l i o n s . I n t h i s b a t t a l io n t h i s p r o c e d u r e wo u ld ma k e 2 08 c r y s t a l s n e c e s -s a r y a s c o mp a r e d t o t h e 3 84 0 c r y s t a l s i s s u e d . T h e o v er b a l l n u m b e r o fc r y s t a l s n e c e s s a r y c o u ld u n d o u b t e d ly b e r e d u c e d t o o n e h a l f o r l e s s t h e n u m-b e r p r e s e n t l y r e q u i r e d .

I n d e f e n s iv e o p e r a t i o n s , s u c h a s t h i s b a t t a l i on i s p r e s e n t l y s u p p o r t i n g ,a n a u g m e n t a t i on o f w i r e a n d s w i t c h b o a r d s i s d e s i r a b l e. C u r r e n t l y t h e b a t -t a l i o n h a s 1 20 mi l e s o f w i r e o n t h e g r o u n d ; t h e a u th o r i z a t i on i s f or 7 0 mi l e s .Ap p r o x ima te ly d o u b le t h e a u t h o r i z e d q u a n t i t y o f w i r e is n e c e s s a r y .

T h e n u m b e r o f l a t e r a l l in e s w h i c h c a n b e p u t o u t i n s t a t i c s it u a t i o n a r el im i t e d b y t h e n u m b e r o f s w i t ch b o a r d d r o p s a v a i la b l e . T h k c h a n g e i n t h eT /E f rom 2 tw e lve-d r op boar ds p lus 2 s ix -d r op boar ds to 3 tw e lve-d ;opb o a r d s r e d u c e s w i r e s w i t c h in g f le x ib i li t y . F o r d e f e n s iv e o p e r a t i o n s 3twe lv e -d r o p b o a r d s p lu s 2 s i x -d r o p b o a r d s a r e r e q u i r e d . T h i s b a t t a l i onh a s imp r o v e d t a c t i c a l s w i t c h in g f le x ib i li t y b y u t i l i za t i o n o f 1 twe lv e -d r o pb o a r d i n t h e F D C . T h e b u l k o f t h e F D C c o m m u n i ca t i o n i s h a n d l e d t h r o u g ht h i s b o a r d .

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