ST 9-156: Ammunition Handbook by The Ordnance School - 1950

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD: Reproduction Plant, The Ordnance School, 1942. PRE-FIRST EDITION!!! Temporary Expedient Publication. Wraps. Good. [6], 83-160 plus covers. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. RARE Surviving Copy. The NOTE on the first page (unpaginated) states: This publication is a temporary expedient pending the incorporation of the information contained herein in an approved War Department Manual. Front cover erroneously is for Volume I and there is an ink correction identifying this as Volume II. Cover and some pages are worn and soiled. This was prepared under the direction of the Commandant, The Ordnance School. The contents of Chapter 2. Job Analysis and Course Planning includes sections: Introduction; Divisions and Operations of the trade; Equipment, materials, and mathematics; Job information; Arranging material in an instructional order; The job or project as the vehicle of instruction; and The need for course organization. The Ordnance Specialist School for enlisted personnel… Read More

Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD: The Ordnance School, 1941. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Four-hole punched and held together with two two pronged clips. Good. Format is approximately 8 inches by 13 inches, four-hole punched with two two pronged clips holding the text together. [3],iii-vii, 250 pages. Three pages of errata sheets. 18 appendices. 50 Figures. Printed single-sided only. Cover worn, torn and soiled with some page wear and soiling noted. Pencil marks and notations on cover and some pages. The major portion of this text appears to be an early version of Field Manual No. 9-10 The Ordnance Company -Medium Maintenance; The Ordnance Battalion--Maintenance. It was apparently expected to be issued in July, 1941 the the date of issue is blank. FM 9-10 Ordnance Field Manual Ordnance Field Maintenance was published on April 20, 1942. There are substantial differences between this text and what was officially published as FM 9-10. This publication was intended solely for use as an… Read More