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Field Manual 6-40 Field Artillery Manual Cannon Gunnery has been recognized widely by the Army and Marine Corps as the training publication with clear and uncontested truth about meeting the requirements for accurate predicted fires. Surprisingly though, this manual (last updated as a multi-service manual in October 1999) tells Field Artillery leaders nothing about how to troubleshoot problems in firing accuracy.
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As the adage that "no plan survives first contact with the enemy" is true, so also is that "no firing battery always hits the target." The need to isolate, detect and solve firing inaccuracies by practicing a gunnery ...