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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.

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