"The study will establish the relative operational advantages and disadvantages of employing the XM104 howitzer in pertinent divisional and non-divisional artillery units compared with other weapons which will be available in the same time period."--Excerpted from page 11.

Cover title. "November 1961."

Authority --Problem -- Objective and scope -- Assumptions -- Facts bearing on the problem -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Recommendations -- Annex A A comparison of the characteristics and capabilities of the XM104 howitzer with other weapons and with the operational requirements of the field army -- Annex B An accompanying vehicle for the XM104 self-propelled howitzer -- Annex C The essential characteristics of close support divisional artillery weapons for the period 1965-1970 -- Annex D -- Study directive -- References -- Distribution.