"This book is a text book for cadets of artillery schools. It may serve as an aid for officers of elements of an observation battalion operations and procedures, and also for students of the Artillery Academy and the Higher Artillery Officer's School, when they are studying sound ranging."--Title page.

"Military Publishing House, Ministry of the Armed Forces of the USSR, Moscow 1948"--Title page. "Editor: Col. of Engineers Kolesnikov, G. M. Technical Editor: Kuzmin, I. F. Corrector: Andronova, K. D."--Title page. "Translated from the Russian under the supervision of: The Artillery School, Department of Gunnery, October 1952"--Title page.

Vol. I --General situation concerning sound ranging -- The sounds of shots and their dissemination in the atmosphere -- The determination of the location of the sound target by the principle of the difference of times -- Instruments of the sound ranging station -- Processing the tape and readings -- Determining the coordinates of targets -- Deciphering the tape -- Vol. II -- Errors in sound ranging -- The deployment and combat performance of the sound-ranging battery in various types of battle -- Firing with the aid of the sound ranging battery -- Tying-in by sound -- Sound camouflaging artillery fire -- Appendix 1 Table of the speed of sound in m/sec -- Appendix 2 Table of corrections for the determination of virtual temperatures -- Appendix 3 Table of corrections for distance -- Appendix 4 Table of corrections for wind -- Appendix 5 Table of the squares of numbers from 0 to 4045 in determining the length of the base -- Appendix 6 Table of values W cos -- Appendix 7 Table of the natural values of the sin's of angles -- Appendix 8 Work with an ohmmeter -- List of literature used in compiling the manual.