"The Manual on the Rules of Field Artillery Fire, 1945, was compiled so as to meet the educational standards of an officer who had finished an artillery school during the war, or a reserve officer who has an average education, is in all probability familiar with the fundamentals of theory, and has studied the information on artillery covered in Book I- Artillery Course; the Artillery Combat Regulations, Part I; and the Armed Forces Ministry of the USSR's field manual - Battery and Battalion Devices for Firing on Ground Targets."--Page 1.

Original work published by Military Publishing House, Ministry of Armed Forces of the USSR, Moscow, 1947. Reproduction of typescript. "This manual was compiled by the Artillery Marksmanship-Tactical Committee."--Page 1. "Translated from the Russian under the supervision of Department of Gunnery, The Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, July 1952"--Title page.

Part 1Basic rules -- Preliminary fire preparation -- Target designation -- Preparation of initial data for firing -- Fire for adjustment -- Transfer of fire -- Direct fire of individual guns -- Fire for effect -- Fire at night and under a smoke screen -- Fire with special ammunition -- Part 2 Characteristics of fire of army artillery and heavy artillery -- Adjustment by measured deviations -- Counterbattery fire -- Fire for destruction of very strong structures -- Part 3 Conduct of fire by battalion -- Preparation for conducting fire by battalion and control of fire by battalion -- Methods of conducting fire -- Part 4 Deliberate preparation and special types of fire -- Deliberate preparation of fire -- Special types of adjustment and transfer of fire - Employment of registration guns -- Fire with special shells -- Fire on a balloon -- Mountain firing -- Appendix I Analytical calculation of topographic data -- Appendix II Rules for determining the reduction of initial velocity by measuring the powder chamber of the piece -- Appendix III Adjustment of guns and charges -- Appendix IV Tables for approximate calculation of firing conditions -- Appendix V Computing of adjustment with bilateral observation -- Appendix VI-VII Determining the signs of corrections.