WAR DEPARTMENT TECHNICAL MANUAL TM 9-2601 This TM supersedes WD Pamphlet No. 1065, Elementary Optics and Applications to Fire RESTRICTED. DISSEMINATION OF RESTRICTED MATTER. TM 9-2601 Instruction Guide: WAR DEPARTMENT Washington 25, D. C., 19 April 1945 Elementary Optics and Applica tions to Fire Control Instruments, is published for the information and guidance of all concerned. DISTRIBUTION: AAF (10); AGF (5); ASF (2); S Div ASF (1); Dept (10); AAF Comd (2); Arm & Sv Bd (1); Tech Sv (2); SvC (10); PC&S (1); PE, 9 (5); Dist O, 9 (5); Dist Br O, 9 (3); Reg O, 9 (3); Establishment, 9 (5) except Am Establishments; Decentralized Sub-O, 9 (3); Gen & Sp Sv Sch (10); USMA (20); A (10); CHQ (10); D (2); AF (2). (For explanation of symbols, see FM 21-6.) RESTRICTED This TM supersedes WD Pamphlet No. 1065, Elementary Optics and Applications to Fire Control Instruments, dated January 1924, and Ordnance School Text (TM 9-2601), Elementary Optics, dated December 1942. CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1. SCOPE. a. This manual is published primarily for the information and guidance of ordnance maintenance personnel and others who must be familiar with the functioning of fire control instruments. b. This manual covers the basic principles of optical theory necessary to understand the operation of fire control instruments. It contains descriptive matter and illustrations sufficient to provide a general knowledge of the principles upon which the design and construction of military optical instruments are based. |