Ordnance Pamphlets
Range Tables · Fire Control · Guns & Mounts · Ammunition · NavPers Publications
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US Navy Ordnance Pamphlets (OP) and NavPers technical manuals from the WWII era and
Cold War period — covering gunnery, fire control, range tables, ammunition, and
naval weapons systems. OP numbers below 769 are early-series pamphlets; the NAVORD
series (late 1940s onward) uses the NAVORD OP prefix.
■ Ordnance Pamphlets (OP)
- OP 0 — Ordnance Pamphlet Zero: Master Index (1946)
- OP-4 — Ammunition (1943)
- OP 245 — Range Tables for the 8″ Gun, 260-lb Projectile, IV 2750 F.S.
- OP 253 — Range Tables for the 8″ Gun, 260-lb Projectile, IV 2100 F.S.
- OP-658 — Fire Control Radar, Mark 8 (January 1943)
- OP-755 — 16″ Triple Gun Turrets, Battleships BB 55–60
- OP 757 — Range Tables for the 16″/45 Caliber Gun, 2700-lb Projectile
- NAVORD OP-769 — 16″ Gun Turret Configuration, USS New Jersey
- OP 770 — Range Tables for the 16″/50 Caliber Gun, 2700-lb Projectile
- OP-831 — Depth Charge Projector Mark 6
- OP 909 — 20-mm A.A. Gun Mounts, Marks 2, 4, 5, 6, and 10
- OP 911 — 20-mm Antiaircraft Gun, Marks 2 and 4
- OP 945 — Range Table for 20-mm A.A. Gun, 2,725 F.S. Initial Velocity(not yet updated to new format)
- OP-1063 — The Stable Element Mark 6
- OP-1064 — Computer Mark 1 and Mods
- OP-1064A — Computer Mark I and Mods Maintenance, Volumes 1 & 2 (1947)
- OP 1091 — A.A. Range Table for the 16″/50 Caliber Gun
- OP-1100 — Range Tables for the 16″/50 HC Mk 13 Mod 0
- OP-1171 — Optical Equipment: Rangefinders Mark 58 & 65 (1944)
- OP-1188 — Abridged Range Tables for US Navy Guns (1944)
- OP-1303 — US Navy Synchros (December 1944)
- OP 1439 — 20-mm A.A. Assemblies (Twin)
- OP 1457 — Abridged Range Tables for the 16″/50 AP Mk 8 Mod 0, 2700-lb Projectile(not yet updated to new format)
- OP-1480 — VT Fuzes for Projectiles and Spin-Stabilized Rockets
- OP-1700 — Standard Fire Control Symbols, Volumes 1–3
- OP-2074 — Computer Mark 48 Mod 1
- OP-2081 — Use of Explosives in Underwater Salvage
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