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DA Form 7540-1 is a Department of the Army form in the DA series. Title of record: M41 IMPROVED TARGET ACQUISITION SYSTEM (ITAS) GUNNERS SKILL TEST, SCORECARD FOR PART 1. Function: m41 improved target acquisition system (itas) gunners skill test, scorecard for part 1. The edition presently published bears the date 11/01/2015, with a status of ACTIVE. Physical extent is 1 page(s) and about 138 fillable fields.
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- Comments
- Comments_Field
- Date1
- Date2
- Date3
- Date_Text1
- Date_Text2
- Date_Text3
- Eight
- Eleven
- Evaluators
- Evaluators_Name
- Evaluators_Name_Field
- Evaluators_Signature
- Fifteen
- Five
- Form_Rectangle
- Four
- Fourteen
- Go_1
- Go_10
- Go_11
- Go_12
- Go_13
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Questions and answers
- What is DA Form 7540-1?
- M41 IMPROVED TARGET ACQUISITION SYSTEM (ITAS) GUNNERS SKILL TEST, SCORECARD FOR PART 1
- Which edition is current?
- 11/01/2015
- Who is responsible for this form?
- T2COM
- In which formats can it be downloaded?
- PDF, PDF
Publisher notes
- 42-ITEM ONLY PRODUCED IN ELECTRONIC MEDIA