Marine Corps · SSN history

616 Tank Gunner

Appendix B lists SSN 616, Tank Gunner, under AR 615-26 of September 1942 and its supplements, with SSN 736 as a suggested conversion. This was not an automatic replacement: each affected Marine’s qualifications had to be reviewed against the job specifications.

Codes named in this history

Codes without a directory match

  • 736 stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.

Documented history

Tank Gunner

June 1945 is the manual’s publication date; no effective date for this suggested conversion is given.

  • No June 1945 Present Title is listed for SSN 616, and the entry does not establish a fixed transition to SSN 736.
Source extraction notes

Predecessor title from the AR 615-26 column: Tank Gunner. Suggested conversions/remarks: 736. The table gives no row-level effective date. June 1945 is the manual publication date, not an effective conversion date.

Source documents (1)

Reviewed September 24, 2026 against references 3 and 4.

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