FM 10-8: Airdrop of Supplies and Equipment in the Theater of Operations

FM 10-8 Airdrop of Supplies and Equipment in the Theater of Operations

FM 10-8

Airdrop of Supplies and Equipment in the Theater of Operations

Army · FM · Dec 1969 · 35 pages

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FM 10-8 ment is applied to materials, devices, hardware, and other items used to prepare loads for airdrop. f. Airdrop Rigging. Rigging is a general term used to describe the processes and procedures by which a specific item or load of supplies is prepared for airdrop. It includes the assembly, loading, and marking of airdrop containers, platforms and platform assemblies, and the attachment of parachutes to prepared loads. Section II. AIRDROP SYSTEM 1-4. General Summary a. The airdrop support system described in this manual is applicable to a force of any size or composition operating within the general framework of organization identified in FM 54-3, FM 54-4, FM 54-7, and FM 100-10.

DesignationFM 10-8

EditionDec 1969

StatusSuperseded

Pages35

FunctionSustainment

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

References 20

FM 29-50Not in the Vault
TM 10-500Not in the Vault
TM 743-200Not in the Vault
FM 10-8-1Not in the Vault
TM 57-220Not in the Vault