FM 17-45: Armored Force Field Manual-Armored Engineer Battalion

FM 17-45 Armored Force Field Manual-Armored Engineer Battalion

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FM 17-45

Armored Force Field Manual-Armored Engineer Battalion

Army · FM · Jan 1942 · 94 pages

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FIlE 17-45 ARMORED FORCE FIELD MANUAL ARMORED ENGINEER BATTALION SECTION I GENERAL b 1. PURPOSE.-This manual covers the tactics and technique of the armored engineer battalion. It supplements Basic and Engineer Field Manuals and Engineer Technical Manuals, and will be used in conjunction with them in training the armored engineer battalion and its component parts. * 2. MIssIoN.-a. The principal mission of the armored engineer battalion is to facilitate the rapid movement of the armored division of which it forms an organic part. It is trained and equipped to perform the following tasks for the division, but not all of them at any one time. (1) Reconnoiter and mark roads, trails, and other routes. (2) Reconnoiter bridges, defiles, obstacles, and areas. (3) Construct, improve, or reinforce fords, bridges, and culverts. (4) Construct and maintain floating bridges and ferries.

DesignationFM 17-45

EditionJan 1942

StatusSuperseded

Pages94

FunctionSmall Unit Tactics

EchelonBattalion

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

Editions 2

References 15

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