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FM 17-80 Armored Medical Units

FM 17-80

Armored Medical Units

Army · FM · Aug 1944 · 37 pages

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CHAPTER 1 GENERAL Section I. CHARACTERISTICS OF ARMORED MEDICAL UNITS 1. GENERAL. a. This manual is designed as a supplement to FM 8-10. Herein are contained only those subjects and procedures peculiar to armored medical units. b. Armored medical organizations are specially equipped and trained for operations with armored units. (See fig. 1.) (1) The medical detachment of the tank battalion moves in vehicles in close support behind the tank companies, and directs its principal efforts at emergency treatment, either in vehicles or on the battlefield. All casualties are promptly evacuated to battalion aid stations or to casualty collecting points established along the axis of evacuaticn.

DesignationFM 17-80

EditionAug 1944

StatusSuperseded

Pages37

FunctionSmall Unit Tactics

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

References 13

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