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FM 25-6 Dog Team Transportation

FM 25-6

Dog Team Transportation

Army · FM · Jan 1941 · 83 pages

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FM 25-6 BASIC FIELD MANUAL DOG TEAM TRANSPORTATION (This manual supersedes TR 1380-20, June 15, 1926) CHAPTER 1 SLED DOG 1. UsE or Doc TEAMS-Dog transportation is useful under conditions of snow and ice which preclude the use of horses, mules, or motorized transportation. Dogs can pull loads across country and along difficult trails where crusted or windswept snow is solid enough to support the sled on its runners. Dry snow and cold dry weather are most favorable for dog transportation. When snow is soft, a trail must be broken for the dogs and sleds by marching men, preferably wearing snowshoes. Wet snow, even if only a few inches deep, may prevent movement entirely by sticking to the snowshoes of men breaking trail and by gathering in masses under the sled. Light, damp snow adds greatly to the difficulty of movement by clinging to the sled runners.

DesignationFM 25-6

EditionJan 1941

StatusSuperseded

Pages83

FunctionLeadership Training

EchelonTeam

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)