FM 5-10: Engineer Field Manual Communications, Construction, and Utilites

FM 5-10 Engineer Field Manual Communications, Construction, and Utilites

FM 5-10

Engineer Field Manual Communications, Construction, and Utilites

Army · FM · Jan 1940 · 463 pages

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1-2 ENGINEER FIELD MANUAL demands of modern warfare, in which emphasis is placed upon mobility and transportation, require that even forward roads be kept fit for the rapid movement of heavily loaded motor vehicles. The great weight of artillery ammunition alone places a tremendous burden on roads, both in open and stabilized warfare. Road traffic is at a maximum during offensive operations when demands for ammunition and engineer materials, in addition to Class I supplies, are at their highest, and when the exploitation of tactical success may depend upon the continuing flow of such supplies to the advancing troops. Scarcely less, however, is the need to maintain communications in a defensive situation, or in one involving retrograde movement. * 2. RESPONSIBILITY FOR MILITARY ROADS.--a.

DesignationFM 5-10

EditionJan 1940

StatusSuperseded

Pages463

FunctionEngineering

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

References 7

FM 5Not in the Vault
TM 5-270Not in the Vault
TC 3Not in the Vault