FM 5-15: Engineer Field Manual, Field Fortifications

FM 5-15 Engineer Field Manual, Field Fortifications

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FM 5-15

Engineer Field Manual, Field Fortifications

Army · FM · Aug 1949 · 388 pages

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Section I. GENERAL 1. PURPOSE, a. This manual provides the latest in- formation on hasty or expedient means of obtaining protected firing positions for weapons, and shelter for individuals and units, with a minimum expenditure of time and labor. Such hasty or expedient defensive works are known as field fortifications. b. This manual is designed for use by all branches of the Army, in all. climates and on all types of terrain. 2. SCOPE, a. This manual incorporates the best field fortification practices and techniques developed, tested, and proved in World War II. It also covers techniques improvised since that war. It includes detailed informa- tion on the construction of expedient intrenchments, emplacements, hasty shelters, entanglements, and ob- stacles, and describes the tools necessary for such con- struction.

DesignationFM 5-15

EditionAug 1949

StatusSuperseded

Pages388

FunctionEngineering

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

Editions 6

References 17

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