FM 5-20C: War Department Field Manual, Corps of Engineers, Camouflage of Bivouacs, Command Posts, Supply Points, and Medical Installations

FM 5-20C War Department Field Manual, Corps of Engineers, Camouflage of Bivouacs, Command Posts, Supply Points, and Medical Installations

FM 5-20C

War Department Field Manual, Corps of Engineers, Camouflage of Bivouacs, Command Posts, Supply Points, and Medical Installations

Army · FM · May 1944 · 75 pages

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Study aerial photographs and large-scale maps of area to be occu pied. Make one or more tentative camouflage plans designed to take advantage of dark and heavily textured parts of the ground pattern. 2. Make ground reconnaissance of area. 3. Make final comprehensive camouflage plan. If necessary, draw dia gram of plan on map overlay. Make use of overhead cover, clumps of bushes, scrub growth, folds or other shadow-casting irregularities in the ground surface. Plan should include: -a. Adequate dispersion. b. Areas for: (1) Unit tentage. (2) Facilities. (3) Vehicle and equipment parking. (4) Parking for visiting vehicles. (5) Security elements. (6) Cutting natural materials. (7) Disposal of spoil. c. Track plan, which: (1) Makes use of existing foot paths and vehicle tracks.

DesignationFM 5-20C

EditionMay 1944

StatusSuperseded

Pages75

FunctionEngineering

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)