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FM 5-33 Terrain Analysis

FM 5-33

Terrain Analysis

Army · FM · Jul 1990 · 205 pages

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PART ONE Terrain Evaluation and Verification FM 5-33 Natural Terrain Chapter 1 SURFACE CONFIGURATION Maneuver commanders must have accurate intelligence on the surface configuration of the terrain. Ravines, embankments, ditches, plowed fields, boulder fields, and rice-field dikes are typical surface configurations that influence military activities. Elevations, depressions, slope, landform type, and surface roughness are some of the terrain factors that affect movement of troops, equipment, and material. Landforms Landforms are the physical expression of the land surface. The principal groups of landforms are plains or plateaus, hills, and mountains. Within each of these groups are surface features of a smaller size, such as flat lowlands and valleys. Each type results from the interaction of earth processes in a region with given climate and rock conditions.

DesignationFM 5-33

EditionJul 1990

StatusSuperseded

Pages205

FunctionEngineering

EchelonTroop

CollectionRecent Archive

Editions 2

References 16

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