FM 5-5: Engineer Field Manual, Troops and Operations

FM 5-5 Engineer Field Manual, Troops and Operations

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FM 5-5

Engineer Field Manual, Troops and Operations

Army · FM · Jan 1941 · 397 pages

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Production, reproduction, and distribution of maps and map substitutes to plan and guide the military effort as a whole. (2) Engineers impede movement of the enemy by execution of demolitions and creation of obstacles; they increase combat power of other arms by furnishing technical assistance, tools, and engineer supplies for construction of defensive field works and camouflage, and by construction of works requiring special equipment and training; and finally they may be committed to combat. (3) In addition to the primary missions given above, engineers contribute to the health and sustenance of troops by providing for their shelter and water supply, together with utilities and incidental installations (except signal communication). b.

DesignationFM 5-5

EditionJan 1941

StatusSuperseded

Pages397

FunctionEngineering

EchelonTroop

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

Editions 2

References 34

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