FM 55-60: Transportation Corps: Railway Shop Battalion

FM 55-60 Transportation Corps: Railway Shop Battalion

FM 55-60

Transportation Corps: Railway Shop Battalion

Army · FM · Jan 1944 · 64 pages

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Tkis manual supersedes TM 5-410• 29 Navember 1940 SECTION I GENERAL 1. PURPOSE AND SCOPE. a. This manual explains the organization and operation of the railway shop battalion for employment on a standard military railway. Its purpose is to assist railway shop battalion officers in the training and operation of their units, and to guide command and staff officers charged with the employment of railway shop battalions. b. Since actual conditions which confront a railway shop battalion may vary widely, it is not intended that a literal interpretation of these provisions be made. They should be considered as a guide, and exceptions thereto should be made in the interest of efficient operation and greater utility. C. The statement of duties is only for the purpose of showing the command relations between various indi viduals and command responsibility, and to explain Tables of Organization.

DesignationFM 55-60

EditionJan 1944

StatusSuperseded

Pages64

FunctionSustainment

EchelonBattalion

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

References 7

FM 55Not in the Vault
FM 22Not in the Vault
TM 5Not in the Vault
TM 5-410Not in the Vault