FINNISH ASSAULT BOAT FIELD MANUAL

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• Publication Date: January 17, 1951
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Cha ter I ~ General
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Chapter III Crossing Y
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anon, Propulsions and Crossing
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Transport of Homo and Vehiola
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g ~ Transport of Supplies
Cha ter V. Bridge Gonetruotion and Dismantling
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2, Conetruation
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Opening and Closing Channel Passage
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6. Dismantling by Sections
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Or anization of Troops for Crossing
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�Proaedures
Chapter VII. Safety Precautions and 1~esau
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Chap
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l: The assault boat equipage ie eupl~ted ? for troop
araeinga and ~'or tho transport of 1iQht loads ~ ae an aeaat~t boat;
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as rafts ~ and oe floating bridged
2. Employ~ent a` assault boats ooourra genorally during
initial oroeainga and during patrol aotivitioo ~ The assault boat a~
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equivale
raft
3 ~ The assault boatf had a oarryi~~g oapaoity of two horses ~
two horse-drawn vehioleo ~ horse and ver~iole, field kitoMen~ light
field pieoe or hor?itzer without limber, or light motor vehiole
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Chapter z7 ~ dandling of Assault boat ~c~uipage and Layout of
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The assault boat (Fig 1) is oonstruated of wood Sinoe
bow and stern are identioal the or~aft may mane in either direotion
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with equal faoi~,ity?
The gunwales are provided with, three pairs of oarlocks for
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rowing and eaoh end is provided with one oarlook for a steering
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oars Eaoh gunwale is pra~ided with two gunwale plates to% the
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gunv~ale hooky o~ the sill are ~att~ohed ~ line rings are provided
at the ends,. of the gunwales (four to .e ora~'~)~ ..and the inner side
of eaoh' gunwale his ,s~x� hind, gips for parrying the assault boat
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ear 55 oentimetera
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X00 kiloGrema
35 aentimetera
750 kilo~?'ema
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1,000 kilograms
2G oentimetera
1,250 kilograms
22 aentimetera
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the commands PREPARE TO CARRY
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pooition~ The rotting gear moat then be oarY~ied separstely~
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when passage moat be through reatriated openinge~ For thin purpose
the ends of the gt~? ropes mentioned in section 29 of this manual axe
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made feet ~ritb epprapriate knots to the gay line tinge on the oppo�
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site end of the oraft j one on the outside eurfaae of the boat and
the other on the inside. The tepee are dram taut and the orate
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the upper gunwale R'~th the other hand Four men take positions on
the outside ~ carrying the boat by the t~ts~,de rope
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sion from the gunwales of the boat ~ The ends of the asst ere out ~k
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et en 'angle to fit the ourveture of the gunvralAe ~ This feet moat
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thus made from two de ok pnnole ie ~ ~ 74
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der nearest the panel to execute the oarry~
sboul
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tributing the Height over aeq
ort sill latee in the center of
pae� through the holes of the eupp p
b means o! tying acts ~ The supper
the curbs a~ad are tightened y
�ill are ighs a~;prox?imately 8 kilogram
Fi g~ gupport 9i11 (p 16~
g
rd rail post (Fig 9) is fastened to the leak a
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anal in the f of ~
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to b81A in the book o� the balk,
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a rope ip provided on tb upp ,
the oats
rails to the. posts and for tying p
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guard toil poste aro e~lo~ed
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long aides o! ralta ~ short rails o! a length o! a, ~ meters and � ~i
diameter o! 7 ~ g vontimetera are o led an
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Linea ~
Length Disaster
9ridlo
l~gR/line 6 ~ ~ l~
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Anohor oable ~p
2~2~ A filing aooop (Fig 14) ie part o! the ui mont o!
eq P
raoh assault boat ~ :p
Fig l0i Be?il,ing ~ooop (p 1?)
23~ A boat hook is also inoluded Sn the equipment of eaoh
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assault boat
3 ~ ~ oole ,t
Nand tool, duoh as ahavela, axes, mattooks, oroRbe~rs
and ease are obtained from the battalion supply, ,
B. Lay-out of Equipage on Nridge Conatruotian Site
3
2~~ The equipage is laid out near the oonetruotion site in F"
suoh manner that it ie undRr over from ene~gr aerial and ound
the elfeot o! ae arate~
reoonnaiasanoe and proteoted against/ene Fire ou i
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various t es of a ui a
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2b~ The amount of spade available on the bridge site and the
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far which �oraa of the materials themaol4oa mad bQ amplo~?ed a
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to prevent damage to mat~riala and for eaoo of hsndling
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needed a~'ter each uao
~ha t@r TII ~ Croaaingt by MQane off' th~a Assault float 5
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A. preparation of Assault Boat for mowing
The stew oP the aaaaalt boat oonaleta o!' 2 oarsmen and
29
one man t o hold the rudder
o ui a �for thQ aoaault boat i~ oonaiata of s 2 seats,
The q p ~
oars 2 mooring linoQ, / bai1~ and l boathook
3 ,
The mooring lines ar� a~ade Pact ~ with appropriate knots to
both
the moorin tinge, one at eaoh end of Draft, and/on the same eida~
g
Each line is ooilAd and stewed in the nearest end.
The aeatQ are fitted into position in such manner that the
e on thA waleQ are midway between the suspension hooks
painted mark ~
Dare ar� hoed on the seats oP the as~aault boat
of the seat Th� P
The bail and boathoo~c are plea�d on the floor
La~~nohing and Manning the Assault Eoat
1. The Rule Squad
rma ea indicated in Figure 12 to carry aaaa~t
~0 ~ The squad fo
boat to launching site ~
aault boat fa carried to the launching site and is f
31, The as
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hvved out far enough eo that bottom wild. not serape r~hen boat is
s ~ j
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fully loaded ~ t~,
n number 9 removes mooring line from stern end off' craft and
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o hold assault boat in tow, as indicated in Fi~are
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et ~'aoing toward otern~ n~~sber ~ ai ~
Tabora ~ i end 7 0 ao
dor man ptopo into etorn o~ul pad plaoea ~
as floor, Esping foxrrard~ rud R
or 9 ontere 1aet, ~haviag draft of
rudder oar into pooitionl nu~ab
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a, The Autamaatio Rif ~,e d4~d
d ie pliaood in the ae~ault
~2, The automatic rifle aqua
boat as indioatod ~ F'igur'e 11~~
g, Other 'epee of 3quado
s mortar equado, and others are brans- '
39 ~ Maohine gu'n squad ~
t outlined in pe~ragragh 31 for the
orted in a oaanner oimilar to bha e
p
d not including the oaramm and the
rifle squad ~ The permitted loa o
went or 1, 000 kilograms of dead
dder man, is 10 men and their equip ~
ru
weight load
eneral Notes on Crossings
C~ 0
are n~,rned as repla0ementa
34 ~ Alternates i
rif these may be wo~ded~
the oarsmen and rudder man to take we
for
riff�s or pe,oks
The oarsmen do not parry
salt boat pack are carried on the
35, Y~hen transporting the ass
Rules are parried in the moat oon-
b~ak if the men are so equipped. A
venient manner ssault boat
the a '
s parried on the arm while entering ~'j
The pack i in verti-
The rif 1e is held T
is held on the knees in the oraf t
aa?d
t!
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parried out i
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c,; n is in oommand during arose- F~
hl and with~t noise ~ Tie rudder ma
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pot
sm osition
orders ~ No one may m~r� to aanotY~er p
ings and only he gives
t~ rules is prohibited
staff should list fitting on the gun
even if the
tb~eir aentera to
~rooden menbers axe transp~'ted
37 ~ Long
steel aonneoting linkages
F"~ to botbo~ off' assault b~~t 'by t
avoid damage
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tl~o pa~?o1 is ~
ruo~C~on group tako tho panel one oaro~"~1~y plaao it into
the oonat
position boaido tho f'irat panA1~
~ aloe t~ brid~o
Tho dock panQla mgt not bo pua~ed or dra~~~~
- - look anus off' tho drat �pan arA in pl~aoo the ooblo
Y+1~~n tho p
onds of the r~oorin~ linen to piokota on tho ohoro
men make ~'aat tk~A
The deok penal gro~~p mc~@o o~~'t
The mon pf the non�truobion ~ro~ap who are in the near'
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oat remain them dnr;~r~~ the oonptruotion o~ tho t'ol-
�hore nosaul~~ b
un but those wl~o had b�on on ohore orosQ a~4r tie ne~~r-
loni~~~ deok sp
the streamwar~l ac~aa~~1t, boat ~ Tl~o group leader doeQ
chore boat into
men ~ro~~ the shore mono into tl~~~ near-shore boat
likewise The oable
the moorin linen o~ the next assault boa~a from the oarsmen
and take ~
The oars~aon leav� 'the boat
anal ra,~p brims u deok panel to thQ ~?�ad o~
The :first d~aok p
deok Thar penal is hE~nded to the oonstruation
the bride on the
oed into pocit~.on as india~?ted in paragraph 77.
group and pla
nel our brinLa th� mate panel seotion upon the
Tho seoar~d pa 1
anc1 laaement o~ mate panel is des-
panel already in plaae~ E~andlin~ p
aribed in paragraph 7~+
anels are in plaa� the cable men tie the ends
P~hen both desk p
the mooring rims of the riser-shore boat with
of the mooring linen to
the appropriate knot~~
c~ in this raann9r until the brid~� �x-
Construation is contirnte
-shore abutmont dill is made fast
tends across th� streams The fnr
~nal heck span has been built The ~hore-
with pickets anly after the
o~ the last assault boat are find with thn appro- ,
aide mooring lines
riate knots to pickets driven on the shore
p
e anchored into position ~vith upstream and doom-
. ~ g0 ~ The bride
stre$m anahors~
ositions
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in~iiaat~d ~c~ ~~~uxa ~Q~
aketa with maArin~ k~?ota ~ 'the otY~or end of the oablA
to these pi
o ht clan the bride to the aaaaul~ bout ae~,eatAd by th~a bridge
br ~u~-- - -
ote~l boat hae boon maneuver�d into position
ai'fia~r~ When the ae1Q
notion of the brld~o the and of the oab1~ io I
on the line of oon~tr
ot~ times around thA bunk and is then madA fast ~rlth
wo~~nd three or ~
the appropriate knot
e numt~er of a~~c~~or oablea is dotorr~lin�~l by the foro� of thA
Th
~t th a stream v�looit~r o� ~0 to ~'0 o�ntimetera par aeoond
ours�n~~f i
an anohor oabl� is fastened to ~~vary third aaaa~at boat
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r
to the shores, Th�oo are conatruoted of loom materials as
anc~~arod
indioatgd iri ~i~~~ro 2:~
terlals req~~irerl :for th� oonatruotion of a bottom ar~el~or
The mu
~ a ole ~ ~ 5 rnot�rs ~.ong with a d~.ametor of 6 oontimeters
consist of p
I~nk~ �our oroaa-pieoes, length meters, diameter 5
to f orro the eh ,
� a 0�meter length of annealed steel wire, diameter 2
centimeters, 3
targ� 20 ata~?lAS; 4 or 5 ean~lbags to be filled with coarse gra-
inillime ,
1�s ~ loahinpn to tie oandba~s to anohor~
vel or small stogy ;
. ors are oast apprnximatgly 4~ m�ters distant fro~a th�
The snob
oonstruotion~ The line of anchors is marked in advance
line of Ur~.dge
the name f aahion as the bride line rras marked �
with stakes in
rails are installed by the ward rail grrn~p� Two
gl ~ Guard
j t the oats for 'the beginning end of the
men fast the guar-d rail posts, p
d from shore, but as the oons3truction prog~�esaes
bridge are oarrie ~i
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ced in th� bottom of each gssau~t boat to be taken tb
t posts are pla '
t e brad e. The other two men of the group lash the
the head of th g
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on the inner sides of the posl~s~ The ends of the rai s
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o~ the r~l fail ~r�up mint
the hoed of the brid~a ~ The oporation
o movotaonto o~ tho cloak penal ~roupa ~ Tho movA~
not intorFore with th
u u on the b~i~i~a aro limitod to the
monta of the guar~~ rail fro p A
in ~`arward with oonatruotian. The poste
aarryi~?~ o~ the rails and mov
the rails lE~~hod with the caAn working ~rAiil
aro into plane and
seats racy be sot into place iF noeded
the aosa+~lt boats ~ The
rou aompl~etoa the laying; of oacl~ dAak
~ As tho oonstruction ~ p
k ar� set into placo~ Two men from th�
pan�l span the tranever�~ bal
� re uirec~ For this operation, The trandv�rse
aonatruation group ar ~
bo#~tom of tl~o assault boat and itQ onds are
balk is 1iFt�d �rom tho
boat bolow th� deck of th� bride@~ The
placed upon the bt.~ca of ~tl~e
of tho bridgo anc~,~r~asping t1~a ti� ol~r~~~pc,
men cli~nb to th� deck
� dva~? s an, guide thn gooks of tie c1aml~a
cvnt9r tho balk ~n~r~orrio~th th p
lam later on th� upp�r surFao� of th�
thr�i~~1~ the hol9s c~ thQ c p p
n~?ts~ ;3peoial men Ire appointed to fQS~
oid�rails and ti~htgn the wing
the construotion of longer brid~ep~ The
ten tie tra~~svarse balk in
oam feted bridge a~jnaars in Figure
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a be dismantled �rnm either end. The sam�
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all observed in dismantling ao in cons-
division of labor is gener Y
has boon received the groups
truction~ Vlhen thA order For dismantling
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boats; the cable men gnter the b ~ ,
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f the anchor group go into the First
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is plaaod upon tho �ira~ doAk pAnal opa~~ tho soaond daAk pane gra~~p
is plaa~ad on the �ira~t dook� pa~ol opan~ tho �~r,~t ~l~ok pa~ol group is
plaood on the third d~ak panel span,
gl,~, ~'ho guard rail group diet~antleo tho pua~~~~ rail ~ plaAOa the
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posts ~ in tho bottom off' the assault boats ~ and aarx~iea the guard
rails to ~th~ pr�aorlbsd looation on s~iar�,
Tho mon o~ the oanstruotion gro~~p in tho �irst, aosa~~lt boat u~~-
�aaten the transverse balk of the First deok panel span a~1~1 plane it
on the bottom o� thA boat,
Th� aooon~ desk panel group lifts ~ith~rr ono o� tho door pclnols
on �dgo upon thQ atl~~rr panel ~~ith thA aid ~ o� tho construction
group and the abutm�nt �ill group, Tho dook panel is oaxried on sd~;e
to the first com~?lata door panel spa~i whor� it is seised to the show.-
dRrs and then oarrier~ to thQ prosoribQc~ looatiori,
The mate deck panel is lift0d at on� �nd by the abutment sill
group and by the oonstr~totion group at the other and and is this trane-
�erred to the deck o� thA bridge, Tho first deok panel group carries
it upon their shoulders to the presoribod looation~
Tho oabl� ~~�n untie the mooring lines from the mooring rings o�
th� second assault boat and remain in raadin�as to pull the boat by
means of the mooring lines to thn end of the bridge, ;
'the s�oond deok panel group ramcver~ either deok panel of the pe-
cond span with the aid o� the construotion group as �xplained above,
The First deok panel group removes the matQ panel with the assia~ F
tense o� the moo o� the oonatr~iotian group in the assault boat who E
raise the rear end o� the panel from the ponton si11, extending that
end to the nearest men of the deck panel group, The leader o� the
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boat by met~na o~ tho doRk par~a~, and s~~ ~�tQ~ by tho ct~blo mop r Tho
~n of the ��nstruation ~r�up in tho first aoaault boat x+~iso tho
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Front and of tho dook panel fxom th� ponto~~ gill and o:~ond it to tho
firot ~?�n o~ the dook panol ~~roup~ Tk~o pas~ol io lif~~ad to tho o~3oul-
dors and serried away
The for�moat mon of tho oonst~ruotion group ~roaocd ovor ono
aosault boat into th� following boat, ramovin~ tho t~^an�voree talk o~
tho last dock panel span as they do eo, and place the balk on the bot-
too of thQ boat
Tho assault boat th~~ freod i� ~~eed to osr~~y away ~f~h� abut~~ent
Dill group sand sill �quipment, The assault bo~it prepa~r~?tion men pull
tho boats to shore and remove th� �qulpm�nt in t~~Qm~ Tha oaromen pro-
oood along the brid~o to oonvey away the ~r��d boat�~
Thc~ anci~or oablop are removed Pram tl~e aoeault boats as th�y are
freed from the end o� the bride�~ Tho aablAS am dropp�d into the
orator and tho anchor mon on shorn draw them to thQ s~1or�~
e other abut~;~ent sill is th� final it�m to be removed
Th
~ ~ Cot>tstruct~.on by days
1. General
~orietxuct9,on of the bridge by buy~e ie defined ae that
one or more deck panel spins
method in whioh seet~bns of: bride of
t t~uSlt and then maneuvered irLto the ~,~.ne of the br~.d~e and
are fire
are joined to~;ether~
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Construction by buys is edyent~~eous tinder the f ollow~.ng con- ~
~ ce1n be constructed in protected arses away
f' ditions. when the bays
frog the br3.dge site in location; off�r~.n~ cover from enemy ~rot~nd
rind sir attack, ~tnd urban rapid constructir~n is des3,red with nn ela-
meat of surprise, end when branches of the stream, protected bays,
end other netur~l Features me~r be employed es constr~aotion sites for
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bays; when rapid di~n~nt~,ir?~ a~' bridgo by b~y~ do~i~~d w~,th ~ub~
uort aaaemblin~; by bays; when it is doalx~~l tv move the brid~a tv
anQthor loaetion
Conatruotior~ by bars advantagaoua �n1y in fairly wide bodies
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Conan?ruA~?ion o~ ~cye
~6, Thu aompocitiorr of tho c~onstruotion auction for a sing/�-
apan bay is genorull~? follar~e: oabl� groups w area; constr~~otion
group, 1 NCO and 4 raon; dock panel group, 1 PfCO Qnrl ~ raon j guard rail
group, 2 m�n.
~n arlc~i~~ioti to these, the follo~vin~r groups ~+ro r�quircci in th�
corrotr~iotion of a bridge ~ Hoar-shore abut>'.e Ap~ratipn mad b~ par~'Q~^m~~ by oat~le~
mav~p~er~t Qf h
mado to tha o~d bosh the oha~,ol a~an
aro madn fast to the last boats which arA to
'the anohar cab1Q~
o~ the brill c bQf ore tho a~a~al ~assa~c is apaned
amain in each dart
The .roe~rl~~re in rovaroAd in aloain~ the channel paaaa~o~
g ~
is cith~r rowed or pullsc~ by aablAa to either entl
Th� ohanY~~+l span
of tho bridge an~1 the dank panels are but into ~laoe
The la�t ~loAk panel span io asoemblec~ by means oP an assault
ioh ie uQed to not the drat dock panel into ~laco~ Tho matQ
bout Yoh
is parried on �d~e along th� one alroady in place And i� set
panel
in~~o position ~alongeide
turd rail is f ii`lally aesoiiiUlad and the transv�rao balk ie
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fastened into place
Diaporoion of bridg� '
gf~, 1~' de:~trt~ctiort of tl~e brit~~;~e by ej~erny air or artlll~ry
notion a-rears imuiltia~nt, nr if the bridge is ~~o~~ to be txs�d for some
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time it ma be dismantlac~ b,! bays (sections) whic~~ am then Calton
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to shorn and camou:~laged
Th� officer ;tn c~?arge of bri~lg� constr~tct,i.an determines thc~
der o~ ~~1ca~x~ke>