Airdrop of Supplies and Equipment

Airdrop of Supplies and Equipment
Author: Department of the Army
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2017-09-04
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ISBN: 9781976077531

"Airdrop of Supplies And Equipment: Rigging 5-Ton Trucks," (TM 4-48.06/FM 10-526), provides doctrinal guidance on the approved procedures on how to prepare and rig a 5-ton cargo truck on a 24-foot, type V airdrop platform with six G-11C cargo parachutes and other items of airdrop equipment to be delivered by low-velocity airdrop from C-130 or C-17 aircraft. The principal audience for TM 4-48.06 is all members of the profession of arms. Commanders and staffs of Army headquarters serving as joint task force or multinational headquarters should also refer to applicable joint or multinational doctrine concerning the range of military operations and joint or multinational forces. Trainers and educators throughout the Army and the Air Force will also use this publication.

Airdrop of Supplies and Equipment

Airdrop of Supplies and Equipment
Author: United States Army
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2017-03-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9781544871066

TM 4-48.08/TO 13C7-2-491 Airdrop of Supplies and Equipment: Rigging Military Utility Vehicles March 2016 TM 4-48.08/TO 13C7-2-491 provides doctrinal guidance and direction for United States Army and United States Air Force units conducting aerial delivery operations. This manual provides information on how to prepare and rig the following configurations of the Military Utility Vehicles (M-Gator), one 80-cubic centimeter minibike, one or two 250- to 300-cubic centimeter motorcycles, one 350-cubic centimeter Yamaha four wheeled quad-runner on a combat expendable platform and one 500-cubic centimeter Polaris four wheeled quad-runner on a combat expendable platform. They are rigged for low-velocity airdrop from a C-130 or C-17 aircraft .