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Combat Engineer Platoon

This document is the Field Manual for combat engineer platoons. It provides guidance on intelligence gathering, maneuver, mobility and survivability operations, fire support, air defense, combat service support, and command and control for combat engineer platoons. The manual covers topics such as reconnaissance, patrolling, offense and defense operations, obstacle breaching and construction, survivability positions, resupply operations, and platoon formations and signals.

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Combat Engineer Platoon

This document is the Field Manual for combat engineer platoons. It provides guidance on intelligence gathering, maneuver, mobility and survivability operations, fire support, air defense, combat service support, and command and control for combat engineer platoons. The manual covers topics such as reconnaissance, patrolling, offense and defense operations, obstacle breaching and construction, survivability positions, resupply operations, and platoon formations and signals.

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FM 5-10

Field Manual Headquarters


No. 5-10 Department of the Army
Washington, DC, 3 October 1995

Combat Engineer Platoon

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iv
CHAPTER 1. INTELLIGENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Threat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Reconnaissance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Mounted and Dismounted Patrolling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
CHAPTER 2. MANEUVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Platoon Leader’s Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Rehearsal Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Participant Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Rehearsal Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Initiation of PCCs, PCIs, and Mission-Specific Drills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release; distribution is


unlimited.

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CHAPTER 3. MOBILITY AND SURVIVABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1


Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Obstacle Breaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Lane Marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Countermobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Obstacle Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Obstacle Siting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Obstacle Camouflage (If Required) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Obstacle Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Survivability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Planning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
Positions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Nuclear, Biological, Chemical (NBC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
CHAPTER 4. FIRE SUPPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
CHAPTER 5. AIR DEFENSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
CHAPTER 6. COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Resupply Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Supply Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Class I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Class II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Class III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Class IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Class V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Class VI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Class VII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Class VIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Class IX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Class X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Special Class IV/Class V Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Maintenance Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Medical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
CHAPTER 7. COMMAND AND CONTROL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Command and Support Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
Engineer Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Platoon Leader’s Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4

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Maneuver Force’s Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-6


Engineer Attachments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-6
APPENDIX A. BASIC FORMATIONS, MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES,
AND HAND-AND-ARM SIGNALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Mounted Movement Techniques. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Wedge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
Echelon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
Dismounted Movement Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6
Squad Formations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6
Platoon Formations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7
Hand-and-Arm Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-14
APPENDIX B. CHECKLISTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Local security and Job-Site Security Checklists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Precombat Checklists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
Uniform-, Duffle-Bag-, and Ruck-Sack-Packing Checklists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4
APPENDIX C. BREACHING CASE STUDIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
Dismounted Case Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
Mounted Case Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3
GLOSSARY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glossary-1
REFERENCES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .References-1
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Index-1

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PREFACE

Field Manual (FM) 5-10 is designed as a companion manual for FM 5-34 and is
structured using the following Battlefield Operating Systems (BOS) as a frame-
work:

• Intelligence.
• Maneuver.
• Mobility and survivability.
• Fire support (FS).
• Air defense (AD).
• Combat service support (CSS).
• Command and control (C2).

Each BOS is not discussed in detail. Instead, they are used to outline consider-
ations for how the engineer platoon supports the total combined-arms (CA) effort.
The bulk of the platoon's missions concentrates on mobility, countermobility, and
survivability operations in support of the mobility and survivability BOS. How-
ever, the platoon leader and sergeant must have an understanding of the role their
platoon plays in supporting all the BOS. More importantly, the platoon leader and
sergeant must understand the impact of all the BOS on platoon planning, prepara-
tion, and execution.

This FM also has three appendices: Appendix A covers basic formations, move-
ment techniques, and hand-and-arm signals; Appendix B contains checklists for
security, precombat, and packing; and Appendix C covers case studies for mounted
and dismounted breaching.

The proponent of this publication is Headquarters (HQ), United States (US) Army
Engineer School. Send comments and recommendations on Department of the
Army (DA) Form 2028 directly to Commander, US Army Engineer School, ATTN:
ATSE-T-PD-PM, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri 65473-6650.

Unless this publication states otherwise, masculine nouns and pronouns do not
refer exclusively to men.

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