Directorate of Training Development

Engineer: The Professional Bulletin for Army Engineers, May, 2001

Field Manual Update. The following field manuals (FMs) have recently been sent to ATSC for printing and distribution. Look for them on the Reimer Digital Library at http://155.217.58.58/atd1s.htm.> * Change 2 to FM 3-34.2, Combined-Arms Breaching Operations. This 3-page change corrects a figure depicting the fragmentation zone for firing the mine-clearing line charge (MICLIC). (The forward and rearward dimensions were reversed.)

* Change 1 to FM 5-34, Engineer Field Data. This change corrects some misinformation on bridging, mines, and obstacle symbols.

* Change 1 to FM 5-125, Rigging Techniques, Procedures, and Applications. This change institutes several technical revisions to bring the manual within American National Standards Institute standards. It technically outlines the wear conditions at which wire rope must be discarded as unserviceable. The changes deal with normal wear, birdcages, kinks, popped cores, and electrical damage. Drum-wire operations are addressed, as well as new figures for rope lay, wedge socket, basket-socket end fittings, and attaching basket sockets by pouring.

FOG is Sandra Gibson, 37651; DSN -7651; or e-mail gibsons@wood.army.mil.