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I.Engineer tools-----------------4-10II.Common engineer tasks---------11-16CEAPTEB 3.Elementary rigging----------------17-31CHAPTER 4.Fleld fortifications_----------------32-39CHAPTE 5.Camouflage------------------------40-44CHAPTEE 6.Explosives and demolitions---------45-55CHAPTER 7.Engineers and tenks.  \n3193056  \n7077  \nSECTION I.Tank hunting------------------56-5996II.Antitank defense_--------------60-6199CHAPTER8.Assault of a fortified positlon_------62-66108CHAPTER9.Bridges-------------------------67-71106CHAPTEE10.Boats and raftB__--------------72-77115CHAPTER11.Alrdromes-_---------------78-83120CEAPTEE12.Engineer reconnafsance-----84-86134CHAPTER13.The engineer and his truck_-87-89136CHAPTER14.Combat weapons_---------90-92137APPENDIX I.Engineer organizations and engineer spe-clalists_----------------------140  \nⅡ,Engineer ingignia_-----------143III.Proficlency tests for engineer soldiers_-------145  \n# BASIC FIELD MANUALENGINEER SOLDIEB'S HANDBOOK\n\n(This manual supersedes FM 21-105,March 12,1941.)  \n## CHAPTER 1\n\nTHE ENGINEER SOLDIER AND THE CORPS OFENGINEERS  \n罪1.WHAT IT MEANS To BE AN ENGINEER.—You are an engi-neer.You are going to build bridges and blow them up.You are going to stop tanks and destroy them.You aregoing to build roads,airfields,and buildings.You are goingto construct fortifications.You are going to flght with manykinds of weapons.You are going to make sure that our owntroops move ahead against all opposition,and you are goingto see to it that enemy obstacles do not interfere with ouradvance.You are an engineer.  \n■ 2.You AND YoUR JOB.—-a.You have been chosen to betrained to do a man-sized job for the Army and for yourcountry.To do it well you must keep your eyes and earsopen,your mind alert,and be always on your toes.You mustkeep yourself in top-notch condition.You mustbecome physically tough and an expert at your job.Whetheror not our Army succeeds depends a lot on how much betteryou are at your job than the enemy engineer is at 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