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This manual tells and shows how to prepare and rig the steel landing field mat and how to rig the rapid runway repair kits for low-velocity airdrop from C-130, C-141, C-5, and C17 aircrafts. It is designed to be used by all parachute riggers.

This manual tells and shows hot to rig aluminum deck sections with auxiliary components for a low-velocity airdrop. Eight pontoon boats also are rigged for low-velocity airdrop. This manual tells and shows how to rig the aluminum bridge deck balk with transverse stiffeners and bridge plates and accessories for low-velocity airdrop. Only the C-130 aircraft can be used for the airdrop of these loads. This manual also shows and tells how to rig the five- and seven-bay, single-story, medium girder (fixed) bridges for low-velocity ad LAPE airdrops from the C-130 aircraft. These bridges may also be rigged for low-velocity airdrop form the C-141 aircraft. This manual is designed to be used by all parachute riggers.

The unrigged items covered in this manual, "Airdrop of Supplies and Equipment - Rigging Potable Water," include: a) twenty-four 1-quart plastic canteens filled with 6 gallons of water weight 54 pounds, b) one case of zip-top cans weighs 39 pounds, c) one case of 10-ounce cans weighs 44.25 pounds, d) the milk-dispensing contained filled with 5 gallons of water weighs 42 pounds. It is 10 inches square and 17 inches high. Forty containers can be delivered in one A-22 cargo bag, eight containers can be delivered in one A-21 cargo bag, and 160 containers can be delivered in four A-22 cargo bags, e) the 55-gallong collapsible water drum is a durable, nonvented, cylindrically shaped rubber container fitted with a faucet valve. Filled with 55 gallons of water, the drum weighs 400 pounds, f) the 250-gallong drum filled with 240 gallons of water weighs 2,197 pounds when rigged for low-velocity airdrop. When rigged for LAPE airdrop, the drum is filled with 225 gallons of water and weighs 2,072 pounds. Each drum is 60 inches long and 40 inches in diameter. Empty, the drum weighs 205 pounds. A pumping assembly can be rigged with the load as an accompanying load, g) the 500-gallon drum filled with 432 gallons of water weighs 3,835 pounds. It is 62 inches long and 53 inches in diameter. Empty, the drum weighs 250 pounds. A pumping assembly can be rigged with the load as an accompanying load.

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As stated in Field Manual 100-1, "The Army," it is the Army's fundamental purpose to win wars through land force dominance regardless of location or climate. This Field Manual provides general doctrinal and technical guidance for operating equipment and ordnance materiel under extremely harsh cold weather conditions. Its primary purpose is to familiarize operators and crews with the special procedures and techniques for working in sub-zero temperatures. Also, this manual will assist unit commanders, supervisors (motor sergeants, battalion motor officers), and maintenance personnel in anticipating and planning for the onset of cold weather or an arctic deployment. Failure to follow this guidance can cause injury to personnel and damage to equipment, besides limiting mission accomplishment.