Nuclear Unit Operations in Combat FM 100-50
Washington DC: United States Department of the Army, 1977. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. 39, [5] pages. Illustrations. Cover has some wear and soiling, and corner crease at back cover. This manual prescribes doctrine and minimum standards for units with a nuclear mission, operating under combat conditions in a combined conventional-nuclear environment. It provides procedures and guidance for those functions which are peculiar to nuclear missions and capabilities. This manual pertains, as appropriate, to all echelons from engineer Atomic Demolition Munitions (ADM) teams, field artillery howitzer sections, and special ammunition supply and storage personnel through higher headquarters and larger units have a nuclear weapons mission. For the purposes of this manual, a unit with a nuclear missions can perform, or be responsible for, at least one of the following functions: Security, Maintenance, Storage, transportation, Assembly, Firing/Delivery, and Demolition. This manual covers Personnel Reliability Program, Command and Control, Field Operations, Technical Operations, Logistics, Nuclear Accident and Incident Control, and Training and Readiness. Appendix A is References. Appendix b is Standardization Agreement (STANAG) No. 2104. Within this manual are discussion of topics such as the nuclear environment, nuclear weapon effects (such as Electromagnetic Pulse-EMP), Human Reliability, Nuclear Duty positions, Permissive Action Links, Nuclear Weapon Safety Rules, Survivability, the Two-Man Rule, Operations Security, Military Training, Physical Security, Field Storage, Remote Firing, and Emergency Destruction. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Military Manual, Field Manual, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Units, Military Operations, FM 100-50
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