Section II. Applying Principles
2.8. GENERAL
In this section, you are a transportation officer faced with shipping
a given number of specific kinds of vehicles by rail. It is up to you to
select the rail cars for the shipment. The selection made, you must then
determine the blocking and bracing materials it will take to secure your
vehicles properly on those rail cars. Throughout this simulated situation,
rules, references, and techniques covered in previous sections of the text
are brought into play so that you can see almost at firsthand the precise
requirements for shipping military equipment by rail.
2.9. SPECIAL SITUATION
Fort Charles is to furnish several vehicles for the forthcoming
maneuvers in North Carolina. Sixteen vehicles are to be shipped by rail:
8 trucks, utility, 1/4ton, M151
5 trucks, cargo, 2 1/2ton, 6x6, M135
3 carriers, personnel, full tracked, M113
Vehicles will be placed in service immediately upon arrival at the
destination so that they will have to be shipped in their operational
configurations. No lifting devices are on hand at the unloading site in the
maneuver area.
Imagine yourself the Transportation Officer of Fort Charles with
responsibility for shipping the required trucks and carriers to North
Carolina. You have at your disposal the following rail equipment:
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