Civil engineer guide to fighting positions, shelters, obstacles

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2.5.2.7. Additional Considerations. Conduct field soil sampling and determine
if revetments or some type of reinforcement is needed. Procedures for
conducting soil sampling in the field can be found in Attachment 3. Also,
determine if trenches must be constructed to provide additional cover from
direct fire. To construct trenches and revetments, follow the same procedures
described for one-person deliberate fighting positions.
2.5.2.8. Overhead Cover. Employ the same techniques used to construct
overhead cover for the one-person fighting position. Avoid digging grenade
sumps under overhead cover, especially if overhead cover is constructed
across the middle of the structure. The blast could not only reflect off the
cover, but it could also collapse the structure.
2.5.2.9. Camouflage and Concealment. Employ the same camouflage and
concealment techniques as those for one-person deliberate fighting positions.
2.5.2.10. Modified Two-Person Deliberate Fighting Position. When fighting
positions are designated to provide cover for adjacent fighting positions
or to cover dead space in close terrain, rectangular-shaped fighting positions
can be modified to provide a wider sector of fire by extending one or both
ends of the fighting position at an angle of about 45 degrees. Figure 2.14 and
Figure 2.15 illustrate how two-person deliberate fighting positions can be
constructed with a rectangular shape for typical sectors of fire and modified
(curved) to provide a larger area of coverage. Curving the hole around the
frontal cover may be necessary in close terrain for better observation and firing
to the front and to the next flank position. A curved fighting position allows
one person to maintain watch to the front while the other person rests or
eats. It also enables occupants to observe and fire to the front when not being
fired at, and to move back behind the frontal cover under heavy fire.