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114 MANUAL FOR COMMAN~eDERS- OFINFANTRY~TH~ PLATBON8(.<br />

Conduc~tors.-Infantry uses insulated wire, ligrht ~cable, and,<br />

in exceptional cases, field cable, double cable, armored cable, ·<br />

leaded ca~ble.<br />

or<br />

Inbs ala/ed wcire is reserved ~<strong>for</strong> tranisient connectionis ii rnaneuver<br />

wazrfa~re (15/10 bronze wire). L~ight cable is thi noimal<br />

condluctoi in thc tienches. 'It should~be laid xxith cai<br />

lated<br />

c'm,1d<br />

fioni<br />

iso­<br />

the '~rovnd 'is much as p~ossible (hunag oi pulleys,<br />

st~Zkes, etc ). Et·eld cable is usetl foi impoitant<br />

u~~eful,<strong>of</strong>ten<br />

lines<br />

indmspens'mble,<br />

It is<br />

to bury it so as to pirotec; it 'iom'13<br />

bjonm1-bai· llelent (in fficooxes in the bottomn <strong>of</strong> ti enches omindtei the:<br />

macad-tm <strong>of</strong> ioads; sm'l~l trenches, 40 ceutimetems (Ii inches)<br />

deep, cox ered by a ifght covering).<br />

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FIG. 31. FG.32<br />

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