1966 US Army Vietnam War ARMOR ... - Survival Books

WWW.SURVIVALEBOOKS.COM(5) Traffic control points are critical loca- (3) Designate routes, including alternatetions at which traffic is controlled,routes for movement.either by military police or other per- (4) Establish traffic control points.sonnel. Traffic control points operate (5) Select and establish well-dispersedunder direct control of the defile tar-holding areas.get zone coordinator.(6) Select and establish equipment parks.(6) Equipment parks are small, well-cam- (7) Establish and maintain all feasibleouflaged areas located near the defilemeans of communication among thefor the central assembly of vehicles,defile target zone coordinator, theequipment, and material for engi- traffic control points, stationedneers' use during the defile operation.wreckers, and the engineers at thepoints of construction, such as bridge356. Planning site, mountain pass.a. Control. Control measures are planned in (8) Provide the defile target zone cooradvanceand employed to insure successful pas-dinator with adequate military policesage of a defile. The following control measurestraffic control personnel, communicaandtechniques are essential:tion equipment and personnel, en-(1) Establish the limits of the target gineers and engineer equipment,zone. This is actually a "vulnerabilitywreckers, and security units.circle" encompassing a defile within (9) Figure 25 depicts the control measwhichforces may be subjected to the ures described in (1) through (8)maximum effects of an enemy nuclearabove.strike.b. Conduct of the Passage.(2) Designate defile target zone coordina- (1) Forces must move into, through, andtor.disperse beyond the target zone withTRAFFIC TRAFFIC RESPONSIBILITY TRAFFICRESPONSIBILITY DEFILE TARGET ZONE COORDINATOR RESPONSIBILITYTRAFFIC HQTRAFFIC HQHOLDINGAREAEXITPPROACH(FOR RETURN PASSABLE DEFILE PASSABLEMOVEMENT) AREA REA#MOVEMENT #LEGEND; TRAFFIC CONTROL POINTNote. Not to scale.Figure 25. Control measures in defile operations.181