TA Highway System

Question 1

1. What is most vulnerable points of highway systems?

Answer 1

Location where the enemy cannot reestablish movement by making a short detour

Question 2

2. What are the two factors use for identify highway bridge?

Answer 2

Superstructure and Load-carrying member

Question 3

3. What are the major factors to consider when targeting highway system during the route recon?

Answer 3

Terrain, road markers, lay of the land, unusual market (rocks, debris, disturbances and warning sign), and obstacle

Question 4

4. What do you use to destroy concrete bridge?

Answer 4

By using the breaching formulas

Question 5

5. What do you use to destroy steel bridge?

Answer 5

By using the steel cutting formula and advance formulas

Question 6

6. What is the main components to attack on bridges?

Answer 6

Tension members

Question 7

7. What should you focus on for suspension bridges?

Answer 7

Towers and cables

Question 8

8. What is the component of substructure?

Answer 8

Intermediate support and abutments

Question 9

What formula use to destroy abutment up to 5 feet thick?

Answer 9

Triple Nickel 40

Question 10

10. What is Triple Nickel 40?

Answer 10

5 feet deep borehole
5 feet behind the face of abutment
5 feet on center
40lbs cratering charge

Question 11

11. What formula use to destroy abutment more than 5 feet thick?

Answer 11

By using the breaching formulas

Question 12

12. What do you use to destroy intermediate support?

Answer 12

By using the placing charge in 45 degree angle

Question 13

13. True or false: on simple span bridge, to efficiently destroy superstructures, every intermediate support should be destroy

Answer 13

False, Every other intermediate support should be destroy