FM 7-41 



Field Manual 

 No. 7-41 



HEADQUARTERS 

 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 

 Washington, D.C., 2 March 1973 



MINE AND TUNNEL DOG 

 TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT 



Paragraphs 



Chapter 1. GENERAL 1—8 



2. MINE AND TUNNEL DOG TEAM TRAINING 



Section I. Screening Dog's for Training 9, 10 



II. Principles of Training 11 — 13 



III. Training Requirements 14 — 19 



Chapter 3. THE FOOD-REWARD METHOD 



Section I. General 20 — 27 



II. The Search Chain 28—32 



Chapter 4. BASIC DETECTION TRAINING 



Section I. General 33 — 36 



II. Pen Training 37, 38 



III. Trail Adaption 39 — 42 



IV. Tripwire Training 43 — 47 



Chapter 5. INTERMEDIATE DETECTION TRAINING 



Section I. General 48—52 



II. Detection— Grade 1 53—60 



III. Detection— Grade 2 61—65 



IV. Wind, Weather, and Terrain 66—68 



V. Training Problems 69—74 



VI. Detection— Grade 3 75—79 



Chapter 6. ADVANCE DETECTION TRAINING 



Section I. General 80 — 82 



II. Detection— Grade 4 83—86 



III. Detection— Grade 5 87—91 



IV. Tunnels, Caches, and Decoys 92 — 97 



V. Road Clearing Problems 98—102 



VI. Open Field Problems 103—105 



VII. Cross-Country Problems 106,107 



VIII. Summary 108,109 



Chapter 7. EMPLOYMENT 



Section I. General 110—113 



II. Type of Employment 114 — 119 



Appendix A. REFERENCES 



B. MINE AND TUNNEL DETECTION (DOG/ 



HANDLER) SCORESHEET 



C. LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 



D. MINE AND TUNNEL DOG HANDLER PATROL 



BRIEFING GUIDE 



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