Storage Patterns.

TM 38-400/NAVSUP PUB 572/AFMAN 23-210 MCO 4450.14/DLAM 4145.12

Figure 5-14. End of trailer elevated to promote drainage.

5-14. Storage Patterns.

(4) Wheeled and tracked vehicles in open (or

covered) storage need not be blocked off the ground.

However, vehicles which must be stored in open areas

a. General. Whenever material is placed within a

should be placed on the most favorable terrain available

storage area, the manner in which items are located in

to prevent this equipment from resting in mud or water.

relation to one another forms a pattern. This is referred

Where changing terrain or draining patterns cause this

to as a "storage pattern." The back-to-back and the

condition to exist, the equipment should be moved to a

block storage patterns are two efficient patterns for use

more desirable area, or some type of fill (e.g., gravel,

in the storage of vehicles and artillery.

stone, etc.), spread, or landing mat positioned to provide

(1) The back-to-back storage pattern consists

a more suitable ground condition.

of two rows of material placed in proximity to one

another as shown in figures 5-15 and 5-37. Note that an

aisle separates each double row so that any item is

accessible without the need to move any other item.

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