Educational and Methodological Manual . - M. : Central Directorate of Military Communications, 2004. - 174 pages . The training manual considers the classification, types, structure, main parameters, design features and the level of development of multi-turn means of consolidation of cargo places, including means of cargo packaging, universal and specialized containers. The operational and technical characteristics of vehicles used for the carriage of goods by enlarged cargo places on the modes of transport, the rules and regulations for loading of enlarged cargo places on railway rolling stock, sea, river and aircraft. Described dependencies for the calculation of operational performance and the use of containers of unified and transport vehicles. The features of arrangement of container points on the modes of transport, the main and operational-technical characteristics of means of mechanization of loading and unloading operations used at the places of container processing are given . The training manual is intended for professional training of officers of the military communications .