förläggning, underhålls- och expeditionstjänst

English translation: encampment, maintenance and supplies

19:49 May 18, 2012
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Military / Defense / military history
Swedish term or phrase: förläggning, underhålls- och expeditionstjänst
A 19th-century definition for the military rank of fältväbel states that this officer "hade ansvar för ett kompanis förläggning, underhålls- och expeditionstjänst..."
Timoshka
Local time: 19:20
English translation:encampment, maintenance and supplies
Explanation:
I guess no one is having a go at this cos in today's modern armies, no such post exists (more specialised)

So maybe you will just have to translate with three 'old' words (avoid words like 'logistics') that reflect what seem to have been his duties of the day
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encampment, maintenance and supplies


Explanation:
I guess no one is having a go at this cos in today's modern armies, no such post exists (more specialised)

So maybe you will just have to translate with three 'old' words (avoid words like 'logistics') that reflect what seem to have been his duties of the day

SafeTex
France
Local time: 01:20
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