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TM 9-2320-356-BD
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
BDAR FIXES SHALL BE USED ONLY IN COMBAT
AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMANDER
AND SHALL BE REPAIRED BY STANDARD MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES
AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AFTER THE MISSION IS COMPLETED.
Section I.
INTRODUCTION
1-1.
PURPOSE
a.
This technical manual (TM) is for use by operators and by organizational and
direct support/general support maintenance personnel.
It provides procedures and
guidelines for battlefield repairs on tactical vehicles under the forward support
maintenance concept during combat.
b.
The purpose of battlefield damage assessment and repair (BDAR) is to rapidly
return disabled tactical wheeled vehicles to the operational commander by
expediently fixing,
bypassing, or jury-rigging components to restore the minimum
essential systems required for the support of the specific combat mission or to
enable the vehicle to self-recover.
These repairs may be temporary and may not
restore full performance capability.
1-2.
SCOPE
a.
This TM describes BDAR procedures of a general nature applicable to all
tactical wheeled vehicles.
Expedient repairs applicable to systems or subsystems
of a specific tactical vehicle are covered in system specific TM’s.
b.
Many expedient repair techniques helpful in preparing a vehicle for recovery
are included in FM 20-22, Vehicle Recovery Operations.
Details of such procedures
are not duplicated in this TM,
although certain quick-fix battlefield operations
which would,
in some cases, prepare the vehicle for recovery or self-recovery will
be described.
Users of this manual should refer to FM 20-22 for further recovery-
associated expedient repairs.
c.
Not all possible types of combat damage and failure modes can be predicted,
nor are all effective field expedient repairs known.
This TM provides guidelines
for assessing and repairing battlefield failures of tactical vehicles and is not
intended to be a complete catalog of all possible emergency repairs.
The repairs
described here will serve as guidelines and will stimulate the experienced operator
or mechanic to devise expedients as needed to repair equipment rapidly in a combat
c r i s i s .
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