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TM 9-2320-356-BD
1-3.
APPLICATION
a. The procedures in this manual are designed for battlefield environments and
should be used in situations where standard maintenance procedures are
impractical.
These procedures are not meant to replace standard maintenance
practices, but rather to supplement them strictly in battlefield environment.
Standard maintenance procedures will provide the most effective means of returning
a damaged vehicle to ready status, provided that adequate time, replacement parts,
and necessary tools are available.
BDAR procedures are authorized for use only in
an emergency situation in a battlefield environment and only at the direction of
the commander.
b.
BDAR techniques are not limited to simple restoration of minimum functional
combat capability.
Restore full functional capability if it can be done
expediently and with a limited expenditure of time and assets.
c.
Some of the special techniques in this manual, if applied, may result in
shortened life or damage to components of tactical vehicles.
The commander must
decide whether the risk of having one less vehicle available for combat outweighs
the risk of applying the potentially destructive expedient repair technique. Each
technique gives appropriate warnings and cautions and lists systems limitations
caused by this action.
1-4.
DEFINITIONS
a.
Battlefield Damage includes all incidents which occur on the battlefield
and which prevent the vehicle from accomplishing its mission such as combat damage,
random failures, operator errors,
accidents, and wear-out failures.
b.
Repair or Fix in this manual includes any expedient action that returns
a damaged part or assembly to a full or an acceptably degraded operating condition
including:
(1) Shortcuts in parts removal or installation.
(2) Installation of components from other vehicles that can be modified to
fit or interchanged with components on the vehicle.
(3) Repair using parts that serve a noncritical function elsewhere on the
same vehicle for the purpose of restoring a critical function.
(4) Bypassing of noncritical components in order to restore basic functional
c a p a b i l i t y.
(5) Expeditious cannibalization procedures.
(6) Fabrication of parts from kits or readily available materials.
( 7 ) J u r y - r i g g i n g.
(8) Use of substitute fuels, fluids, or lubricants.
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