TM-9-2350-275-BD Battlefield Damage Assessment and Repair for M113 Family Download
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TM 9-2350-275-BD ASSESSING BATTLEFIELD DAMAGE SECTION II. Assessing Battlefield Damage 2-4. General. a. This section provides an overall damage assessment procedure to mobility, communications and firepower functions of individual vehicles. evaluate the b. The assessment procedures are designed to assure that all necessary aspects of a combat vehicle capability are evaluated during the assessment process. The procedures refer you to: (1) procedures in this manual if a “quick-fix” is possible, (2) the standard TM if the best repair is covered in the system TM, or (3) a higher maintenance level if access to devices or materials to do the quick-fix are available only at those levels. c. Each procedure: (1) contains general information about the problem, (2) lists materials and/or tools required other than those commonly available to the crew, MT, and MST (If the listed items are not available, improvise. Anything that will do the job is acceptable.), (3) lists the estimated number of soldiers needed and the estimated time required to complete the repair, (4) states the operational limitations caused by the repair action before experiencing further damage/degradation to the vehicle, (5) provides other expedient options you can use depending on the availability of personnel, materials, tools, and/or time (This does not include standard maintenance procedures or recovery). d. Following each assessment procedure is an index of the procedures contained in that chapter. If you know exactly what your problem is, you can use the index to find the proper expedient repair procedure. e. Additional data is contained in the Appendices. (1) Appendix A lists alternate sources of supply to include foreign ownership of US combat vehicles and expendable supplies which are recoin mended for use to implement various BDAR repairs. 2-3