Application.

TM 5-3835-222-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 a battlefield

environment. Standard maintenance procedures will provide the most effective means of returning

a damaged item to ready status provided that adequate time, replacement parts, and necessary

tools are available. BDAR procedures. are only authorized for use 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. If

full functional capacity can be restored expediently with a limited expenditure of time and assets,

this should be done.

c. Some of the special techniques in this manual, if applied, may result in shortened life or damage

to components of the equipment. The Commander must decide whether the risk of having one less

item 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.

The following terms specific to BDAR are used in this TM.

a. Battlefield Damage. The term "battlefield damage" includes all incidents which occur on the

battlefield and which prevent the equipment from accomplishing its mission, such as: combat damage,

random failures, operator errors, accidents, and wear-out failures.

b. Repair Procedures. The term "repair" or "fix" in this manual includes any expedient action that

returns a damaged part or assembly to a full or an acceptable degraded operating condition including:

(1)

Short cuts in parts removal or installation.

(2)

Installation of components from other POL equipment that can be modified to fit or

interchange with components on the equipment.

(3)

Repair using parts that serve a non-critical function elsewhere on the same equipment for

the purpose of restoring a critical function.

(4)

Bypassing of non-critical components in order to restore basic functional capability.

(5) Expeditious cannibalization procedures.

(6)

Fabrication of parts from kits or readily available materials.

( 7 ) Jury rigging.

(8)

Use of substitute fuels, fluids, or lubricants.

c. Damage Assessment. "Damage assessment" is a procedure to rapidly determine what is damaged,

whether it is repairable, what assets are required to make the repair, who can do the repair (i.e., unit or

direct or general support) and where the repair should be made. The assessment procedure includes

the following steps:

(1)

Determine if the repair can be deferred, or if it must be done.

(2)

Isolate the damaged areas and components.

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