Section II. STANDARDS AND PRACTICES

TM 5-3835-222-BD

(3)

Determine which components must be fixed.

( 4 ) Prescribe fixes.

(5)

Determine if parts or components, materials, and tools are available.

(6)

Estimate the manpower and skill required.

(7)

Estimate the total time (clock-hours) required to make the repair.

(8)

Establish the priority of the fixes.

(9)

Decide where the fix shall be performed.

(10) Decide if recovery is necessary and to what location.

d. Fully Mission Capable. The term "fully mission capable" (FMC) means that the equipment meets

the minimum functional combat capability (MFCC) requirements. Refer to system specific TM's

for each item's specific MFCC.

e. Combat Capable. The term "combat capable" means that the equipment meets the minimum

functional combat capability requirements.

f. Combat Emergency Capable. The term "combat emergency capable" means that the equipment

meets the needs for the specific mission; however, all systems are not functional. Also, additional

damage due to the nature of an expedient repair may occur to the equipment if it is used. The

Commander must decide if these limitations are acceptable for that specific emergency situation.

g. Cannibalization. The term "cannibalization", as used in this TM, means any use of repair parts or

components obtained from another equipment, either damaged or of lower priority, to the immediate

mission. In this TM, the term is used to include controlled exchange.

h. Equipment Triage. The term "equipment triage" means a system of deciding in which order

battlefield damaged equipment will receive repair, according to time, urgency, material, and personnel

required to accomplish the repair.

1-5. Quality Deficiency Report/Equipment Improvement Recommendations (QDR/EIR).

If your POL equipment needs improvement, let us know. Send an EIR. You, the user, are the only

one who can tell us what you don't like about your equipment. Let us know why you don't like

the design. Put in on a SF 368 (Quality Deficiency Report). Mail it to us at: U.S. Army Troop Support

Command, AMSTR-QX, 4300 Goodfellow Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63120-1798. We will send

you a reply.

Section II. STANDARDS AND PRACTICES

1.6. BDAR Characteristics. BDAR capability requires simplicity, speed, and effectiveness. Some

BDAR procedures include repair techniques that violate standard peacetime maintenance practices.

In a combat emergency situation, greater risks are necessary and acceptable.

Under combat conditions, BDAR may be performed on POL

1-7. Waiver of Precautions.

equipment which may subject maintenance personnel to imminent danger (such as fuel leaks).

It should be stressed that ordinary precautions taken in hazardous occasions should only be waived

at the discretion of the Commander.

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