CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INFORMATION - TM-5-3835-222-BD0013

TM 5-3835-222-BD

CHAPTER I

GENERAL INFORMATION

BDAR FIXES SHALL BE USED ONLY IN COMBAT OR FOR

TRAINING AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMANDER.

(AUTHORIZED TRAINING FIXES LISTED IN APPENDIX E.)

IN EITHER CASE, DAMAGES SHALL BE REPAIRED BY

STANDARD MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES

AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE.

Section I. INTRODUCTION

1-1. Purpose.

a. This technical manual (TM) is for use by operators, unit and direct support/general support

maintenance personnel. It provides procedures and guidelines for battlefield repairs on Petroleum,

Oil and Lubrication (POL) and water distribution equipment under the forward support maintenance

concept during combat.

b. The purpose of Battlefield Damage Assessment and Repair (BDAR) is to rapidly return disabled

POL equipment to the operational commander by expediently fixing, by-passing, or jury-rigging

components to restore the minimum essential systems required for the support of the specific combat

mission or to enable the equipment to self-recover. These repairs may be temporary and may not

restore full performance capability.

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Scope.

a. This TM describes BDAR procedures of a general nature applicable to all POL or water distribution

equipment. Expedient repairs applicable to systems or sub-systems of a specific item are covered

in system specific TM's.

b. Some POL equipment may require a vehicle for transportation. Many expedient repairtechniques

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. All possible types of combat damage and failure modes cannot be predicted nor are all effective

field expedient repairs known. This TM provides guidelines for assessing and repairing battlefield

failures of POL equipment and water distribution 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 rapidly repair equipment

in a combat crisis.

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