TM-9-2350-238-20-1
HULL AND RELATED COMPONENTS RECOVERY VEHICLE, FULL TRACKED: LIGHT, ARMORED, M578
TECHNICAL MANUAL; UNIT MAINTENANCE MANUAL
MAY 1994
TM-9-2350-238-20-1 - Page 9 of 1364
TM 9-2350-238-20-1
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER INDEX
Page
Corrosion Prevention and Control (CPC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
..1-3
Destruction of Army Materiel to Prevent Enemy Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Equipment Characteristics, Capabilities, and Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Equipment Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
..1-15
Location and Description of Major Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Maintenance Forms, Records, and Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
..1-1
OfficiaI Nomenclature, Names, and Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Preparation for Storage or Shipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
..1-2
Reporting Equipment improvement Recommendations (ElR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Section 1. GENERAL INFORMATION
1-1. SCOPE.
a.
Type of Manual.
Unit level maintenance.
b.
Model Number and Equipment Name.
M578, Iight armored, full-tracked, recovery vehicle.
c.
Purpose of Equipment.
Travels at convoy speed and provides a number of necessary
vehicular support functions.
1-2. MAINTENANCE FORMS, RECORDS,
AND REPORTS. Department of the Army forms
and procedures used for equipment maintenance will be those prescribed by DA PAM 738-750, The
Army Maintenance Management System (TAMMS).
1-3. DESTRUCTION OF ARMY MATERIEL TO PREVENT ENEMY USE.
a.
Tactical Situations.
Situations may arise in which it is necessary to abandon equipment in the
combat zone. All abandoned equipment must be destroyed to prevent its use by the enemy. The
destruction of equipment subject to capture or abandonment in the combat zone will be undertaken
only upon authority delegated by a division or higher commander.
b.
Plans.
(1) Plans for destruction of equipment must be adequate, uniform, and easily carried out in the
field.
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