TM-9-2350-273-BD

TM 9-2350-273-BD

ASSESSING BATTLEFIELD DAMAGE

SECTION II. Assessing Battlefield Damage

2-4. General.

This section provides an overall damage assessment procedure to evaluate the

mobility, communications and firepower functions of individual vehicles.

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 expendable supplies which are recommended for use to

implement various BDAR repairs and interchangeable parts with the same NSN from

other combat vehicles which maybe utilized for repairs on the M48/60 tank.

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