U.S. Army Technical Manual, BATTLEFIELD DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND REPAIR FOR, CHEMICAL DEFENSIVE MATERIEL, TM 3-251-BD, 1987

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U.S. Army Technical Manual, BATTLEFIELD DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND REPAIR FOR, CHEMICAL DEFENSIVE MATERIEL, TM 3-251-BD, 1987 PURPOSE. a. This technical manual (TM) is for use by operators, organizational, and direct support/general support maintenance personnel. It provides procedures and guidelines for battlefield repairs on defensive chemical equipment. b. he purpose of Battlefield Damage Assessment and Repair (BDAR) is to rapidly return disabled defensive chemical 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. These repairs may be temporary and may not restore full performance capability. SCOPE. a. This TM describes BDAR procedures applicable specifically to defensive chemical equipment. b. All possible types of combat damage and failure modes can not be predicted nor are all effective field expedient repairs known. This TM provides guidelines for assessing and repairing battlefield failures of defensive chemical equipment 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.