1966 US Army Vietnam War ARMOR ... - Survival Books

WWW.SURVIVALEBOOKS.COMion maintenance platoon. Company recovery finding disabled vehicles along the route ofvehicles follow in close support of the unit; supply or receiving disabled vehicles at the batdisabledvehicles are towed into defiladed posi- talion maintenance collecting points repairtions and repaired if possible. In a fast-moving them if possible. Repaired vehicles rejoin theiroffense, if company maintenance personnel units as soon as practicable. Vehicles beyondcannot repair a vehicle, they tow it to the bat- the immediate repair capability of the maintetalionsupply route and report its location and nance platoon are evacuated by the platoon tocondition to the battalion maintenance platoon. the maintenance collecting point established byIn a slow-moving offense or defensive opera- the supporting forward support company. In ation, if company maintenance personnel cannot fast-moving situation, it may not be practicarepaira vehicle, they tow it to the battalion ble to evacuate to the established maintenancemaintenance collecting point (fig. 14 and 15). collecting point, in which case the battalionUnit SOP will specify what personnel will ac- maintenance platoon evacuates disabled vehicompanyvehicles being evacuated.cles to the brigade supply route.d. The battalion maintenance platoon e. Vehicle crews and maintenance personnelCOMPANY (TEAM) EVACUATESDISABLED VEHICLES TO BATTALION(TASK FORCE) SUPPLY ROUTES.BATTALION MAINT PLATOON EVACUATESDISABLED VEHICLES TO SUPPLY ROUTEFOLLOWED BY SUPPORTING DIVISIONMAINTENANCE ELEMENT (FORWARDSUPPORT COMPANY).FWD SPTLEGEND.---- ROUTE OF EVACUATION (LATERALLY)MDISABLED TANKFigure 14.Evacuation of disabled vehicles in fast-moving offensive situations.156