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

WWW.SURVIVALEBOOKS.COM//I /COMPANY (TEAM) EVACUATESDISABLED VEHICLES TO BATTALION°OD (TASK FORCE) MAINTENANCEN COLLECTING POINTCOLL\N' / BATTALION (TASK FORCE)MAINTENANCE PLATOONEVACUATES DISABLEDVEHICLES TO DIVISIONMAINTENANCE COLLECTINGCOLLPOINT OPERATED BY THEDIVISION SUPPORTINGMAINTENANCE ELEMENT(FORWARD SUPPORTFWD SPTCOMPANY)Figure 15.Evacuation of disabled vehicles in the defense or slow-moving offense.must take security precautions when recover- flight to more suitable repair facilities. Theing or repairing disabled vehicles. Maintenance structural characteristics of an aircraft do notpersonnel who are fired on when performing adapt it to extensive movement by groundbattlefield recovery employ their individual and transportation. Normally, the dismantling andvehicular weapons to the maximum. Combat special rigging required for evacuation of anunits in the vicinity provide supporting fires to aircraft require more personnel and time thanpermit recovery. Vehicles that cannot be recov- if the aircraft were repaired and flown out.ered because of combat conditions, and whosecapture is imminent, are destroyed in accord-However, the extent of repairs, or the aircraftsite, may leave no alternative to evacuation.ance with existing instructions (app XXV). b. Armor units having organic aircraft aref. During fast-moving offensive operations,vehicles that obviously cannot be repaired arenot responsible for their recovery or evacua-tion, other than to assist as appropriate. Hownotrecovered by combat and direct support ever, the armor unit is responsible for requestunits.However, their exact location and condi- ing assistance from the supporting directtion are reported through maintenance chan- support maintenance unit. If recovery operanels.Recovery and evacuation of such vehicles tions are required, it will be indicated in theare a responsibility of army.initial request for assistance. The request willinclude location, type, and identification of air-297. Recovery and Evacuation of Aircraft craft, identification of individual and unit maka.Whenever possible, aircraft that cannot ing the request, parent unit of the aircraft, andbe flown are repaired in place. This repair may ' description of damage. See appendix XXV forconsist of only that necessary for a one time destruction of aircraft if capture is imminent.157