MIL-PRF-63003 Manuals, Technical: Battlefield Damage Assessment And Repair, Preparation OfThis specification covers the format, style, and content requirements for preparation of technical manuals \(TMs\) used for battlefield damage assessment and repair \(BDAR\) of weapon systems/ equipment damaged or failed on the battlefield. It covers content requirements which are mandatory, and some which are optional but become mandatory when applicable, as determined and specified by the contracting activity. Examples at the rear of this specification are typical and may be adapted to fit the specific equipment or situation being covered.

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3.11.7.4 Appendix D, substitute materials/parts. This appendix shall list materials and parts that may

be used for BDAR fixes. Lists or tables shall include the primary material/part, the substitute/alternate

material/part, and remarks (when applicable) that identify the limitations or degradation effected by use of

the substitutes. The appendix shall be divided into sections by material type. When sections are required,

Section I shall be titled introduction and shall provide a general explanation of the purpose and content of

the other sections. When applicable, a section shall be dedicated to petroleum, oil, and lubricant (POL)

substitutes. For example of alternate/substitute material listing, see Figure 14. For examples of POL

substitutes, see Figures 15 and 16.

3.11.7.5 Appendix E, BDAR training procedures. This appendix shall list all BDAR fixes that have

been approved for training. The fix (training) procedures shall be grouped by major system(s) or

components(s) as they appear in the TM. Each procedure shall be cross-referenced to the paragraph where it

appears. For example see Figure 17.

3.11.7.6 Appendixes - other. When applicable, other appendixes shall be included.

3.12 Glossary. Unless otherwise specified by the contracting activity (see 6.2), the BDAR TM shall

contain a glossary containing terms and acronyms that are peculiar to the TM. See MIL-STD-38784.

3.13 Index. The BDAR TM shall contain an alphabetical index listing every topic for which users are

likely to look. See MIL-STD-38784.

3.14 Changes to BDAR Manuals. Changes to BDAR manuals shall be prepared in accordance with

MIL-STD-38784 and shall have change instruction sheets and/or lists of effective pages.

4. VERIFICATION.

4.1

Verification. The verification requirements shall be as specified in the contract or order (see 6.2).

5. PACKAGING.

5.1 Packaging. For acquisition purposes, the packaging requirements shall be as specified in the

contract or order (see 6.2). When actual packaging of material is to be performed by DoD personnel, these

personnel need to contact the responsible packaging activity to ascertain requisite packaging requirements.

Packaging requirements are maintained by the Inventory Control Point's packaging activity within the

Military Department or Defense Agency, or within the Military Department's System Command. Packaging

data retrieval is available from the managing Military Department's or Defense Agency's automated

packaging files, CD-ROM products, or by contacting the responsible packaging activity.

6. NOTES

(This section contains information of a general or explanatory nature that may be helpful, but is not

mandatory.)

6.1 Intended use. BDAR TMs prepared in accordance with this specification are for use on the

battlefield where repair is limited to such means as bypassing, patching, or jury-rigging components to

restore the equipment/system performance to a minimum operating condition.