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(2) Block air inlet and outlet passages with oil-soaked rags or debris.
b. Mechanical Destruction. Using an axe, pick, mattock, sledge, or any other heavy implement, damage all vital
elements such as controls, fuel pump, switches and valves, motor and any other major assemblies and components.
c. Destruction by Fire. Pour fuel over unit and pile quantities of flammable material around unit. Burn assemblies
and components on a priority basis if possible. Proper concentration of equipment to be burned will produce a hotter,
more destructive fire. Fires should be lit after mechanical destruction has been accomplished.
d. Destruction by Gunfire.
Fire on the equipment with the heaviest weapons available, aiming at the major
assemblies and controls.
WARNING
Point blank firing at equipment should not be attempted unless the safety of all
personnel in the area is assured.
e. Use of Natural Surroundings.
(1) Submergence of equipment and repair parts underwater (lakes, ponds, bogs, swamps, etc.), or by
concealment by hiding material in caves or preferably by burial, can be used effectively.
(2) Widely dispersed scattering of material, preferably into heavy underbrush, can serve as a denial or delaying
measure. In the event the area is recaptured, effort should be made to recoup concealed items.
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a. General.
(1) Equipment that is placed in administrative storage should be capable of being readied to perform its mission
within a 24-hour period or as otherwise may be prescribed by the approving authority.
(2) Report equipment in administrative storage in Materiel Readiness and Unit Readiness reports as prescribed
for all reportable equipment.
(3) Perform inspections, maintenance services, and lubrications in accordance with the instructions in this
manual.
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