ATP 3-04.13 Helicopter & Small Aircraft Battle Damage Repair – 2021 – BIG size

ATP 3-04.13 describes techniques for conducting and performing battle damage assessment (BDA), repairing, and recovering helicopters and small aircraft in all types of Army operations.

 

BDA, repair, and recovery are small unit actions at the tactical level of warfare. They are sustainment and support actions intended to preserve combat power.

Aircraft recovery may occur in any circumstances. Recovery in decisive action is the greatest challenge. This publication is primarily written for decisive action. This revision includes techniques for recovery in a peer threat environment, and command and control techniques for recovery across the operational framework.

ATP 3-04.13 focuses on techniques used by the leaders of field maintenance teams and downed aircraft recovery teams (DARTs.

 

The primary audience for ATP 3-04.13 is battalion and company commanders and leaders in aviation battalions, aviation maintenance companies (AMCs), aviation support companies (ASCs), forward support companies (FSCs), and theater aviation support maintenance groups (TASM-Gs). Introduction

 

ATP 3-04.13 contains three chapters and three appendices:

 

Chapter 1 provides an overview of relevant terms and describes techniques for task organizing companies and platoons into teams to repair and recover aircraft.

Chapter 2 describes how to plan, prepare, and execute aircraft repair for a division or corps operation.

Chapter 3 describes techniques for training and executing aircraft recovery for a task-organized team.

The appendices provide examples and describe resources for leaders and staff.

 

 

This book is a “Mini” (half the size of a piece of paper).

A popular size to carry anywhere (briefcase, large pocket, purse) but the print is large enough for easy reading.  The binding is with coil, allowing easy flipping of pages without jamming.

The color covers are laminated for weather protection with black and white inside printing.

(A BIG size version (8 1/2 inch by 11 inch, the same size as a regular sheet of paper) is on this website too)