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4-6.
Degree
of
Damage
4-12.
Priorities
The chart below provides a numerical priority
should
a- General.
Methods
of
destruction
rating between 1
and
6
for
general
radio
achieve such damage to equipment and essential
equipment destruction.
spare parts that it will not be possible to restore
the equipment to a usable condition in the combat
zone either by repair or cannibalization.
Parts/equipment
Priority
b. New Equipment- This equipment must be
1
destroyed to prevent duplication by, or revealing
Receiver.
2
means of operation or function, whenever possible,
Remote control units or switchboards (exchanges) and
3
operating terminals.
to the enemy-
4
c. A s s o c i a t e d C l a s s i f i e d D o c u m e n t s - A n y
5
associated documents, notes, instructions, or
Tuning heads.
6
other written material pertaining to function,
operation, maintenance, or employment, including
drawings or parts lists, must be destroyed to
render them useless to the enemy-
4-7
Priorities
for
Destruction
a- Priority
must
always
.be
given
to
the
destruction of classified equipment and associated
documents-
b. W h e n I a c t o f t i m e a n d / o r s t o r e s p r e v e n t s
destruction of equipment, priority is to be given to
the destruction of essential parts, and the same
parts are to be destroyed on all like equipment-
for various groups of equipment is contained in
4-8.
Equipment
Installed
in
vehicles
installed
in
vehicles
should
be
Equipment
destroyed in accordance with the priorities for the
equipment itself, taking into account the relative
vehicle itself-
4-9.
Spare
Parts
The same priority, for destruction of component
parts of a major item necessary to render that
item inoperable, must be given to the destruction
of similar components in spare parts storage
areas.
4-10.
Authorization
The authority for ordering the destruction of
equipment is to be vested in the divisional and
higher commanders, who may delegate authority
to subordinate commanders when the situation
requires-
Reporting
4-11.
The reporting of the destruction of equipments is
to be done through command channels.
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