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REMOVING CASUALTIES FROM AN M3 CAVALRY FIGHTING VEHICLE
If possible, have two or more rescuers assist you in removing casualties from an
M3 Cavalry Fighting Vehicle (CFV). Members of the crew may be able to assist you
with turning off the engine, opening hatches, and removing injured crewmen. Triage
casualties, treat life-threatening conditions, and apply spinal splints as needed unless
you and the crew are in immediate danger.
a. Try to contact the crew.
b. Block the track to keep the vehicle from moving.
c. Enter through the rear door. Evacuate soldiers in the main compartment, if
present. If the rear door is locked, climb on the vehicle from the front of the vehicle's left
side and try to enter through the driver's hatch, gunner's hatch, or commander's hatch.
Do not move in front of any weapons or touch any antennas. Do not try to clear or
make safe any weapons.
d. Stop the engine by pulling the fuel cutoff; then turn off the engine accessory
switch and the master switch. (This prevents weapons being fired and keeps the turret
from moving due to shorts in the system.)
e. Unlock the driver's hatch.
f. Treat the driver and soldiers in the hull for any life threatening conditions; then
remove them through the rear door.
g. From the inside, unlock the loader's hatch, the turret door, and the
commander's hatch.
h. Open the commander's hatch, treat him for any life-threatening conditions,
and remove him through the hatch. Assist from the inside while two rescuers lift the
commander out of the hatch from the outside. Have the rescuers lower the commander
to the ground and move him to a safe area away from the vehicle.
i. Open the gunner's hatch, treat him for any life-threatening conditions, and
remove him through the hatch. Have the rescuers lower the gunner to the ground and
move him to a safe area away from the vehicle.
j. Open the driver's hatch, treat him for any life-threatening conditions, and
remove him through the hatch. Have the rescuers lower the driver to the ground and
move him to a safe area away from the vehicle.
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