TM 11240-15/3F MT Licensing Official Manual - Marine Corps Base ...

APPENDIX D
DEFINITIONS
D-1. GENERAL. The following definitions are organized according to subject area.
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D-2. VEHICLE TYPES. OF 346 Operator’s Permits differ according to the type of
vehicle(s) which an applicant is qualified to operate. The following general definitions apply to
the various classifications of vehicles and types of equipment.
a. Commercial Vehicles. Standard commercial production models that have no
military design features. These vehicles are normally used to provide logistics and
administrative support
b. Tactical Vehicles. Vehicles of military design or with military design features,
whose primary mission is combat or combat support. These include the following categories of
vehicles:
(1) Wheeled
(2) Full-Tracked
(3) Amphibious
(4) Trailers and semi-trailers.
c. General-Purpose Vehicles. Tactical or commercial vehicles, including associated
trailers, whose primary mission is to accomplish general logistics support including the
following:
(1) Transportation of personnel, equipment, cargo and supplies.
(2) Towing Artillery
(3) Towing trailers and/or semi-trailers
d. Special-Purpose Vehicles. Tactical wheeled vehicles with special bodies or
specially mounted equipment. The chassis of such a vehicle is normally identical to a generalpurpose
vehicle of the same size, except for minor alterations. Operators of special purpose
vehicles have additional licensing requirements if the special bodies or specially mounted
equipment require extra training or skills to be operated safely. If the design alteration of the
vehicle does not significantly affect the vehicle’s performance or handling, there is no need for
the operator to be specially licensed for that vehicle. For example, communication vehicles are
not licensed as special purpose vehicles. Special purpose vehicles requiring additional training
are:
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