PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1972
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
1972 SERIES, ISSUE 231
FEBRUARY 1972
XM44
SERIES
PERiSCOPE POOP
So you like the
XM44
type periscope
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: ±²
that shows you what thIngs LooK like at
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¶
·¸¹º•»tlL
night?
±f you want it tO stay working just keep
your screwdriver out oF the slotted insul-
ators on the periscOpe body mOunting p²ates
and retic²e projector.
Why?
Because there's nOthing for yOu to ad-
jU
³
st at these points and if YOu try to adjust
the insulator anyway you'l² ´ikeµy ruin the
eLectrical contacts.
This Is a c²ear case of
unauthorized
tInKering because vehic²e crewmen never
remove the body from its insta²²ed posi¶
tion, which must be done before getting
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TELEsOPE
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l VOD SUGgEsT
You CHecK d³R ´µrIAL
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HoLd one. DOn't b²ow your mind when
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you ²oOk thru the
MÎÎ
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contro² instrument and see z¸i¸1¸c¹h!
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A who²e ºatch of these te²escopes»
´
(:
wit¼
seria²
numºers
½
to
79½»have
-
µ
prIsms that're coming unglued from theIr
Ï
mountings and falling out of aLinement.
So when you look thru the eyepieces¾Nothing¿ That's ºecause the MisÀ
si²e reticLe or the horIzOntaL Lead lines of the conventIonal retIc²e are out of
plumbÁ tiltedÁ or mayºe partia²²Â obscured.
There's nothIng you can do about it»'cept yell for support and have 'eM
send the 'scope to depot for over¼aUl¿
M¼¼9
TELESCOPE HANGER
HANG-Up
±f you want the hanger assembly on your
÷ ½9 telescope to Keep On hanging around,
don't let It hang over the recoIl guard when
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¸
ÄÅÆÇ
you see¹saw the maIn armament Ä
ÈÉ
¹º »
Åike Tà 9Æ2350¸230¸½2 (Jun
6)
says on
page ½½Æ39Á unhooK the hanger assembly
the
same
time
the
teLescope
is
-
taken out for maIntenanceÇ
Èo keÉp it safe detach the
hanger assemºLy at the te²e¶
scope end onLy and tape it
away
from
t¼e
recoil
uard. AndÊ for goodness sake don't use a ¼ammer tO knock t¼e
´
hangeR
pIn
loose.
±t's
sure
death
for
the
¼anger¿
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'CoËrseÁ wheN you put the scope ºack INÁ rec¼ecK t¼e
³
ÃÆ· ½9's haNger InstallationÄ Ìt caN ºe put In ºassacKÆ
wards!
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Ìf It IsÁ your ÍeLescope wIll soon ºe IN a ºiNd¿ J ËsE
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Make sure that t¼e sLant cuts on the inside of t¼e
fork aNg²e
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