PS Magazine - MAY 1973
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
1973 SERIES, ISSUE 246
MAY 1973
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Retrofit, in Army terms± meanS action
taken to modiFy inService itemS-and
that'S
what²s happened again Co
TM 38³750.
The new edition± DateD 21 Nov 72± re´
placeS 2 formS with one± aLines µa¶erIel
with unit reaDiness reportS± Puts ex¶ra
gun tube data on ·¸ ¹orm 2408³º anD
aDDs component info for E»¼ ratIngS±
usage repor¶s anD Warranty ½l¾Iµs o¿
À¸ ¹orm 2º08³10Á A uniforµ rule on
da¶eS callS for Julian Dates on forms that
are keypuncheDÂ AlL others get calenDar
dateSÂ
ThoSe are µajor changes IÃ the latest
T¸MM» guiDebook± but ChereÄre µore
DetaileD revisions a¿D streamLIning page
by pageÅcover Co coverÂ
ONE ¹OR TÆOÇOne new µuLtiPle³use
forµÇ·A ¹orm 2º08È9± EqUipmen¶ Éon´
trol RecordÅiS SUBStiÊuted for 2 oLder
forµS ¶hat Will Soon fade awayË
ÀA ¹orµ 2º08³8± EquIpment ¸ccep³
receiÌt oF Forms) wiÍÍ be recorDeD oÎ tHe
new ·A ¹orm 2Ï08ÐÑÒ
Óp to now ·A ¹orm Ôº08Ð7, EQUipÕ
ment TranS Öer Report, haS BeeÎ uSeD for
reporting gainS anD LoSseS, transferS and
Ìeriodic uSaGe info on eQUi×ment itemsÂ
Øog coÌieS of tÙiS Form remain in the LoGS
ÇUÚtiL the next comparaBÍe action (gain,
LoSS, transfer or Usage report periodÛ reÜ
quires compLetion of a new report ÝuLk
items are no Longer reQUired to Be reÞ
porteDÂ
ßhen the new reÌort iS reQUireD (on
and after 1 Apr 73Û, it wilL Be fiLeD on
the new ·A ¹orm 2à08á9Â AnD yoU toSS
oUt the comparaBLe ÍoG copy of tÙe old
·A ¹orm Ôà08Ð7Â
JUSt keep in mind: ÓntiL yoU Do a new
·A ¹orm 2º08³Ñ re×Íaâeãent, yoU keep
Chät ·A ¹orm 2à08å7ÅoLd or not »oon±
thouGh, tÙæSe "oLd SoçdierSè wiLÍ FaDe
away (é
ê
ncidenCaLLy, the interval for Us´
age Data reportS on comBat vehicÍes is
increaSed
from
QUarterLy
to
Semië
annUaLLy.)
REA·ìNE»í ¸ØìNEMEîT Ç
MaterieL
readineSs iS a part of overaLL unit readi´
ness Ýut in the ÌaSt some ïtems reportÐ
ReadineSS, were not reportabLe on ·ð
¹orm Ôà06 (MaterieL ReadineSSÛ.
The new TAMñ» ruLeS change thatò
After 1 AÌr 73, if tHe eqUipmentóS reô
portaBLe on one it²S re×ortaBÍe on tHe
other õhiS aLinement is assUred by Lining
up tHe reportaBLe List For aLL 3 formS in
the Same coLumn of »ection ìì, Ap×endix
É of the TñÂ
ThereöS another Bonus here wHen airÜ
craft are invoÍved »ince aircraft statUs
reportS are reQUired on ·A ¹orm 1352
(AR 710³12Û± the reporting of aircraft
readineSS on ·A ¹orm 2º06 has Been
droppeD for now, BUt soµe changeS may
come LaCerÂ
EXTRA ÷ÓN TÓÝE ·ATðÇÓSe oF ÀA
form 2º08åà iS expanDed to incluDe fIrIng
data on gun tuBes of aircraft armament
Subsystems And detaiLed entries for
other gun tubeS also are changeDÂ
ÝesiDes a breakout by zone of roundS
FireD, when eqUivaLent fULl charge (E¹ÉÛ
roUnds muSt be compUted tHe computaø
tion must Be sHown in coLumn h on the
formÂ
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