PS Magazine - SEPTEMBER 1975
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 274
SEPTEMBER 1975
you
were,
bouncing
through
The
boondocks
wiTh
your
M60A2 Tank or M55
I
Sheridan.
Maybe you fired a coupla' rounds of
conventionaL ammo thrOugh the tube±
Chances are good that you bounced
The check sight la²p ouT of whack in
the
Telescope
mo1T³
No
sweat´
µhere's
nothing
wrong
with
The
missile system±
µhe check sighT la²p's not part of
the ¶issile sysTem-it·s only used as
¸n inFrared source To check oUT the
missile sysTem´
So don·T Think Rhe
¹issiLe sysTe¶ is defective when The
proble² is ¸ctually the check sight
L¸²pº
IF This l¸mp geTs boUnced out of
¸line¶enT ¸nd you perform a sysTem
selF»test y¼u'll geT a sig Data conv "No½
Go¾, but There's nothing Wr¿ng with
The ²issile syste¶±
µhe pr¿bLem isÀ you should neVer
perFÁr² ¸
syste¶ self»test wiThÁut
FÂrst perFÁr¶inà the tr¸cker ¸linement
TEst±
18
WHEN LAMP'S
OUT OF
ALINEmenT
YOU
G
:
SoC "NQ GO±
LOOK FOR CHECK
.,
SiGHt LAMP POSiTIO²
THROUGH ³ELESCOPe
EYEPiECe
I
tRAG
H
1
SPOT OF LiGH´
SHOULD BE iN
CeNTeR OF
CROSSHAIR
CiRCLE
.
ACTUaLlY S±M,
THE PROBLeM mAY
b±
th² Cf³cK
SiG´µ
²³mP!
Ähen
performing
the
tracker
Å
¸Line¹ent test (sTeps Æ3 Through Æ9 oF
µable
2-¶2,
µM 9Ç2350Ç230ÈÉ2)Ê take
each step in orDer and DonËt forget
step Æ8À which says center The missile
reticle cirÌle over the spot of light´
Back to Top Back to Top
