PS Magazine - JULY 1977
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 296
JULY 1977
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Guide, sliDe and glide it, man.
±o not !am, slam or jerk it.
Got the tack for the track?
"It² is the tracker used with the
±ragon launch effects Trainer (LE³).
When you mate the tracker to the
L´³, sµide it aft until the connection's
complete. It clicks into place. No force
is necessary ¶. · either with the L´¸ or
the round.
If you bang it, you damage the
connector and maybe the L´³, round
or the tracker¹
HerE's a Vulcan L³ft
Been tryinº to get the »ifting handle
(P /N
11691679)
for the carriage
subassembly on your M167 towed
Vuµcan?
Go this route:
¼he handle has been assigneD stock
number 5340-01-029-4493. Use that
number and go for an exception data
requisition. Cite Item 25 of Fig 33½
page 2-62½ of ³M 9-1005-286-20¾
(Oct 74). ¸hat¿s the handle.
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You also need 4 each of Hardware items 22½ 23 and 24· ³he NSNÁs are in
Â20P.
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Fact is, when the tubes gÃt like that,
theyÄre unsafe
.·. anD shouldnÄt be
issueD ÅoR use.
Operators
can
head
off
those
proÆlems mosÇÈf the time by keeping
sand, muD, dirt and moisÉure Êut of the
tubes. Same goes with ammunition. If
it's wet or dirty, dry anD clean it before
KEEP
TUBES
CLEAN
In brief, clean tuÆes and clean amËo
help prevent frayingÌ
Follow theÍord in ¸M 3Î1055Ï456Ð
12Ñ Chap 2½ Sect III, Operating Under
Unusual Conditions (para 2Ð16)Ñ and
your launcher tÒbes will last a lot
longer.
Break One Nine, yÓu witÔ the M203
grena
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de
launcherÖis that qÒadrant
sight plastic?
If so, youÄve got the latest sig×t,
NSN 1010-00Ï483Ð1155Ñ so take careØ
It¿s brittle in the cold anD it breaKs
ÙeasyÚin the back of a trÒckÛtossed Ün
a cornerÖor kicked by a field boot
.
Ýe carefuµ with it. You gotta know
the mile markers to get alÞng, 10ß4?
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