PS Magazine - OCTOBER 1977
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 299
OCTOBER 1977
(60
lb-in) so they can telL whether the inseRt's safe. They±ve got to tuRn the
²insert to do ³hat, bUt i´ can't tUrn wi³h metal wedged in the iNdeNtsµ
WHat's more, gettinG t¶e insert oUt
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SO
yoU've made addiÀional damaGe.
So,
if yoU have any respec³ f
O
r yoUr
weapon, don'Ámash the breech face. If
the insert's loose, let
DS
take care of it
The breech insert on yoUr
M203
grenadE LaUncher
for
looseness
beFore
yoU
Use
³he weaponÂ
Ão arGUment there, since
thaÄt's wha³ TM
9-1010±221-10
teLls yoU ³o Do.
CHECK BREECH INsERT
BEFORE UsING
It's what comes next that gets hairy. Åirst off, since yoU Don't have a tool,
yoU ³ry to tUrn the breech insert with yoUr fingers. IfÆ it's loose, and that's
any k²nd
of loose, yoU ge³ it fixed.
That meaNs the weapon has to be tUrned in to direct sUpport.
DS
has the
BREeCH
tools and the sealeR to get ³he breech
INsERT
insert as tight and as safe as it shoUld
beÂ
If ³he ÇNsert's loose,
²t does not
mean
³hat yoU or yoUr armorer shoUld
take a pUnch or a screwdriver and
stake it.
When yoU smash the metal of the
bReeCÈ face down like tÉat, yoU make permanent damage. What's more, yoU
makÊ it jUst aBËUt impossible foR
dS
to check the ReveRse torqUe on the inseRt
8
Ì Í. with a torQUe wrench that'll keep
c
i³ tight and a sealer (in Îh
1
of TM
9²³0i0´221²24)t
backing oUt.
Another
³hing
with
the
M203:
There's a new firing pin oUt which
prevents primer pUnctUre. ÏatUrally, ³herÐ's a new firing pin PRotRuSioN gage
to go witÑ the neÒ piN.
Óld
pins
and
gages
Ôre
BeiNg
removed from the sUppÕy syStem
Ö
×
The
new pin mUst Be iØstÙlled BY YoUR
DS/gS,
So yoU armoReRs can checK
witÚ them to seÊ whetÉÊR the NeÛ PiNs
and GagÊs aRe oN hand bÜÝ
O
Re tUrniNg
in the laUncher.
Ïew Pins go by ÏÞÏ
10³0-00²348-
µ433¶
ßÏ
³2·02970.
The PRotRàSioN
gage is ÏÞÏ
4933²00¸34¹²µ434¶
ßÏ
³20º2976»
TÉe old pin has
2
indeNts ááá aBoUt
half way roUnd tÉe faCÊ oÝ the PiN oN
each side.
The new piN has soâid SidÊs ãno
L.:'-="³´µ¶·¸¹lº»
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indents)á
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