PS Magazine - MARCH 1978
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 304
MARCH 1978
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TOW Missile System .
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Face it, man. If you bang up the W2
cable
on your APC-mounted TOW
missile
system,
you
don't
have
a
missile system±
What²s worse, if you bang 'em up ³´.
accidentally, carelessly or on µurpose
. ´ . as often as they've been banged up ¶n
recent moNths, it'll be a Long time
before you have an operating m¶ss¶le
system´
Fact: The W2 cable, ·S· 1450¸00¹
025º4755 (from the J» jack on the
MGS to the µedestal), is z¶lch in the
a year²s time,
you²re talKing
bIg
money.
There's
an ¼WO in the worKs
that'½l help the
¾
problem somewhat,
but the ma¿or help is going to come
from you .
.. wHere you aim your eyes,
put your feet or your Hands .
The Head sHed is tryÀng to get cab½es
iN tHe supp½y system soonest, but you
can coo½ the situation permanently by
taKing care of the cables you have .´. or
tHe rep½acements you get.
Áere are some wÂys to do itÃ
suÄply system. Zero Balance. Even a
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Bracket Eye±alL
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f³
First off, wÅen You raise or lower
substitute cable,
Used to fiLL some
reqUisitions, is ÆonÇ gone.
The caÈles Ço at $331 a µiece, which
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the ÉeDestal assemÈLY (Èe extra careÊUL
on
RAIs²ng
itË, eYeÈaLL the caÈle when it
Çets near tÅe Locking Èracket of the
MÌ33E» mountinÇ kitÍ Îhe Èracket
attaches to tÅe UnDersiDe oÊ tÅe
³PC
rooÏ.
ain²t hay. When yoU mULtiµlY that Èy
L·¸¹º»¼½¾
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The arm of the bracKet (on the cable
side of the µedestal) may snag the
cabLe. Ðf it does, you may chalK up one
cabLe.
So, µush the cable out of the way.
Since raising or lowering the pedestal
is a 2¸man job, one of you can taKe tHe
second or so needed to cLear the cable.
Ñour foot is one of tHe biggest
potentia½ hazards to the cableÒ THat
old W2 may ÓooK rugged, but ¶t's not
rugged enougH to Ôe used as a step .´.
not
even
an
accidental
step´ One
can
put
you
out
of
No HaµdhoLd
AnotHer pointÕ THe cable²s not a
handHo½d, boosterÖupper or wh×teverØ
Put a litt½e strongarm on tHe cabÓe aÙd
you
can
damage
conneÚtors,
¿acKs
(even on the MGS and pedestaÛÜ, pÝus
the cable itself.
OveraÛl, itÞs up to you to preveÙß
unnecessary damage, and you sureày
know when something you²re aáoât to
do may damaãe itä
As tHe story sa¶d in tHe beg¶nn¶ng,
without that cab½e, you donåt have a
miss¶Le system. In more ways th×n
one, that could get ha¶ry´
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