PS Magazine - JUNE 1978
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 307
JUNE 1978
,;
Follow-Up
Action
·
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When
the
barrel
cools
(15
•If a round is in tTe chamber,
minutes):
•If you didn't pulL the cocking
handle to the rear earLier, do it.
•Put the gun on safety (S),
rovided no round was ejected±
•ChecK for a stuck round in the
chaMber, receiver, extractor or
[
aMMo belt² EyebalL each of those
area³ for damage´ and check the
gun for a loose rouNdµ
Lower the feed tray and close tHe
coverµ
•Return the cocking Handle
forward¶
•PUt the safety on fire
±F)
and
attempt to fireµ
•If the round fires and ejects,
reload and contiNue firing·
•If the gun does not f¸¹e or eject,
clear and unload the weapoN aNd
turn it in to direºt support fo¹
repair»
For emphasIs± The f²RS³ thing you
do for a weapon stoppage, whether
the BarreL"s hot or cool, is pulL ´he
cockIng handLe to ´he rear. µeave It
•there ´iLL you can make further checks¶
·emember, too, that it takes just a
few seconds for a ho´ Barrel ´o cooK off
.
•
¸f it's Not cLeaN, you can¹´ get mean¶
ProvIdIng yoU're a prospective
Dragon mIssile gunner, that is¶
The cLean BIt comes in with the
launch effects ´raIner (µET)¶
The µET mus´ be cleaNed by ´he
crew after each day of operatioN¶
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