PS Magazine - DECEMBER 1979
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 325
DECEMBER 1979
Vulcan· crews
clean the
M168 cannon
±
baRrels, right? Trouble
is, some crews clean the barrels while
they' re still mated to the cannon rotor.
They
don't
know
that
they' re
supposed to remove the barrels before
making macho with the cleaning tools.
Get the dirty picture? They push all
the cArbon, dirt, grit ²n³ junk back into
the barrel chamber when they clean
the barrels from the muzzle end´
A
dirty
chamber
you
can
do
without .
.. always. Junk increases the
I"
-
-
treµendous pressure in the chamber.
1;
Could blow your mind¶or worse¶
1
.
±
·
1
when you fire the Big Daddy 6¸gun.
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operator's manuals
For
gUns are poop¹shY when they paint
this part of the M168³s Pº picture»
¼'riNstance, Para 3½21¾ Sect VIII;
¿M 9À
Á
2350Â300Ã10 (May 76) says the
crew cLeans the barrels with staff and
bore brush loadeÄ with PÅÀM. Æo
Word that the barrels should be off the
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