PS Magazine - DECEMBER 1979
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 325
DECEMBER 1979
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TfEY'RJ 60NnA HaVe
tWO ³1´rµ ¶·D¸y¹S Iº » Mi¼U½¾!
knob on your· M49 Redeye
only the fLat pLate .
.. Fr The plastic
mIssIle system trainer pump handLe
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needs a quIck look before you requesT
repLacement sprIng plates and pins.
²he
oLd
plasTic
knob
and
THe
repLacement
aLuminum
one
need
dIfferent pLates and pins. ³hey're noT
interchangeable.
²he
aluminum knob Has a fLat
surface next to the trainer tube:
²he plastic Knob needs spring plaTe
NSN 6920-00´122µ1062 and spring
pin NSN 5313-00-587-2705¶ ¸ig 7 of
²M 9µ6920¹428-24P (May 78) sHows
Screw it up.Screw it a-º-º the way up!
²hat's the way you do it when you
Install the battery coolanT unit
(BCU)
in your »edeye launcher.
Batery
coOlant
FLAT surf±²e
³´µmiNµM kn¶b
·E¸dS h¹Rº»-
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PlÀ»
²he
alum¼Oum
knob
needs
horseshoe-shaped spring pLate NSN
6920½00´475¾8245
and
spri¿g
piÀ
NSN 5313¹00-802-8565Á
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You've got to use a liTtLe muscle ÂnÃT
much) Än the bottom of The
BCU
in
order to engage the ThreadsÅ
Æf you don't screw it alL tHe way upÇ
BCU
contacts won'T aline wiTh
ÄÅÆÇ
r
¶
(BCU)
launcher well contacts .
.. and batteÈy
' 1/
·
voLÉage won't reach the LauncHerÊ
Ëou'll
shoot
blanKs .
.. and
you'lL
probably bend or breaK the launcHer
pIns.
ÌememberÍ
Push
upÇ
engage
threadsÎ screw all the way up.
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M551/M5±IAI ShEr²dan.
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ThE ShEr²daRs ²n thE 82d A²rbornE
D²v²s²on w²lL BE g²vEn thE cOmplEtE
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(³El²ab²l²ty¶Ava²lab²l²ty·
Ma²nta²nab²L²ty
Product
µmprovE·
ment Program). That g²vEs a mEanEr
and LeanEr mach²nE to fly w²¸h thE
a²rbornE troopers.
Among thE 40¹oºd ²mpr»ve¼Ents ²s
thE M240 coax²al mach²nE gun wh²ch
,
w²LL rEpLacE thE M2
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9. ThE M240 ²s
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morE rEl²aBlE and Eas²Er to s½rv²c¾
and f²rEs aBout a th²rd faster than thE
M219. ThE M240 has a qu²ck¿chan
g
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barrEl and ²s smaLLEr and lÀghtEr than
²ts prEdEcessor. You can f²Eld str²Á ²t
w²thout tooÂÃ; ²t's Eas²Er to rEmovE and
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nEw Nat²onaL Æra²n²ng CEntEr (NTC)Ç
ForÈ ÉÊw²nÇ Ca˲for̲aÇ ²n moº²f²Ed
conf²gurat²on. Ít w²LL servE as thE
Îppos²ng forcEs (ÏPFϳ) vEh²cle. µn
th²s
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to
BE
ÎpErat²onalLy ava²LaBlE 300 days pEr
yEar and capabLE oÒ roll²ng
3,üüü
m²LEs
pEr yEar. µt'll ÎÓEraȽ w²th thE MuLt²plE
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t²on (MÍÖÕS)
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TraØ ØG Óackages and moB²le tra²n·
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cr½ws anº ¼a²ntEnancE troops ²n
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both thE act²vE anº NTC ÏPFϳ un²ts.
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