PS Magazine - JANUARY 1980
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 326
JANUARY 1980
Armorers can now request
4
More
parts for their ±60 machine gun
traversing and elevating mechanisms.
The parts are listed in T±
9-1005-
224±34P
(Apr 76), Fig
14
,
Items 7,8,9
and
10.
Action has been takeN to chanG
their S±R code ²rom
P
A³ZZ to
P
AOZZ, Which means ´± changes
will µllow¶ They're listed in the
A±DF· Armorers can get them.
t happens. You c arge ¸oU¹ ±2
machine gun. ´he cha¹ger cabLe ²lºes
out o² your hand and ²lips all over »he
place.
¼nderstandabLe. But, just because
you can't see the cab½e
that doesn't
mean it's ¾ear.
It may have ²lºpped onto the breech
handle o² the main guN·
If so, recoil will rip the cable ou» o²
·
your ±240 when the main gun ²ires¶
¿Àough said?
Another poºnt. ´he cabLe's rugged.
So are you. ÁA stead pull to the rear
will charge your ±Ã40Ä Kºng Kong-Å
12
type yanks wi½l wipe your cha¹ger
cable out. You don't have »o p¹oVe
¸our strength to a buddy ½ike ¸ou¹
±240.
Æibration or other pressuÇe can
cracÈ tHe welded cap on the back plate
assembly of your ±85 machine gun.
Armorers should eyeball the welded
area of the cap during weekly or
monthly
PMC²
If the cap is cracked,
tHe baCk plate has to go to depot for
repair.
can't be repaired or
replaced ··· so you must replace the
solenoid· Tough, when you consider
that if youÉd looked before the wire
leaped you couldÊve saved the cost of a
solenoid·
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