PS Magazine - JULY 1981
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 344
JULY 1981
You don't want your tank search-
ligHt to blow up on you.
THat can happen if tHe exhaust air
scReen gets bent so it sHort circuits tHe
ballast
resistor
and
explodes
the
xenon lamp assembly±
ChecK ²our searchligHt and see
the exHaust air scReen is loose or bent³
If tHe screen is bent
or
damaged, tHE
searcHlight should not be uS´d
µ
un¶Ll it
is r·paiRed± If it has tQ b¸ used iN a¹
º
emergenc², you take special precau»
tions because of a possible explosion.
THe exhaust air screen probably
gets deformed or damaged wHen tHe
searchlight is set down on a surface
witH sHarp projections¼
Before
you
power
up
your
searchlight, take a fast look at your
exHaust air screen to maKe sure it's not
loose or bent
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Dear Editor,
Th±
.
balistic shieL² over the panteL in
o
u
r M109A2 an³ M109A3 howitzfRS
·
Fogs up duRin
g
coLd´ wet weµther¶
¸
To prevent this,
¹
we use the aºt»-
¼oGGinG
kit´
±
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6850½00½127¾
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This kit was Åmade For
Æ
use with theÇ
M25A 1 pRotÈctive mask but Éorks
Ê
very Ëel on tHe balistic shieLdÌ
2ÍT Kevin
J×
BeRGner
11th ARmored ÎavaÏy
(Ed ¸ot¹-RiGht oº. OrD¹r »dditio¼»l »¼ti½FoGGi¼G kit¾ For thi¾ pUrPo¾¹¿)
Âo,
next
time
yoU
remove
thÃ
support
ap, replace tHe hexÄHeAd cap
screws with
4
socketÅhead
screws,
ÆÂÆ
5205-00-983Ø7456Ù
THis will let
you
use
aÇ socÈetÅhead
wrench
to
remove
the
speedometer
drive
adapter¼
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