PS Magazine - JANUARY 1982
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 350
JANUARY 1982
If fitting protective masks or checking THem for leaks drives you bananas,
NBC typEs, try· banana oiL.
With the masked soldiEr sitTing down, pass a cotTon swab dabbEd in banana
oil 1 or 2 inches abovE tHe facepiece-aLong The edge where it makes contact
witH ThE facE.
±est Fr fiT and leaks around The eyelens, inleT valves and voicemiTTer²OuT³
let vaLve assembly, also.
1
TEST FOR LEAKS .±²
..± around
voicemItter-outlet
·-±'²
assembly ±±±
Never Touch the mask or soldiEr with the bana´a oil 'cause iT weakens the
mask and can irritatE thE skin.
µf the soldier smeLls ¶hE bana´a oiL, adjusT The head harness straps. µf thaT
doEsn't geT rid of the banana smEll, the mask leaks or is The wrong size. ±urn it
in f¸r rEPlacEmEnt or rePair.
NSN 6810¹00²123²7047 gets a pint boTTLE of banana oil.
•
Test outdoors or ²n a well³a²red
room´
•
Never smoke arounD banana oil± µt
cA¶ catch on fire.
•
Wear rubber gloves ²f an applica·
¸²on coulD wet Your f²nGers.
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ºas your protEctivE mask bEen modified To fit your fce? Be sure yOu TakE it
with you if you Tra´sfer to anoThEr unit.
SincE ThE modified mask fits onLy you, it goEs witH you wHen you go.
±eLl your NBC spEcialisT you have a modified mask. ±He NBC sPecialist will
gEt with thE »lks at your proPertY book office f¸r a little paperwork sHuffle.
±hEy'Ll send you DA ¼orm 3645, ½rganizational CloThing and ¾quipmenT, To
sig´. ±hen they'lL drop the mask from Their records with a DA ¼orm 444,
µnvEnTorY AdjusTmEnt REPort, using DA Msg DAM½¿¼DÀ R 26Á727ZJun 81
as the authority.
±he modified mask biz is only Temporary-unTil extra²smaLl MÂ 7A1
Protective masks and The new M30 protectivà masks are fieldEd.
When
Ä
the new masks come outÅor you no LongEr need your modified
maskÆturn it in To your NBC sPecialisT. ºe'll turn iT in To The direct support
unit .
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.
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yoU ´EEd aLL thE sÈEEd you can mUstEr
ÉrEvEnt damagE to your ProtEÊtivE
Ëask carriEr and savE timE gEtting
Your maÇk out with thE samE ËovE.
ÌanK thE carriEr opEn with onE jErk
from ThE middlE of thE carriEr fLÍp.
±hE flaÎ is madE to opEn that wayÏ
it'Ç ÇtrongEr in thE cEntEr.
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