PS Magazine - NOVEMBER 1984
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 384
NOVEMBER 1984
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BetTer BlackouT LighT
M101 and M±0±A± towed howitzer
owners, theRe's a bette² blackout light
avaiLaBle foR your guns. The light·offers
more visiBility to ³he rear and is equip-
ped with tuRn signals´ To get tHe lightµ
you oRder 2 componeNt parts¶tailight
assemblyµ ¸S¸ ±015¹0±¹±30¹6273µ anD
cable assemblyµ ¸S¸ 1015º»±¹1¼0¹½949.
The parts aRe free issUe¾
ImprovEd Fif±h WhEe²
When the fifth wheel asse¿blY on Your
2 1/2¹ or 5¹ton ³rac³or ³ruck needs replacÀ
ingµÁ use ¸S¸ 2510¹0±¹094¹671
_
4. It's
stronger than the old assemBlyµ ¸S¸
2510¹00¹809¹779±.
Â
Ãhe M819 aNd M246¹series tRactorÄ
wRecker trucks stay with the old fifth
wheelµ thoÅ Ãhe wreckeR ÆoN'³ woRk righ³
with the new assemblYÇ
BrakE SafeTy!
¸ow
there're
No
if'sµ
bÈÉÊs
orË
maybe'sÌall M44¹seÍies 2 ±/2¹³on trucks
must be eqÎiPPeD with
Â
improveD front
brake hoses. Check now! Ïf Your ³ruckÐs
got short brake hosesµ your mech will
change them to longer hoses as iNÑ
structed in Òara 4¹±0a of ÓM 43¹0143Ô
TACOM Safety¹of¹Õse Msg Ö×STA¹MTØ
062000Ù Jul 84 has the woRD.
MoRe ³IF Phone Lines
The
Úogistic ContRÛl ActivitY in San
Franscisco
has
aÜdeD
some
more
telephone numbers for use in accessing
the ÝogisÞics InteLLigence File.
If you have access to a remote diaLßuP
à
inquirY device or a computer terminalµ you
can áse these nuâbeãs 24 hours a Day:
AV
äåæç5313/544±/55è2/5833/
5635/576±
Commercial
(éêä) äæêç53±3/½441/
5532/5833/5635/576±
·
¸o terminal? ëall
AV
586¹5823µ
com-
meìcial í4±5î 56±¹5823µ fro¿ 6
a.m.,
to
4 p.¿. weekdaYs íÒïTî. Af³er 4 p.m.µ
weekends anD holidays diað
AV
586¹5841µ
commercial í4±5î 56±º584±. ñave your
Docu¿eNt nUmbers reaDYò
Ïf
you
have
questionsµ
give
the
ëustomer Service folks a call. They're
availabLe Monday thru FRiDayµ 7ó30 a.mô
to 4 põm. íÒSTîµ at AV 586¹5705/2±31µö
commercial í415÷ 56±¹5705/2±3ø.
´ank
&
µump ¶lbow
ùse ¸S¸ 473»¹00¹246¹92±9 to get the
±¹in street elbow that coNnects the mufú
fler ³o the engiNe oN the ñighlaNd Ïnû
Dustries ³aNk aND PumP uNi³. The
ü
¸ý¸
listeD in TM 5¹4930¹227¹24Ò is wrong.
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Would YO
·
Stke y±Ur
Li
fe
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on·µ
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G²T An³ H²T ´nEs?
Some dials and gages for constructIon
equIpment, Combat and tactIcal wheel
vehIcles have radIum In them± When they
go bad, they've got to be dIsposed of In
just the right way²
SInCe you Can't tell the differenCe bet³
ween radIoactIve and non´radIoactIve Inµ
strument panel dIaLs and gages, get your
loCal NB¶ team to sCan ·em with a
¸N/PDR¹27 ( ) radIaC set²
ºf the »tems are radIoactIve, use AR
385¼11 and TB 43¹0116 to Identify ·em
and dIspose of ·em.
Amm² µiED²wn ¶avIngs
½f your unIt has a non¹nuclear missIon¾
you don't need the expensIve nuCLear
ammo tIedown strap, NSN 5340¹01¹089¹
4997
(7,000¹Lb
pul¿
strength¾
cost
$23²10). Àhey're
iN
short supply²
For ConventIonal ammo use, tIedown
strap NSN 5340Á00Á980Â9277 (5,000Álb
pull strength, cost $8²37)²
NuCLear
¿issioþ
units shouLd use Ad³
vICe ¶ode 2B to tell supporà not to
substitute.
Gama G²aT BREaKERs
NSN's for cIrcuIt breakers on Page
63
of TM 9¹2320Ä242Å20P are wrong. Use
ÆSN 5925Á00Á954Á9289 for ºtem 7² NSN
5925Á00¹026Â4767 gets ºtem 8.
PM Rs IHE BeSi
aLl-pU±²O³´ 816 /µ.!
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Fo¶· ¸NY fQu¹ºm nT»
M²vE
U· Wi±H NCOLµ
You Can heLp the Army get the train³
Ing LogistICs managers it needsÇand give
ÿĀur
Career a real boostÈthrough the
NonCommIssIoned OffiCer ÉogIstICs Pro³
gram (N¶OÉP)±
N¶O's in
3±
MOS's are needed to fIll
key
logIstICs
management
positIon ²
SectIon
ÏLð
of ¶hap 7 of AR 614Á200 spelLs
out the reQuIrements and assIgnment
opportunitIes.
These MOS's have been added to the
N¶OÊP:
21 É NIke Àest Equip RepaIrer
24V º¹Hawk MaInt ¶hIef
27Ë Êand ¶ombat Support System
Test SpecIalIst
(Éance RepaIrer)
27G ¶haparraL/Redeye RepaIrer
27Z BaLLIstIc/Éand ¶ombat/ÉIght AIr
Ìef Maint ¶hIef
63R, M60A2 Tank Systems
MeChanic, haÍ been dropped
from the program.
Want to talk tÎ someone about the
N¶OÉP? ¶aLL MSG
ZācĂāriello
or Ïr.
MaLafronte, AV 221Ð6428/6429. Or write:
USA MºÉPER¶EN, ATTN: DAP¶¹EPM¹É,
2461 EIsenhower Avenue, ALexandrIa, VA
22331¹0400.
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