PS Magazine - SEPTEMBER 1985
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 394
SEPTEMBER 1985
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lip the M6A2 Loop
Clip the Ripper.
That's the word on the rear drawcord
Loop of the M6A2 hood used with your
±
M 17-series protective masks²
;
Too many times in fieLd use, snags
³ have grabbed the cord near the rear
·
loop and ripped the ´oop Fom the
±
hood² That makes µr a useLess hood,
so AMCCOM Msg AMSMC¶MAR¶C
0··605Z Nov
84
says to get rid of
the Loop!
Caution: The two Loops on the Font
¸f the hood and the two on the sides
must staY² O¹Ly the one Loop in the
rear goes²
Mask users, modIº your hoods
under supervisIon of NBC NCO's»
CUT "HAt ONE
oFf ±
8ACI,
i D²n'³ ´µul
-¶:
fON FotR /
/'
NBC NCO's, modiº stocked hoods
beµre you issue them²
I.
SLip a pair of scissors through
the ¼ear Loop and cut it In haLf (be
care½L not to cut the drawcord)²
2²
PuLL the drawcorD Fee a¾d cut
both ends of the Loop to wIthI¾
a
eIghth
i¾ch of the hood² Keep scissors cLear
of the hood²
M17-Series Mask ±ever
C
hecks
Dear Half-Mast,
The PMCS table in
· 3¸¹2¹0¸279¸10
does not include the
drinking controL lever and tube of the
M1ºa1
and
M1º a2
masks.
Can the lever be repaired if it is damaged or missing? Who
repairs the drinking tube if it is toR? Does the damage deadline
the mask?
Dear Sergeant
»L¼ » ,
A damaged or missing lever, or a tube toR inside the mask facepiece,
must be repaired at depot level. Tat damage requires facepiece leak tests.
Masks wIth lever or tube ±mage should be tuRed in ASAP for repair²
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a drinking tube is damaged in the F³d, users won't be able to drink through
it´ Te mµsk can be used until you retuR to garrison ¶·· when it should be
tuRed in² A damaged lever or tube makes the mask Not ¸eady/Available´
Tat's being a¹Ed tO the PMCS²
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