PS Magazine - AUGUST 1986
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 405
AUGUST 1986
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M2/M3
Bradley .
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Double Loop for M240C LanyARd
If the M240C machine gun in your
Bradley has a p±N and lanyard FR ±ts
²ont mount, listen up:
The lanyard may be too long. ³f thE
pin's le´ daNgling when the gun is
removed and the tuRret is tRaVersed,
the p±N can catch on the hull and be
R±pped oµ.
Solve the problem by double-loop±ng
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the
lanyard. You'll have plenty
of
lanyard le´ to mount the gun, but not
enough to haNg up on the hull¶
That way, even if the pin is not put
back in its bRacket when the machine
gun's removed, it'll still be sa·.
BAyonet up to SnuF?
Your ri¸e's ¹10 ºM's are skimpy on go/no¹go inF FR bayonets and scab»
baRds. ³f your bayonet or scabbaRd has any of these de·cts, it needs your
armoRer's attention:
Scabbard Hanger:
Rivets,
Handle±
CrAckeD±
sTitching loose²
broken±
or Loose
.-±²)
g³ips²
Snap±
´AmAgeD
or missingµ
Scabbard±
Web¶Ing rippeD±
DenTeD so DeeplY ¶AYone·
hArD to remove; fAils to
hoLD bAYone¸ when turneD
upsiDe
Down.
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M2 Machine Gun ³´µ
Save your knuckLes and youR tempeR
next t±me you
install
the Retracting
handle on your M2 mach±ne guns¶
Armorers can get the spring onto the
heaDess shoulder pin a lot eas±eR by
±mprov±s¼g a lacing wiRe hook, liKe so:
Cut oµ about a Fot of lacing wire.
Insert the spring tang into the hole
on the back of the ½eVeR.
FIt tHE
sprINg
IN THE
lEvEr
".
Put the retracting slide lever and
handle on the shouldered stepped stud.
³nstall the washer and tu¾ the nut down
hand tight.
Pivot the charging handle back about
half an inch .
.. until the leVeR clears
the p±n hole.
¿ouble the lacing wÀre and ±nsert it
through the loop of the spR±ng. Pull
the wire until the loop is centeRed over
the hole¶
PUll tHE sprINg Hook wItH wIrE to
sCrEw IN tHE sHOULdEr HEAdlEss pI¶
Hold the w±re steady whiÁe you screw
±n Âhe headless p±n.
T±ghten the retracting handle lever
nut just
enough
to
g±ve the handle
²ee play.
InseRt the cotter pin and loop the p±n's
ends around the lever nut.
SmileÃ. You're done.
M16± 1 Buttstock GrowTh
The M16AÄ buttstocK is be±ng reÅ
placed by the MÄ6A2 buttstock, ÆSÆ
1Ç5È01-135-4973, by attrition.
ºhe new buttstock is 5/8¹in longer,
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so
ut
rÉeiving it must request spacer,
ÊËÌÍ
ÆSÆ 5365Î01-146-769Ï, Ðnd screw,
Do Not kINk sprINg
ÆSÆ 5305-01-147¹8585, to adapt it to
·¸
-±-²³
-
the M16AÄ receiver¶
Installation is the same as Fr the MÄ6AÄ buttstock, except that you install
the spacer on the ReceiVeR extension beFre installing the the buttstock assembly.
You must have the new, longer butÑstock screw, ÆSÆ 5305¹01-147-8585 to
secure the stock to the Receiver.
When you get the New buttstocK, you must have youR MÄÄ rack mod±Òed by
¿S or you can replace with M12 Rack, ÆÓÆ 1095¹Ç-407-0674¶
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