PS Magazine - JANUARY 1987
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 410
JANUARY 1987
TOW, TOW
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MisSIle .±²
Charge It All the Way
You can't fOl the T±W Missile Guid-
r;:±²³=7
ance Set (MGS) battery's memor². If
you mecHs don't FLLy discHarge tHe bat³
tery be´re cHARging µ.
. or don't F¶¶y
cHarge it ·.
. tHe batteRy c¸n never B ¹l¶y
cHArged again. Its memoºy won't let it.
±nce you begin chArging tHe battery,
you must complete tHe cHarg»ng¼ cycle.
½He green ¾U¿¿Y CÀÁED ligHt on
the bAttery charger will come on wHen
itÂs ±K to remove tHe baÃtery.
Twice a Week
Äun the ÅotÃle cleaning and cHarging st¸tion at Least twice a weekÆeven if you
don't have any cOlant cartºidges to cLean And chARge. THis reÇular oPration keeps
tHe seals luźicateÈÉ ±ÊeºwiseË tHe sea¶s dry and crack and must Åe replaced.
Operate the bottlE cLeaning
and charging sTatIon often
t± preseRe The seaLs
Hands Of
MGS cÌRcuit cards are static sensitive.
If you Handle tHem witHout speÍiAl antiÎ
Ï
st¸tic equipment, you ºuin tHem.
So never toucH the circuit cArdsÐ Ñf a
card needs to B Replaced, telL ÒSÓ THey
Have tHe equipment to do the job rigHt.
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HaNdlInG
cIrcui²
cards
ruIns
t³Em!
TOW/M³LE´µ
No Smiles at M±LES
Ñf you Load an Ônti-TAnk Weapon
EÕect SimuÖator System (Ô½WESS)
ca×tRidge iN a ½±W /ØIÙES with a
damaged ÚRing ÛinÜ ÝHe cArtridge couÞd
exÛlße wHen yoà cáose tHe brâH dOR.
EveRy
ãimeÆbeäre yoå load
an
Ô TWæçS cAºtºidgeÆoèn the bréeêh
door as wide as ëssibìe to sí if the î³
ïg Û»ð is stiêkiñg out. ¾eel ´r it with
your Úngers. If tHe pin's sòcking outó t¸g
your T±W /MÑ¿ES UôSÔõE And
tm
it in. ôever stand beHiNd the Ô ½WESS
•
KEEP your
hands away
wheN you
close ²hE
b´EEch doo´
wHén yö l÷d
A F ±
T±W/øù
you load and
².
Ôlsoú ûíp your Hands
üe ý ½WESS þdge cÿn eXplße Just away Āom tHe breech dOr's Hole wHiāe
ĀoĂ An accădental bump. ýnd its Ąacką
yoà close and lĆck the dOr.
ćlast ÅuĈsĉ
Ônd maĊe sure No one is cÞoser than
Stand
³
the ºċght of Êe launcher wHi¶e
So
meters beHind tHe launcHer.
J´N 87
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