PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-417
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 417
AUGUST 1987
M2, M60, M85 Machine Guns .
..
That's No Crack
Hold on bfre tuRg in a machIne
gun Ba±rel Fr cracks. Could b the
crack's just a grOve²
³´ you spt a seam on the inside o´ the
Bar±el
n
the Breech end, don't sweat
it. That's no crack, that's the grOve
where the Ba±reL's µb and l¶ner meet²
The G·ve va±ies ¸om
.0
to
±²
inch
wide and d¹sn't aºect Barrel sa´ety²
I
M2 Machine Gun
i
AN/PVS-4 Ni
g
ht Vision Sight± .²
VIew thru barrel
from chambeR
end
I
±ing groove visible
in bore
That's nO c²ck,
that's a groove .
..
and it's ³K
±ing
groOve seen
in bOre is a
Separation be´een
liner and barreL and
is not a defect
Screwed Up Mounting Screws
Dear Half-Mast,
We'R having a p±bLem getting the right AN/PVS-4 mounting knOb
assembLy fOr the M60 machine gun. The mOuntinG knOb we get with
NSN 5855-01-039-2834 wOrks fine fOr the M16 ², but dOesn't wOrk
fOr the M60 because its mOunt needs a nOtched scR³ tO hOLd the
washe´. We have 100 dEdLined mOunts beCause Of thisµ ¶n yOu heLp?
THE MOUNTING
KNOBS ARE DiFFERENT.
ORDER tHE M60 SCREW
LEVER aSSEMBL ' WiTH
NSN 5315-01±132²3577!
12
J³ s´
M60 knob
needs
a
notched
scµew
AUG 87
m16³SEries Rifle .´.
LEt³S FiND
ANO´hER
M16 WE CAN
CALl hOMEµ
PreVent »st and corrosion Ad g¶ve your M¼6 ±i½e a longer l¾¿-lÀe so:
ShinY spts on your rI½e sOn Á to ±Ust and Âo±rosion ÃIJ i´ nothing's done
aÅut ÆeDz Have your aNnorer touÂh uÈ spts with solid
f
lUÉt, ÊSÊ
9150ËÌÍ168Í2ÎÏ.
Ðlso head oº rUst anD coѱosion By wiÈing away Òy handÓrints on your MÔ6
with the rag Æat's Èa±t o´ your cleÕg eqiÈmentÖ Then luB±icatE the a±ea lightly
with C×ز
No Brass Deflector
Hold one,
µl
you leÙÍhanded M¼6 riÚemen² That ca±tridge case deÚector,
ÊSÊ 1Ì5Ë01Û171Í4778, listed on Øage CÍ3 o´ TM 9Ü1005Ë249Û10 is not a Brass
deÚeÂtor Fr leÙÜhanded shooters. ³n Ýct, it's not a Brass deÚector at all² ³t's a
Brass catcher usÞ with the M261 ße
adaÈter fr ²22Ûcal ammoà ³t's Being
deLeted ¸om your áM next time it's uÈâ
dt¶
Have your ãäå get æeçÜèÞ
Get thiS le¶t
u
Handed b²SS
When you
order N·N
1005-01-171¸
4¹8º you get
a b²ss catcher
foµ »22¼ca½ ammo
A·G 87
deflector from
youµ TA·C
13
Brass de½eÂtors ¸om the local Training
and ÐudioÍéisual SuÓprt Center.
I
êe suëì cenír
i
îït o´ ðñòórs,
they
c
geô moä By õöing a ÷est to:
U· Army Training ·uppo¾ Center
A¿N: ATÀCÁ³M
Ft EustiSÃ VA 23ÄÅ
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