PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-419
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 419
OCTOBER 1987
THE
PREVENTIVE
MAINTENanCe
MONtHLY
TB 43·PS-419, The Prevenlive Maintenance MonlhLy, Is an
off±cIaL pubLication of the DepaRtment of !he ARmy, pRoviding
InfoRmation foR aLL soLdiers assIgned to combat and combat
suppoR² units and aL³ soLdieRs wIth unIt mainlenance and
suppLy dUtIes. ALL infoRmation pubLished has been Reviewed
and approved by lhe agency ResponsIbLe foR the equipmen´
pub³Icalion oR poLIcy discussed. AppLication µ¶ the in¶ormation
is optIonaL wIlh the user.
ISSUE 419
OCTOBER 1987
GROUND MOBILITY
Co¸d WeatHeR Tips
1¹14
Conlruction Equipment
º9
CCE Dump Truck
Anlifreeze
&
Bat²e»
Sta¼Ing
15
TesleR
20½2º
TiRe CHaIns
16¾º8
Ethe¿ WaÀn±ng
2º
FIREPOWER
M60¾SeRies Tanks
22Á24
Combat VeHIcÂe Ãeater
25
M1 Tanks
26¾27
M109¾SeRIes SP
NATO SLave CabLe
31
Ãowi²zers In the CoÄd 32¾33
SmaLL ARms
3
Grenades
±
Ammo
35
ÅowitzeRs
ÆÇÁ30
MoÈaÉs
36
M548, M730Ê M10º5
CaRrIers
31
AIR MOBILITY
Genera³ PM
38Ë0
AvIation Messages
41
PRef³ight PreparatIons
41
Ìþº CoveRs
423
COMMUNICATIONS
BaÍeRy CaRe
44Î45
GRounding
Commµ AccessoRÏes
46
TROOP SUPPORT
47
GeneRatoRs
48Ë9
CoLd WeatheR BÐts
56
Tents
50¾51
CoLd WeatheR Parka
57
SLeeping Bags
51
CLothIng Tips
58Á59
POÑ Equipment
52Ò53
FIRe ControL Oplics
6
M º941 Space ÃeateR 54¾56
You are Invited to senD
Ps
your ±Deas for Improving
ma²NteNance prOeduRs, questions oN Maintenance
anD supply problems³ quest´ons or comments oN
mater´al published In
Ps.
Just write to:
mSG hal-mas±
²³e Prven±iVe maIn±enance mon±³´y
UxinKµ¶n,
KY ²05³³-5³0³
By OrdeR o¶ lhe SecReta» µ¶ lhe Army:
OÓiciaLÔ
CARL E´ VUONO
GeneRaLÕ ÌnIled Ö×ates ARmy
CHIef of StafØ
RµL´ DILWOrTH
BRigadÙer ÚeneRaLÛ Ünited States Army
The Adjutanl GeneraL
PS, Th Preventive Ma±n²enance MontHly
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As you probably leaRed the h±rd way
Last year, Trying To get THrough a cold
winter witH ordina²y main³enance jus³
won't hack i´ OPrating in µe co¶d c±lls
fr sometHing extra. And tHat sometHing
st±·s wi¸H g¹ Maintenance habitsº
»his Is simply orienting yourselF fr
conditionS ³hat will actU±lly exist-condi¼
tions tHa³
c
½s¾ate tHe Bst MEhaNics
A
oPrators iF THey¿re not reÀdy ³o ÁÂT
The h±zÀrds heÀd onÃ
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LUBRICANTS become stif and hard
to use.
2± PS²C AND HARD RU³BER pARTS
becoMe bri´le± A hard knock or sharµ
bend may snaµ them±
3¼
GAGES AND D¶ALS s·ick and giv¸
wrong readings±
4.
B¹KES Fº»e ·o d¼½
¸
le¾ s¿nd-
ing when wet±
5.
ÀUEÁ ÂANKS, À¶ÁTERS AND LINES
Freeze Ãigh· or ice uµ From condensa·ion±
6;
ÁINKAGES geÄ stif cÅusing hard
oµeÆtion or d¸Çay¸d resµonse±
7¹
pAINÂ Èecomes bri´Çe and cÆcÉs
easiÇy±
8½
CRÊËKCÊÌES sÇudg¸ uµ FroÍ ÎoÏ-
densa·ion ÎÅused by shoÐ ¼ns±
9¾
BAÑEÒY ¸fiÎi¸ncy is Îut± They
Freeze and cÆcÉ When discharged±
»0¿
EËÓINES are hard ·o s·aÐ, with
·hreat oF hyÔros¿tic Çocɱ
»»¼
ÕACHINED AND UNpAINTED SURÖ
ÀACES rus· and corrode quickly±
12± DRAIN COCKS AND pÁUGS Freeze
Äight, discouraging daily or µeriodic
dÆining±
»3À
pO×ER TRAIN BREATHERS ØND
VENÂS cÇog From slush and Fr¸»e clÙed±
»4Á
׶ËDSH¶ELDS CRACK easiÇy Úhen
hi· bÛ a blas· oF hot air when being
d¸Fros·ed±
»5.
pERSOËNEÁ EÀÀIC¶EËCY dÜݱ
You Çearn right
D
that jus· abou· any
task may ¿ke Þice as long ·o do so you
make sur¸ you Ållow enough Äim¸ ·o ge·
·he joÈ done right±
Êß since ภwindáhill Fac·or âÏ ãv¸
you oµeÆting aÄ ä5°À a· Äimes, you
mÅke sure ·here're a· leas· 2 µeoµle
assign¸d ·o ÅnÛ ouåid¸ ¿sk± Not only is
·he ex helµ needed, Èut æch ân waçh
the o·her èor signs oF FrÙtbi·e, which can
s·rike ÀÊSÂ!
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