PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-437
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 437
APRIL 1989
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f your unit is taling part in a sampLe
data coLLection efFRt, weLcoMe the op-
po±tUnity to iMprove the ANy's equip-
Ment.
The A²y needs ³eLd perforMance
in´OrMaµIon on eqUIpMent in the hands
of the user µo evaLuate its e¶ectiveness
a·d deterMIne requireMenµs Fr IM¸
proveMents.
Design e·gi·eeRs and technicaL ex-
perts have used ¹he equipMent Main¹e¸
nance InFRMation geneRated by SºC to
iMprove the »2/»3 BradLey, C¼CV,
HAWK MIssiLe, A½/T¾Q¿17A coun-
terMeasUre set, ribbon bridge, CÀ¿47,
ÁÀ¿60, ÂÃÄEÂÅDEÄ, »¾ÄS, »Æ98
towed howitzer, 10¿ thRough 60ÇkW
generators, »Æ09Çseries and »Æ ÈÉA2
SP howItzers, »102 ¹owed howitzer,
ÂAAÄ, ChapaÊaL and Many others.
There are other bene³ts not as visiË
bLe. These incLUde iMproved data Fr
T»'s, Modi³cation aÌd redesIgn of
equipMenµ,
changes in poLicies and
procedUres, scrapping o´ unnecessary
prodUctÍ IMproveMe·t proÎsaLs (PÃPs),
initiatIon of oµher PÃPs and Much More.
YoU aLso geµ reaL tiMe daµa Fr use
in predicting PÏÐ Usage, P¾¾ adjust-
Ments, ´ÑiLUre raµes and »TÏE ModI´Ò¿
catIons either in exercIses or prÓor µo
receiÔIng · w eÕUipMentÖ
YoUr Unit "pays× very LIµµLe fOr µhese
iMproÔeMents: ØboUµ aÙL yoU have µo
do is aLLow a daµa coÙLecµor access to
yoUr MaIntena·ce FÚms a·d Ûeedom
to visIµ ´Or onÇsIte obsÜÝrÔaµIons. Þn
rare occasIons yoU may ßaÔe to record
soMe addIµIo·aÙ I·Frmaµio·, sàch as
man¿hours, eLapsed tIMe, etc., maI·Ly
Fr aviatio· UnIts o·Ùy.
What yoU geµ I· Úetàá Is a shaÚe I·
thâ mIÙÙIo·s of doLÙaÚs saved throUgß
SºC by ImproÔi·g âÕUIpMe·µ, redUcË
ing
LogistIc
sUããorµ
costsä
maåI·g
eÕUIpmenµ more reÙIabLe a·d sàãão±µa-
bÙe, and increasi·g readI·essæ
THE
PREVENTIVE
MAINTENANCE
MONTHLY
TB 43- S±437, the Preven²ive Main²enance Mon²hly³ is an offIcial
publicaHon of Lhe DepaRmen² of ²he A´my³ providµng infor¶a²ion
for aU so·d¸ers assigned Lo OmbaL and Cmba² sup¹rº uni²s and
all so·die»¼ wi²h unµ² maµn²enance and supply du½es. A·l inFor¶a²ion
published has been reviewed and app»oved by ²he agency »es¹n¾
sible for ²he equipmen²³ pub
l
¸caLµon or ¹· ¿cy discussedÀ App·ica²ion
oÁ Lhe JnÂormaLion is opLional wi²h ²he userÃ
iSSUe
437
apr±L
1989
FIRePoWeR
M1-Series Tank
2, 3
Busted ±achometer
NMC?
4²5
MLRS
T³oubleshootI´g
6µ7¶ 8
M2/M3 Bradleys
6
Recove·y VehIcles
9
M102 ±owed HowI¸er
¹0
GRoUnD moBi±Ity
2'º»¼5»±o´±³ucks
12½13
T³aile³ ¾ookups
14
M15¿»Se³ies ±³uck
15
±actIcaÀ ±³ucks
15
AIR moBi±Ity
U¾Á¹ ¾uey
35
C¾-Â7Ã CÄI´ook
36
AH-1 Cobra
36
AHÅ64 Apache
37
AviatIon Ground Power
UnIt
38Æ 39
CommUniCA²IonS
Fuse News
44½47
ANÇRC-¹2 Se³Ies
RadIo
48Æ 49
tRooP SUPPoRt
New PubsÈ SOÉÊs
26
AVËBÌs
52Í 53
Ribbon BrIdge Bays
53
TI³e ÎnflatIo´
54
MW24C ScoopÏoader
55
No. 1 Common Shop
Set
5&57
M101A¹ Towed
HowtIzer
1¹
M163A¹, M¹67A1
Vulcan
20Ð 2¹
M190 RocketÑaunche³
2¹
M16ÒSerIes Rifle
22Ó25
M203 RoÔke!
Launcher
27½34
Small Arms ±ooÀ Kit
25
N±C Lesso´s Õearned
¹6
HEÖ±±
¹7
LeadAcIdBatterIes
¹×²¹9
AvIatIon Messages
39
T53 E´gInes
40
SؾÙ4A FlÚght Helmet
4¹
MIcropho´e Boom FIx
42
AÕSE
43
ANÛÜCÝ1 δtercom
AS-1729 Antenna
LIthIum BatteÞy
M24/M25A 1¼ M40
49
50
5¹
Öasks
58
±·avel Desk NSN
59
Mß 03 ±³ailer
59
MF51 àÙSeries ¾eater
59
AIr Force DIstribuáâo´
59
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