PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-492
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 492
NOVEMBER 1993
M163-Series Vulcan .±²
T
he surest way for yOU V±lcan crews
tO lOse yOuR heads-
liteRalLy ²is TO ig³
nOre The haTch saFEty switches. IF a swiTch
stOps wOrking, One OF twO things hap·
pens:
•
´he VUlcan wOn't Fire in the area OF
The hatchµ even iF the hatch is clOsed¶
³
´
Vulcan will fiRe and traverse
Over the hatch, even with the hatch
Open¶ IF sOmeOne¸s head is st¹cking OuTº
sTart planning The FUneral»
Give hatch saFEty switches the atten·
tiOn they deser¼e½ As part OF yOur B¾³
¿ÀÁ¾ ÀP¾ÁÂÃIÀNS ÄMCS, try tO
Traverse wiTh the gun depRessed as much
as pOssible and the hatches Open¶ IF a
swiTch Fails, repOÅT iT. Never OperaTe a
VUlcan with a Æad switch¶
Never Æang dOwn The hatch» ´hat
damages the switch¶ Guide the hatches
dOwn with yOur hands.
Never use The switches tO cheat The
VUlcan's saÇty system¶ Èhat is begging
For tROUÆle.
µ _¶·
Hach C
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