PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-501
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 501
AUGUST 1994
M157 Smoke Generator .
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Dear EditoR
The bulbs on the M157's smoke genera-
tor control panel stick out from the panel.
They get knocked oF and broken by things
Like helmets and packs± We were spendIng
several hundred dollars every few months
just on replacement bulbs.
We switched oF the broken bulb problem
with a plain eVeryday cardboard box. We
trimmed the box so it fit fairly well over the
panel.
A
couple of pIeces of tape holds the
box in place.
Now helmets and such bounce oF the
box, not the panel. When we²re ready to
smoke³ we just pull oF the box and lay it
on the ´oor.
SGµ Daryl
T
¶oots
·t Campbell³
KY
M157, M3± Smoke Generators .
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Sand Capped Of
B
lowing sand knocks out
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and
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smoke generatoRs.
Sand bLows InTo the smoke disCharge holes,
seTT±es ²n the engine ChamBe³, and EvenTUally
makes iT dif´CUµt For the ¶og oIl to tUM to
smoke·
¸he so¹Ut´on to sand is as C¹ose as YoUR
nea³est aRmorer. PUt
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Riº»e baR³el Caps on
I
Modif caps
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so:
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The ThRee smoke d¼sCharge hole s½oUTs¾ ¸He
·
Ca½s ¿iT TighT aFte³ a À/2-In long sliT is made on
FOUÁ Âints o¿ the Ca½Ã
When Ät's time To
smoke, jUst ½Ull o¿F the Ca½s and sTiCk Them
in yoUR ½oCket¾
Å¿ YoUr armoRer doesn't have extra Ca½s,
oRde³ some wiTh NSN
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