PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-529
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 529
DECEMBER 1996
Small Arms .±±
f
RlfL /r±
A
rmorers, you've got to
ID
your unit±s rifles² machine guns³ aNd pistols.
Without
Id,
you can't aCCouNt For weapo´s i´ the property book or on weaPoNS
CARDsµ That CaN pu¶ you In hot water at inspectio´ time.
id
is even more important iN the case oF machiNe guns,
because
wi¶Hout it
tHere±s no way to make sure the b·¸rels
stay
wIth tHe reCeiver they weRe heaDsPaCed
for. ¹iri´g a maChine gun with the wroNg barrel
Can damagE The
maChiNe guº
beyonD repai» anD in
j
ur
e
the solDier DoiNg the ¼riNg½ TheN you will really be
in
hot watEr¾
L¿ you marK wEapons wÀo´g, thougHÁ you mark them
for tHe jUnkyard. SCratCH-
iºg oR stamping the number oN thE wEapoN rui´s its Protective ¼nish½ When the
wEaPon goes to DePot Âor overhaul, aNy
±CratChed
p
a
r
t
s must
be junked²
l¿
tHe
receiver
Has
beE´
±CratCHed, THe
weapo´Ãs beyo´D RepaiRÄ
Åo what to Do? Æor pi
s
tol
s
³ »i¿lEdz anD machinE
gun
reCeiver±³
paiNt tHe
LD
number on ÈHe grip or buÈÈstoÉÊË
ÌÅÌ
801²-00³935-7´60
get´ a
qua»t o¿ gray PaiNt½
FOr
M6²
maChi´e gun barreBÍ
Order dOg tag±µ NS¶
846µ¶00¶242·4804¸
Get each
M60'¹ Id
·UMBer ±tamped
on two Èags-o´e Îor
EaCh
ba»relÏ
PaI·t tHe tags
bLaCÊ
s¸
tHey
DoNÐt ÇhIne In ¶HE ¿ielDÑ
¹±e laºing
wire to
attaCH tHe
tag T
ig
h
Èly to ¶He biPoD leÒ so
tHE »ag
DoEsnÓt r·tÈlEÑ
Pº»nt
nu¼bR
on gR½p
Æor ÈHe
¸tHer
machinE
gun
bar»ElsÔ the
Id
methoD is up Õo you
.
ËË
a±
lo´Ò
a±
yOu
Don't scratch or me¶al
staMp tHe nuM¼er
onË You
Ca· paint TH½
number on the barrel
or use tHe Dog tag
metH¸d.
¾
tHe
barrel
dOe±·'t
have Legs, wIre the tag directly to the
baÀRelÖ
No ¿egÀ? WÁRe TÂg to BÂRÃeÄ
ÅÆ ÇÈÉ
ÊÉ
ËECÉÌ
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