PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-547

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At the

Benning weapons pool, we are seeing mortars go down

the drain because crews are washing them with high-pressure

water.

Water with that much strength pushes through the seals for the

elevating and traversing mechanisms and for the buffer assembly±

The mortar looks great from the outside² but on the inside rust is

eating it up lIke a cancer± Rust eventually locks up the mortar's

inte³al parts and it has to be junked´

a mortar is mounted in a vehicle² remove it before the vehicle

goes through the wash rack´ Always keep highµpressure hoses

away from mortars¶

Clean oF mud with a damp rag and then lube the mortar like it

says in the

-1 O

TM± ·f treated right¸ most mortars will last forever±

Lou Lindsey

Directorate of ¹ogistics

ºt Benning» GA

JUN 98

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