PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-560
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 560
JULY 1999
Dear Editor,
To boresight the Avenger’s machine gun, you’re supposed to sight on a
tree or telephone pole 1,000 meters away. Unfortunately, in the desert or
some of the other training areas, there often are no trees or poles.
To handle those situations, we created our own boresighting target.
We took a 4- x 4-ft piece of plywood and painted it white. Then we painted
a red cross on it.
We take the target to the field and when we can’t find a target for
boresighting we set up our own.
SFC Jeff Miller
C Co, 1/62 ADA
Ft Lewis, WA
Avenger Missile System . . .
Javelin Missile System . . .
It’s easy to tell when to charge the
BB-390A. Just check its state-of-charge
indicator to see how much charge is
left.
The PP-8444A/U
can also be powered with the J-6363
24-volt vehicular cable, NSN 5940-01-
427-9395, which hooks up to a
vehicle’s NATO slave receptacle.
?
now
we'll be able
to boresight
easily
!
yeah, but only if
we turn the target
around
!
rechargeable
power
!? where do
i sign up?
PS 560
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JUL 99
PS 560
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JUL 99
he Javelin has signed on to the
Army’s policy of using rechargeable
batteries as much as possible.
So, Javelineers, that means you now
use the rechargeable BB-390A, NSN
6140-01-419-8187, to power the com-
mand launch unit, with two exceptions:
➢
during war
➢
when the temperature is above
130
°
F or below 4
°
F
Then you must use the BA-5590 be-
cause the Army says the primary bat-
tery must be used in those situations.
The BB-390A should let you oper-
ate from eight to 18 hours. To charge
it, you will need PP-8444A/U univer-
sal portable charger, NSN 6130-01-
443-0970. Charging normally takes two
hours. With a battery
adapter, NSN 5940-
01-427-9110, the
charger can charge
two batteries at the
same time.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Universal portable battery
charger, PP-8444A/U
AP-390A adapter, NSN
24-volt DC
vehicular cable
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