PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-563
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 563
OCTOBER 1999
Machine Guns . . .
Palm Up for
Cocking
AN/PAQ-4B/4C
Aiming Lights . . .
Great idea! Anything that protects the
gunner is OK in our book. Thanks for
the suggestion.
Move cocking handle with
palm up and facing back
Dear Editor,
I notice in many of your machine
gun articles that you show
gunners pushing or pulling the
cocking handle with their palm
forward or down. This position
exposes more of their hand and
arm to danger if there’s a cookoff.
I think gunners should always
move the cocking handle with their
palm facing up or back.
This position keeps most of the
hand and arm BELOW the receiver
and offers more protection in case
of an accident.
SPC Eric David O’Bar
3/3d ACR
Ft Carson, CO
Item
NSN
M4/M16A2 universal
mounting bracket
M60 mounting
bracket
M2 mounting
bracket
MILES extender
Non-rechargeable
AA battery
Railgrabber
mounting bracket
Item
NSN
Battery box cover
Optical baffle
Louver light
Thumbscrew
M2/M60 adapter
bracket
Item
NSN
M16A1 barrel
adapter
Cable hanger
Electric cable
assembly-switch
Textile bag
Optical
instrument case
Switch lever shroud
Boresighting filter
M16A1/M203
mounting bracket
M16A2 (Marine)
mounting bracket
shine
on, shine
on, aiming
light!
this
palm
is up
for it.
PS 563
OCT 99
PS 563
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OCT 99
f the AN/PAQ-4 aiming light on
your M16 rifle or M60 machine gun
has stopped working, don’t despair.
Parts are available for repairable lights
and new lights are available for those
that can’t be repaired.
Here are the available parts. They
will be in the next update to TM 11-
5855-301-12&P.
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To get replacement aiming lights,
your installation property book officer,
force modernization officer, or G4 must
contact the AN/PAQ-4 item manager
Mary Grasdorf at DSN 992-3969, com-
mercial (732) 532-3969, fax -1645, or
e-mail:
grasdorf@mail1.monmouth.army.mil
or item manager Gale Golden, DSN
992-9989, (732) 532-9989, or e-mail:
goldeng@mail1.monmouth.army.mil
Specify how many aiming lights you
need. The higher priority your mission,
the more priority will be given to your
request.
Unrepairable lights can be disposed
of locally. They contain no hazardous
materials. Just be sure to take out the
optical baffle and use a screwdriver to
break the light emitting diode. Then
crush the aiming light to prevent any-
one outside the Army from trying to
use it.
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