PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-566
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 566
JANUARY 2000
PS 566
17
JAN 00
PS 566
16
JAN 00
Dear Editor,
Crewmen are supposed to keep a sharp eye out for loose sprocket
carrier bolts on all M2/M3-series Bradleys.
But unless the bolts have loosened enough to move with your fingers,
it’s hard to tell a tight bolt from one that’s just started coming loose.
A simple grease pencil mark
solves this problem. After the
bolts are torqued in place, we use
the grease pencil to draw a line
over each bolt head, forming a
circle all the way around the face
of the sprocket carrier.
If one of the bolts comes loose,
the line on the bolt head moves
and is easy to spot.
SFC Duaine Buck
3/3d ACR
Ft Carson, CO
Track Vehicles . . .
We give you high marks for that idea!
M2/M3-Series Bradleys . . .
i'm telling you,
my sprocket carrier
bolts are
loose
!
but they
don't feel
loose
!
Draw circle over
bolt heads with
grease pencil
ou can tell if your tank’s armor has DU by checking its serial number. If it
ends with a U, it’s DU. Bradley M919 ammo rounds are DU, as are the
M1/IPMI’s M900, M833 and M874 ammo and the M1A1/M1A2’s M829,
M829A1, and M829A2 ammo rounds.
If your unit’s vehicles have DU armor or use DU rounds, order TB 9-1300-
278, which gives the lowdown on handling DU safely.
If you have questions about DU, call the Radioactive Waste Disposal Office
at TACOM-Rock Island, DSN 793-2989 or (309) 782-2989.
Because of its
strength
,
depleted uranium -DU- is used to
make the armor for some M1 tanks and
ammo rounds for the M1 and Bradley.
DU is
not
highly
toxic
unless the metal
jacket or steel armor enclosing the
DU is ruptured. then the
radiation
can be
hazardous
.
PS 566
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JAN 00
PS 566
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JAN 00
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