PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-568
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 568
MARCH 2000
PS 568
9
MAR 00
PS 568
ank-automotive and Armaments
Command and the US Army Engineer
School have teamed up to provide a
military load classification (MLC) list
for most wheeled and tracked vehicles.
This list takes up where FM 5-170,
Engineer Reconnaissance
, leaves off.
Now, when you need to mark your ve-
hicles for a road march, you can get
the information at one location.
ow is a good time to eyeball
the cabs on your older M44-series
2
1
/
2
-ton and M809-series and
M939-series 5-ton trucks that have
machine gun ring mounts.
Many of these older trucks still
use the obsolete M36 ring mounts
that have no reinforcement against vi-
bration. The vibration can cause cab
cracks that make your vehicle NMC.
If you find no damage, continue to
use the old ring mount.
If you find damage on an M939-
series 5-ton, get with your support to
fix the damage and install the M66
ring mount, NSN 1005-00-701-2810,
with mounting kit, NSN 1005-01-432-
3339, and cab reinforcement kit, NSN
2
1
/
2
-Ton, 5-Ton Trucks . . .
Call up the list on the Internet at:
www.wood.army.mil/CELL/index.htm
You can e-mail for the list at:
warrick@wood.army.mil
Or you can call:
(573) 569-0131, Ext 37767
The Engineer School also plans to
make the table into a graphic training
aid (GTA) to be included in the next
revision to FM 5-103,
Survivability
, and
in Change 2 to FM 5-170.
For the M44-series 2
1
/
2
-ton and
M809-series 5-ton trucks, your support
will need mounting kit, NSN 1005-01-
226-4589, and cab reinforcement kit,
NSN 2590-01-322-2694, in addition to
the M66 ring mount.
Mounting instructions come with the
kits. Once the M66 is installed, unit
maintenance can replace most parts of
the reinforcement kit. The parts break-
downs are found in the parts manuals
for the trucks.
Mount need replacing? Install M66 mount
we've got
that
field exercise
coming up and i can't find
load classification
numbers
for several
vehicles.
did
you try the
web
?
oh,
my
achin'
cab
!
Military Load Classifications . . .
PS 568
9
MAR 00
PS 568
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