PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-570
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 570
MAY 2000
M88A1 Recovery Vehicle . . .
hmmm,
there's got
to be an
easier
way to
do this.
Dear Editor,
Putting up camouflage netting over your recovery vehicle can be a
nightmare. The vehicle has so many pointed edges and corners that it
takes forever to get the netting unsnagged and deployed.
There’s a better way. First, stretch the 12x17-ft tarp from your B
over the vehicle. Then, unfold the camo netting over the tarp.
Because the tarp covers most of the problem edges, the netting
doesn’t snag. That makes it easy to get the netting up on spreader
poles to cover the vehicle. Once the netting is up, I store the tarp.
When it’s time to move to a new site, I spread the tarp on top of the
vehicle again, remove the poles, and roll the netting and the tarp up
together. The bundle goes in the basket on top of the vehicle where the
tarp is normally kept.
At the new site, I unroll the tarp and netting together on top of the
vehicle. Again, the tarp keeps the netting from getting hung up.
With this system, I can camouflage my vehicle in a matter of minutes
rather than the hour or more it used to take.
SGT Kenneth Dovich
5/3d FA
Ft Sill, OK
In a battlefield situation, getting your
vehicle camouflaged quickly can
mean the difference between life and
death. Good job!
PS 570
21
MAY 00
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