PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-572
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 572
JULY 2000
PS 572
PS 572
42
JUL 00
Racks
You don’t need to write to TACOM-Rock Island to get plans for making a rack
for your machine guns. The plans are on the Internet at the Army Electronics
Product Support homepage at
. You must access the page
from a military computer. If you don’t have a password to access the page, you
will have to apply for one.
After entering your password, click
on
Commodity
, then
Individual and
Cr
ew-ser
ved W
eapons
, then
Light ma-
chine Gun
, then
Modification W
ork
Or
ders
, and finally, click on
Fabrica-
tion of Small
Arms Rack
.
An all-purpose rack that holds the
M2, MK 19, M240, M249, and M60
machine guns is also available with
NSN 1095-01-454-6320. Order the
M249’s M13 rack with NSN 1095-01-197-7902, the M240 rack with NSN 1095-
01-466-2065, and the MK 19’s rack with NSN 1095-01-216-9295.
Small Arms . . .
MK 19 Machine Gun . . .
Pins, Nuts and Bags
o
Armorers, tighten the self-locking nut that secures the mount cradle to the
truck pintle. Units have reported that the nut doesn’t always stay locked. If the
nut works loose, so does the cradle.
o
Gunners, eyeball the split end of
the quick-release pin that locks in the
mount to the universal pintle adapter.
If the pin’s end is bent or otherwise
damaged, the pin can work out and
the mount can work loose. So be sure
to report a damaged pin. Your armorer
can order a new pin with NSN 5315-
01-447-2233.
o
If you use the cartridge catch
bag, empty it periodically during
firing. If the bag becomes too full,
your MK 19 could have trouble
ejecting
rounds.
That could lead to
stuck rounds and jamming.
Small Arms Tool Kit
SC 5180-95-A07, which covers the small arms tool kit, NSN 5180-00-357-
7770, was revised and included on EM 0074, the CD-ROM which includes
most SCs.
Your supply people should have a copy of EM 0074. They can print you a
30-page copy of the SC 5180-95-A07’s hand receipt for inventorying the kit.
If your supply doesn’t have it, your pubs people can order EM 0074 with
IDN 212093 and PIN 075815.
here it
is
again
...
armorers and unit commanders,
some of you missed
important
information we ran in
ps last year on
machine gun racks
and the
supply
catalog
for the
small arms tool kit
.
thanks
,
connie, i've got
it
all
right
here.
Try these
quick tips to keep
your MK 19
s
firing
fast
and
smooth.
Check quick-release pin for damage
Tighten self-locking nut
Fabricated rack
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