PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-575
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 575
OCTOBER 2000
he TOW needs a stable base to fire
from since it’s a line-of-sight system.
It’s important to remember that when
it comes to mounting the TOW on a
HMMWV. If you do it wrong, you’ve
TOW 2 Missile System . . .
Keep Ring Clean
If the ring binds because it’s dirty or
out of alignment, your repairman
should adjust and clean the ring bear-
ings like it says in Paras 11-112 and
11-113 in TM 9-2320-280-20-3. Para
3-10 in TB 43-0001-39-2 (Sep 96) has
a fix that allows you to clean the ring
bearings with low-pressure water. See
your TACOM logistics assistance rep-
resentative for a copy or write Half-
Mast.
Never squirt lube on the ring’s bear-
ings. Lube attracts dirt and sand, which
makes it harder for the ring to move.
leaves your TOW a no-go. You’ll need
a whole new traversing unit (TU).
The TOW should be mounted on the
ring only when you’re ready to fire. If
you ride around with the TOW
mounted, the bouncing can snap the
azimuth lock and azimuth damper and
bend the op sight mounting plate. That
Driving with mounted TOW breaks
lock and bends mounting plate
weight on the ring will eventually cause
it to bind. And because the missile guid-
ance set (MGS) has to sit on the truck
floor instead of on its tray on the ring,
the MGS cable is stretched too far.
When the turret is traversed or some-
body accidentally steps on the cable,
cable wiring gets ripped out.
Placing MGS on floor tears wiring
crippled the TOW.
Many units have started mounting
the TOW
and
a machine gun on the
HMMWV’s turret ring. That much
remember
the Alamo.
..
remember
pearl
harbor.
..
...remember
to handle me
the right
way!!
Keep lube away from ring’s bearings
Only TOW should be
mounted on turret ring
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