PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-580
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 580
MARCH 2001
The only strap to use is NSN 4020-
01-289-8249. It’s bright white in color
and designed to support up to 36,000
pounds.
3.
Clip the adjustable lock in place
on the lid.
PS 580
MAR 01
13
C
rewmen, you’ve got enough to
think about when pulling PM on your
tank’s mine clearing blade. Who needs
to worry about whether the blade’s lift-
ing straps will snap?
You do
if you’re using something
other than the white strap called out in
your TMs. Some units have been seen
using a substitute olive drab strap. There
is no guarantee that this strap will sup-
port the blade’s 15,000 pounds. So using
a sub makes pulling PMCS on a raised
blade an exercise in survival.
PS 580
MAR 01
12
M1-Series Tanks . . .
Once the box is locked firmly in
place, there’s just enough clearance to
raise and lower the main gun without
damage.
2.
Swing the front of the box forward
and up. Maintain enough pressure to
keep the box locked in the slot.
4.
Wiggle the box. If it moves, the
lock is too loose. Tighten it up and try
again.
Loose box gets crushed
Clip lock
in place
Properly secured
box won’t snag
Use only
white lifting
straps,
NSN 4020-
01-289-8249
So check your mine clearing blade
right now. If its straps are
any
color
other than white, replace ‘em.
Mount the spent casing box like this:
1.
Slip the tab on the lid through the
slot on the back end of the box.
he 7.62mm coax machine gun’s
spent casing box does its job well—if
it’s around to do it. That’s your job.
You have to attach the box to its lid
properly. If you don’t, the box wobbles
enough to get caught and crushed when
the main gun is raised.
Tab goes through
slot on back of box
580. 12-13 (C)
1/30/01
10:32 PM
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