PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-583
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 583
JUNE 2001
Watch your feet.
The same things
that can be damaged by tossing stuff
in the turret can also be damaged if
you put your foot in the wrong
place.
Always climb into the turret
by putting your left foot on the step
on the side of the turret and your
right foot on the left side of the seat.
Climb out by reversing that process.
Don’t drop stuff in the turret.
That can break
the sight mount or gunner’s hand station switches,
and even poke a hole in the turret floor.
In fact, less is better when it comes to putting
equipment in the turret.
Duffle bags
and rifles bounce around and
break items like the sight
mount. If you leave your
CVC helmet sitting on the
torque tube behind the
seat, it can rip the sight
mount out of the wall when
the Avenger’s elevated.
PS 583
JUN 01
45
. . . and Your Stuff
T
he Avenger was built light and small so it could safely ride on the HMWWV, but
that doesn’t leave you much room for mistakes.
If you put a foot or leave a wrench
in the wrong place, expensive damage can quickly result.
So protect your Avenger by following these cautions:
Keep helmet off torque tube
Keep the gunner’s compartment
clean.
Use a shop vac to suck up any dirt
on the floor when you come back from
the field.
If you let dirt pile up on the
floor, it can plug the inserts that the seat
screws into.
Then when you screw in the
seat’s bolts, the inserts break. Until the
inserts are fixed, the seat won’t be stable.
Keep stuff off the fenders and
don’t leave stuff sticking up from
the truck bed.
The turret clears the
fenders by only 1
1
∕
2
inches. If you
leave a tool on the fender, it can rip
a hole in the turret’s bottom when
you traverse. Same thing happens
if something like a cable reel is left
sitting up beside the battery box.
Completely take off the ropes for the antennas
when you raise the antennas.
If the ropes are left dan-
gling from the antennas, their metal components can
bang against the turret and gouge the turret’s exterior.
Tie off the remote control unit’s (RCU) W80
cable to the RCU brackets.
That prevents the cable
from being jerked out when you remove the RCU from
the truck. It’s also a good idea to take the cable out of
the truck before you take the RCU out. That makes it
easier to remove the RCU without damaging the cable.
Left foot
on step
Vacuum
turret
Things
sticking
above
battery box
or lying on
fender can
tear hole
in turrets’
bottom
Tie off cable
Right foot on
left side of seat
thanks,
charlie! There
goes my sight
mount!
Avenger Missile System.
..
Watch Your Step. . .
Okay!
Big exercise
today! Let’s give it all
we got. But
be careful
out there- for your sake
and your avengers’!
583. 44-45 (C)
4/24/01
9:31 PM
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