PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-586
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 586
SEPTEMBER 2001
PS 586
36
Cable a Break
Cable a Break
The cable is especially prone to snags and
breaks. When you haul the cage around in
a vehicle, for instance, the weight of the
cage can pinch, crush or damage the
long laser cable if it’s not tied off.
To make matters worse, when you
toss in flight vests and other gear, the
cable gets tangled in the equipment and
snags or breaks when you start unloading.
OH-58D.
..
Give Laser
Give Laser
A
rmorers, you no longer have to make your own AIM-1 laser cable for the Kiowa
Warrior’s M296 .50-cal machine gun. A ready-made cable, NSN 6150-01-463-
6570, is now available. It is Item 12 in Fig C-35 of TM 9-1090-214-23&P.
Now all you have to do is protect whichever cable you use. Do that by routing it
inside the cage, along the gun charger harness assembly.
Homemade cables are often made too long. If you’ve still got your homemade
cable and it’s routed differently than the TM shows in Fig C-35, just re-route it. If
the length makes it hard to get it all inside the cage, use the wire ties shown as Item
13 in Fig C-35. If you’ve run it underneath the gun, looped it up the side, or across
the metallic tube of the cage or anywhere outside the cage—you’ve put the cable in
harm’s way when the cage is
off the aircraft.
…and avoid all
the
breaks,
snags
and
entanglements
from clutter.
Give yourself
a
break
from
making laser
cables…
Don’t route
cable across
metallic tube
Route cable along
gun changer harness
Don’t route
cable on
outer cage
SEP 01
My .50-cal
laser cable
needs a
routing
job!
I’ve
got it
covered!
this new
cable just
arrived!
I’ll make
sure to
route it
correctly
this
time!
586. 36-37 1(C)
8/3/01
3:52 PM
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