PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-586

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 586

SEPTEMBER 2001
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-586 - Page 20 of 31
PS 586
SEP 01
40
Avenger Missile System.
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Fabrication
Don't use the combining
glass for training. It's break-
able and very expensive.
Have a training combining
glass cut from plexiglass
using the real glass for a
pattern. Take the cheap sub
to the field and leave the
real one safely locked up.
If the monitor shield for
the forward looking infrared
(FLIR) is broken, make a
temporary replacement with
an old sleeping mat, NSN
good shield as your pattern.
Order a new shield with
Tarp
If you use an old Bradley tarp to cover the
entire Avenger when it's sitting in the motor
pool, don't tie off the tarp inside the truck. That
ruins the doors' seals. The best way to tie down
the tarp is to use bungee cords attached to the
tarp's ropes and to the underside of the
HMMWV. No bungee cords? Tie off the ropes
in the HMWWV's two half doors.
To order just the canopy cover, use a DD
Form 1348-6 with PN 13265043 and a CAGE
code of 18876 and RIC of B64.
Slingloading
Make sure the sling-lifting shackles
point inboard except during slingloading.
If they point out, they will gouge the mis-
sile pods when the pods are raised.
For slingloading, tie the ropes just to the
HMMWV, but use the Avenger shackles
as sling guides, not tie points. Never tie
the ropes to any part of the Avenger. The
back of the Avenger could be torn off.
PM with a
vengeance
will keep
your Avenger
avenging.
You
got
that
right!
Make training
combining glass
Sleeping mat makes
good monitor shield
Tie tarp
to side
doors
Shackles should point in
except during slingloading
Training
Actual
586. 40-43 (C)
8/6/01
2:43 PM
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