PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-587
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 587
OCTOBER 2001
PS 587
41
and Your Avenger
PS 587
OCT 01
40
Avenger Missile System…
Protect Yourself
and Your Avenger
Protect Yourself
¤
Store your M16 rifle inside the
HMMWV, not inside the Avenger turret.
If you store your rifle upright beside the
Avenger gunner's seat, it punches a hole in
the gyro housing when the missile pods
are lowered. So store it in the brackets
inside the truck cab. That's what the
brackets are for.
¤
Don't use the antenna as a
handhold when you climb the lad-
der.
The antenna can't take your
weight. If it gives, you can take a
nasty tumble.
¤
When you untie the antenna,
secure its tiedown.
If the tiedown
dangles, its metal hooks will bang
against the turret and the truck cab
during travel. So wrap the tiedown
around the projections that the
rope is connected to.
¤
When you remove the radio, put all
screws back in the console cover.
Without
all
of the screws in place, the cover flaps
around and tears up the area around the
remaining screws. If the cover slides for-
ward, it can cause the Avenger canopy to
bow. It costs more than $10,000 to replace
the canopy. It costs much less to replace
missing screws, NSN 5305-00-925-9716.
Store rifle
in bracket
Don’t use
antenna as
handhold
Put back
all screws
in console
panel
Secure
antenna
tiedown
You
don't want
to get hurt
working around
me- and
I
don’t
want you to
hurt me!
These checks and
steps make sure
you do neither.
587. 40-43 (C)
9/4/01
10:10 PM
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