PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-593
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 593
APRIL 2002
•
Push the night sight's latching
lever all the way back when you
mount the sight and all the way for-
ward to lock it in. Give it a shake,
too, to make sure it's secure.
Don't try to muscle the night sight
into place. That busts the sight's
keyed hole. If you can't maneuver
the sight into place, tell your repair-
man. Something's wrong.
PS 593
APR 02
41
•
If you have to strain to lock the cou-
pling clamp's locking handle in place,
something's wrong. Forcing the han-
dle breaks the coupling pins. Get your
repairman to adjust the coupling.
•
Make sure the missile is fully for-
ward in the launch tube before you
bring down the bridge clamp. And
bring the clamp down easy. Otherwise,
you break electrical connector pins.
•
Carefully connect the
2W2 cable from the
power conditioner to the
night sight. If you don't
have it aligned right,
you bend connector pins
when you plug it in.
Getting It Together
Getting It Together
•
Remove the post
amplifier cable from its
storage cup before you
put the day and night
sights on the traversing
unit (TU). Once the
sights are mounted, you
can't pull out the cable
without crimping it.
Taking It Apart
When you disassemble the
TOW, disconnect the W2J1
cable from the MGS first.
Otherwise, you rip the cable
out when you pull the TU off
the tripod.
Lay down the TU with the
azimuth lock sticking up.
Otherwise, the TU's weight
snaps off the lock.
• Unlock the TU's ele-
vation lock before you
begin to sight. Just one
tug will break the lock.
All the PMCS in the world won't
mean a thing if you tear a cable
or break a coupling while setting
up your TOW 2 missile system.
Here's
how to
stay
off
your
toes!
Lay TU down with
azimuth lock up
Forcing on night sight
damages keyed hole
When missile is fully forward,
carefully lower bridge clamp
Adjust coupling
if too tight
Connect 2W2
cable carefully
•
Before you install the day sight, push its latch handle all the way down. If you
don't, the sight won't latch tight. After you lock the handle, give the sight a shake
to make sure it's tight.
Disconnect cable
before mounting
sights
uh-
oh
what
do you mean
uh-oh?
TOW 2 Missile System…
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4:59 PM
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