PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-605
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 605
APRIL 2003
PS 605
APR 03
16
DA Form 2408-4…
Welcome to the Future
“Mail the cards each April and October
for active duty units and each octobEr
for National Guard/Reserve units to…
US Army TACOM-RI
AMSTA-LC-CIPPA (AEPS Help Desk)
Rock Island, IL
61299-7630
entered into
the system
for you.
Artillery/mortars:
Gary Rogers,
DSN 793-0030 or
(309) 782-0030,
rogersg@ria.army.mil
Armor:
Gordy Bieri,
DSN 793-2189 or
(309) 782-2189,
bierig@ria.army.mil
Technical problems:
AEPS Help Desk,
DSN 793-0699 or
(888) 564-4357
TACOM-RI-AEPS-Helpdesk@
ria.army.mil
“It’s used to keep track of the
number and types of rounds
fired from your mortars and
cannons to help determine
gun tube life.”
Product
Support (AEPS)
website…
version
of the 2408-4.”
version
of the 2408-4.”
“It’s also an old, slow
system that requires a
stubby pencil and snail
mail to get the data
turned in.”
Go to the AEPS website at
if you don’t already have a user name and password, click
on Access Request Form and follow the directions.
“After you get a user name and password, click on Enter AEPS. Select
the Gun Card Firing Data button under Popular Applications. Next, click on
Edit/View/Print in the left-hand column and follow the instructions for
accessing the card for your gun tube.”
“All current tank, artillery and mortar weapons
firing data has already been entered into the
system, so all you have to do is print out a
current card to take to the range with you. Then,
when you return from the field, update the system
on-line just like you do with the paper card.”
“The new system
means
no more
lost cards!
And
it’s easy for a unit
to research the fir-
ing history of any
particular gun.”
DA Form
2408-4,
Weapon
Record Data
Card
, is an
important
form.
April
October
I’m going
as
fast
as I can!
uh-
oh
I guess
I’m not
needed
anymore…
not since
we’ve
moved into
the 21st
century!
Questions?
Here’s who
to contact…
605. 16-17 (C)
2/24/03
5:10 PM
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