PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-622
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 622
SEPTEMBER 2004
Dear Mr. B.B.,
Info on shipping weapons is lacking in many of the -23&P TMs for the rifles and
machine guns, so here's the basic scoop on getting your weapons ready for a trip:
First, clean them thoroughly like it shows in the -10 TMs. But don't steam clean
them. That leads to corrosion problems.
Then lube the weapons like the -10 says. All metal surfaces should be lubed. For
most weapons, that means lube with CLP. Exceptions are the MK19 and the
Avenger's M3P, which use stronger lubes. See their TMs for lubing instructions.
M16-Series Rifle, M4/M4A1 Carbine…
PS 622
SEP 04
16
Is There a
Cleaning Kit
NSN?
Dear Half-Mast,
We've heard that there's
an NSN that brings the entire
cleaning kit for the M16-series
rifle and M4/M4A1 carbine.
Is there?
SFC K.M.
Dear Sergeant K.M.,
No, there is not an NSN for a clean-
ing kit. Commercial cleaning kits
exist but lack a rigid cleaning rod.
Without a cleaning rod, you have no
way of dealing with a spent cartridge
in the chamber. Use the NSNs in the
back of TM 9-1005-319-10 to order
the tools and supplies you need for
cleaning M16s and M4s.
Small Arms…
Dear Half-Mast,
We are getting ready to ship out to Iraq and we're wondering where to
go for info on packing our rifles and machine guns. We don't want to get
there and find out our weapons didn't make the trip safely.
B.B.
Wrap each weapon with vapor corro-
sion inhibitor (VCI) barrier and secure
the barrier with tape. NSN 8135-00-664-
0015 gets 600 feet of barrier. You can
also use non-VCI greaseproof stretch-
able wrap, NSN 8135-00-753-4661, and
add CORTEX Cor-Pak I-MUL VCI
packets, NSN 6850-01-470-2737, at one
per cubic foot inside the wrap. The NSN
is not on FED LOG, but you can order it
through GSA. You get a carton of 300
packets for $242.
Place the weapons in weather-resistant
fiberboard boxes. Put filler material like
bubble wrap in the boxes to prevent
weapons from shifting during travel.
Tape all open box seams and edges to
prevent VCI from escaping the box and
water and sand from getting in.
Get boxes for the MK19 with NSN
8115-00-190-5015 and boxes for the M2
with NSN 8115-00-579-8461.
If you need NSNs for more packing
materials and boxes, see Pages 56-60 in
PS 596 (Jul 02). The article is on the PS
website at:
pub/psissues/ps_596.pdf
If you need racks to ship the weapons
in, see Pages 16-17 in PS 619 (Jun 04)
for rack NSNs. It's on the Internet at
pub/psissues/ps_619.pdf
If you have other questions, contact
TACOM's Dongil Juhn at DSN 793-
0242/(309) 782-0242 or email:
juhnd@ria.army.mil
or call TACOM's David Piskorik at DSN
793-6164/(309) 782-6164 or email:
piskorikd@ria.army.mil
tell ‘em
to use
only
what my
tm says!
yeah, those
commercial kits
don’t have a
cleaning rod!
oh, good.
the weapons
shipment has
arrived!
I wish you had
read up on pack-
ing and shipping
weapons before
sending us on
this trip.
we’re so beat
up we’ve lost
our fight.
How to Ship Weapons
would
ya look
at that!
w
h
a
a
!?
{choke!}
622.16-17(C)
7/26/04
8:57 PM
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