PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-625
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 625
DECEMBER 2004
Dear LT R.T.,
TB 43-0240 was created just for Desert Storm and as you point out was later
rescinded. TB 43-180,
Calibration and Repair Requirements for the Maintenance of
Army Materiel,
is the word on calibration of small arms gauges. TB 43-180 is not
available in printed form, but only on EM 0022, the CD which contains most of the
TMDE regs. Your pubs clerk can order EM 0022 with PIN 074841-000 and IDN
344568.
Small arms gauges can only be calibrated by the five Army TMDE labs. The TB
lists their names and addresses. Small arms gauges must be calibrated every 360
days, regardless of whether your unit is Active or Guard or Reserves.
All Army units and activated Guard and Reserve units must have all their small
arms gauged by direct support within one year of receiving them. Active units must
have all small arms gauged yearly at a minimum, while Guard and Reserve units
not on active duty must get their small arms gauged every two years at a minimum.
That is the minimum required to assure safety, operability, and reliability of small
arms. If you fire your rifle and machine guns frequently, they should be gauged
more frequently.
If you have questions about small arms gauging, contact TACOM’s Kevin Moore
at DSN 793-2359/(309) 782-2359 or email:
moorek@ria.army.mil
PS 625
DEC 04
5
M249 Machine Gun…
Dear Editor,
We see quite a few broken scrapers for the M249 machine gun here
at the Ft Leonard Wood Directorate of Logisitcs. We think gunners are
snapping the scraper's tip when they remove the gas regulator collar.
They pry the collar with the tip and
-SNAP-there goes $17.
Removing the collar can
be a snap if you just remem-
ber a few points. Insert the
scraper tip so that its
rounded side is up. Turn the
collar counterclockwise so
that the collar pin rides up
over the scraper tip. Push
up slightly on the pin with
the tip, but don't use force.
That's what breaks the tip.
The collar should come off.
If the collar pin won't go over the scraper's tip, try putting one drop
of CLP on the collar pin. The extra lubrication may make the difference.
If it doesn't, get your armorer to help. Just
don't
try prying with the
scraper!
Andy Free
DOL
Ft Leonard Wood, MO
PS 625
DEC 04
4
Small Arms…
Dear Half-Mast,
We were trying to get info on inspecting and calibrating our small
arms gauges. We tried to order TB 43-0240,
Inspection and
Calibration of Small Arms Gauges,
but it was rescinded in 1996.
Where should we look?
LT R.T.
I know it’s time
you guys were
gauged, but the
gauges don’t
look so good.
I don’t think
they’re accurate
anymore. where
can we go to
get your gauges
gauged?
try looking in
tb 43-180. that’s
the
calibration
bible!
(Editor's note:
Thanks.
Your tip on tips
should keep scrapers out of a scrape.)
Insert rounded side of tip up
that’s
anOther
scraper you’ve
broken! you
shouldn’t
try to pry
with it.
625.04-05(C!)
10/29/04
9:04 AM
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