PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-628

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 628

MARCH 2005
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-628 - Page 27 of 33
TM 43-0139
TM 43-0139,
Painting Instructions for Army Materiel,
gives information about
applying ID markings over camouflage CARC colors. Para 4-9 and Fig 4-2 tell you
to use black lettering over brown or green CARC, green lettering over black CARC,
and brown lettering over white or tan CARC. The lettering paint must be CARC if
used on a CARC background.
AR 750-1
Para 7-8c(16), AR 750-1,
Army Materiel Maintenance
Policy,
allows MACOM
commanders to conceal
bumper numbers in tactical
conditions. Para 7-8c(17)
allows overseas command-
ers to comply with interna-
tional agreements regarding
vehicle bumper numbers.
That’s why some overseas
commands paint solid light
color rectangular boxes as
the background for vehicle
bumper numbers.
The TB and TM can be found online at LOGSA’s ETM website:
AR 750-1 is available on the USAPD website at:
PS 628
MAR 05
51
TB 43-0209
TB 43-0209,
Color, Marking and Camouflage Painting of
Military Vehicles, Construction Equipment and Materials
Handling Equipment,
standardizes how vehicle bumper num-
bers are applied.
The markings are divided into four positions in Para 9g-k.
Positions 1 and 2 are applied on the left, while positions 3 and
4 are applied on the right. The positions identify:
1.
the major command, organization, or activity the equipment
is associated with
2.
the intermediate organization or activity
3.
the unit that operates and maintains the vehicle
4.
the specific vehicle number (often associated with the order
of march)
Anything beyond this policy, such as assigning a specific
number against a specific unit position, is a matter of unit SOP.
The answers
are found in
TB 43-0209,
TM 43-0139,
and AR
7
50-1.
Here are the
basics…
Hmm… the
sop says
this will be
number 34.
Unified commanders can comply with foreign
government requirements to use solid color
backgrounds for vehicle ID markings
the
bad news
is you get to
paint the vehicle
ID numbers. let
me know when
you’re done.
but
how
do I
know what bumper
numbers each
humvee gets?
here’s the
straight scoop
on
how to apply vehicle
ID markings.
can do,
sarge!
Bumper Numbers…
pfc Miyaki,
the
good
news
is we
got five new
Humvees in
yesterday.
What’s stan-
dard about
vehicle bumper
numbers and
what’s left up
to unit SOP?
628.50-51(C)
1/27/05
6:33 PM
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