PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-628
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 628
MARCH 2005
PS 628
MAR 05
58
Advanced Combat Helmet…
New Hat, Same PM
Here’s what you
can do to care
for the ACH…
•
Look over the helmet for gouges,
cracks or scrapes that go below the
paint surface. See if the edging is loose,
split or cut.
•
Inspect the chin strap webbing for
cuts, tears or ripped stitching.
•
Look at the chin strap. Is the hard-
ware worn, cracked, loose or missing?
•
Look for damage to the pads. If the
outer fabric is torn and the inner foam
exposed, replace the pad.
•
If you find anything you can’t fix, take it to unit maintenance for repair. They can
replace the chin strap webbing, hardware and pads. They can also repair minor
cracks, scrapes, pitting and chipped areas.
Take, for exam-
ple, the new head-
gear called the
a
dvanced
c
ombat
h
elmet (ACH).
it’s replacing
the old PASGT
Kevlar helmet.
The ACH may be the newest
design with the latest tech-
nology, but it still needs PM,
same as the old Kevlar pot.
•
For a more thorough look at PM for your ACH, see the preventive
maintenance checks and services in TM 10-8470-204-10, 31 May
2004. The TM also lists repair part NSNs.
As any old soldier will
tell you, serve long enough
and you’ll see all kinds of
changes to equipment…
upgrades…
MWOs… new
models… new
engineering…
you name it.
He’ll also tell you
one other thing…
Although
equipment
changes,…
…preventive
maintenance
remains
forever.
Inspect
628.58-59(C)
1/25/05
10:49 AM
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