PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-637

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 637

DECEMBER 2005
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-637 - Page 32 of 33
M1A1 Tank
Commander’s Panels
If you need a new tank commander’s
panel (TCP) for your M1A1 tank or an
upgraded tank commander’s panel
(UTCP) for your M1A1 AIM tank, be sure
you order the latest versions. Requisitions
for the older, obsolete versions will be
rejected. The new TCP is NSN 6110-01-
497-3343 (PN 12549797-3). The new UTCP
is NSN 1290-01-511-9539 (PN 12473169).
Pencil in these NSNs until TM 9-2350-264-
24P-2 can be changed.
No Training with Old M2 Barrel Support
We told you in PS 627 (Feb 05) that because of a shortage in M2 machine gun barrel sup-
ports it is temporarily OK to use the old barrel support with rectangular cooling holes. But
because the old support has larger cooling holes it’s
not
OK to use it for training with the
M19 BFA, M3 recoil amplifier, or MILES. The old barrel supports should be tagged NOT FOR
USE WITH M3 AMPLIFIER, MILES OR BFA and you should make sure you have the new bar-
rel support, NSN 1005-00-550-4091, for training. Questions? Contact TACOM’s Katie Asleson
at DSN 793-3786/(309) 782-3786 or email:
katie.asleson@us.army.mil
AR 750-1 2005 Released
The 2003 version of AR 750-1,
Army Materiel Maintenance Policy,
was replaced on 15 Aug.
The revision is available on the Army Publishing Directorate website:
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M1A1 Tank
DSESTS Software
Have you had DSPS 32.1 software loaded on
your Direct Support Electrical Systems Test
Set (DSESTS) with a Combined Support
Function Module (CSFM)? Without it, you
won’t be able to check the tank comman-
der’s panel (TCP), PN 12549797-3, on tanks
that have had MWO 9-2350-264-50-12
applied. A faulty TCP won’t alert the com-
mander when the NBC system overheats or is
clogged. Nor will it automatically shut down
the NBC system to avoid a possible fire.
M88A1 Air Cleaner Parts
The numbers for Items 22 and 23 in Fig 21 of TM 9-2350-256-24P-1 are
reversed. If you order Item 22, the rubber collar flange, you’ll actual-
ly receive what’s pictured as Item 23. And if you order Item 23, the air
duct collar, you’ll receive what’s pictured as Item 22. Also, the CAGE
and part number for Item 23 are both missing their first number. The
correct CAGE is
1
9207. The part number is
1
0862222. Make a note
until the TM can be updated.
OST
CRIPTS
PS 637
DEC 05
60
Logistics
Management…
Update Software to
Solve IETM Viewing Problems
Dear Editor,
Some electronic maintenance system (EMS) users have version
conflicts when they try to view recent interactive electronic technical
manuals (IETMs).
Usually this happens because the current EMS
software isn’t installed on their maintenance support device (MSD).
So if you can’t read your IETMs you may only need to upgrade your
version of the EMS to match (or exceed) the version of the software
the IETM was authored in. Please note that installation on some Army
LANs requires administrator rights.
The latest version of the EMS software can be found on the IETM
CD-ROM(s). The recommended method for upgrading the software is to:
•
Un-install the EMS-2 software (not the IETM) that is currently
installed on the machine.
•
Install the EMS-2 software found on the CD-ROM(s) that
accompanies the IETM you are attempting to view.
Each update is backwards-compatible and will view previously
developed IETMs. The best rule of thumb is:
“Always install the
latest viewer you have.”
If you have any problems updating your EMS software, please email:
IETM/EMSSupport@tacom.army.mil
Or, you can call DSN 786-7497 or COMM (586) 574-7497.
M.R. Abee
TACOM
Editor’s note:
Thanks. Your comments prove that even
state-of-the-art equipment and software can be updated.
software writing
programs for IETMs
are constantly being
updated. that means
you have to upgrade
system software, tOO.
I
can’t
read that
new cd!
but,
it’s a
new
disk.
no bits!
its data
seem to be
messed up.
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6:19 PM
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