PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-665
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 665
APRIL 2008
22
PS 665
APR 08
23
PS 665
APR 08
Army Does It, Too!
Dear Editor,
We saw the suggestion in PS 652 (Mar 07) about using a sponge
soaked with CLP and a brush for big lubing jobs in the arms room.
Something else that works well for big lubing jobs is a stencil brush.
You fill it with CLP and then use the brush to apply the CLP. You can
even control how much CLP is applied by how long you hold down the
brush’s button.
NSN 7520-00-248-9285 brings the brush for a bit more than $30.
SPC Ted Smith
269th MP CO
TNARNG
Murfreesboro, TN
Dear Sergeant T.D.
Sure. Chains for securing racks and containers must be heavy-duty, hardened,
welded, straight-link galvanized steel that’s at least
5
/
16
inch thick. NSN 4010-00-
149-5583 brings 550 feet of such chain, NSN 4010-00-184-3476 brings 400 feet,
and NSN 4010-00-171-4427 brings 20 feet.
Remember, you can chain racks and containers together so that they exceed
the 500-lb requirement. If you use bolts to secure the racks and
containers, they must be spot welded, brazed, or peened to
prevent easy removal.
A
12-gauge shotgun cartridge is now
available that is designed specif
cally
to breach padlock hasps and deadbolts,
knobs and hinges on wooden doors.
The M1030 cartridge, NSN 1030-01-
475-7440, can be used with both the
Mossberg 500/590 and Remington 870
shotguns. Its DODIC is AA54. It has a
brown tip and the cartridge is stamped
“12GA, BREACHING, M1030”.
The cartridge minimizes the ricochet
hazards oF breaching operations, but
soldiers should still wear ESS land
ops goggles when f
ring M1030s. NSN
4240-01-540-5576 brings green goggles
and NSN 4240-01-540-5580 brings the
desert tan version.
Editor’s note:
Excellent idea, Specialist.
You can probably F
nd a similar brush
cheaper at your local hardware store.
Dear Half-Mast,
In facilities not manned 24 hours a day, armorers are required to secure
small arms racks and containers weighing less than 500 pounds to the floor
or walls with bolts or heavy-duty chains equipped with padlocks. Do you
have NSNs for chains that meet the security requirement?
SGT T.D.
Dear Half-Mast,
In the semiannual maintenance listed
in the MK19’s TM 9-1010-230-23&P,
it says under several of the checks
“Not for Army Use”. Marines are
required to check important components
like the bolt and sear assembly, but the
Army is not. This doesn’t make sense,
because without the checks you won’t
spot problems before they lead to the
MK19 failing in the field. What gives?
C.G.
Dear Mr. C.G.,
You’re right, that doesn’t make
sense. Anywhere in the semiannual
maintenance where it says “Not
for Army Use”, cross that out.
The Army should be doing those
checks and services, too. This will
be corrected in the
next revision of
the TM.
Security Chain NSNs?
Shotgun BreaChing
Cartridge Available
MK19 Machine Gun…
Small
Arms…
Even Easier Lubing
Security Chain NSNs?
the army now
has a better
shotgun
cartridge
for breaching
doors!
stencil
brush
reporting
for duty,
sir!
good!
we’ve got
a lot of
lubing
ahead
of us!
this shouldn’t
take long.
a lot of
these
checks
say
“not
for army
use”.
that’s
wrong!
you should be
doing
those
checks, too!
Small
Arms…
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