PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-666
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 666
MAY 2008
42
PS 666
MAY 08
43
PS 666
MAY 08
S
ince the arrival of the E-model ASIP SINCGARS, plunges, big feet, and shoved
equipment have cracked about a billion keyboard displays. We could write it off as
normal wear and tear if a solution had not been around for more than Fve years!
Yep! Here at PS we reckon at least 950
million of the billion displays could have
been saved with the use of clip-on covers,
NSN
and
carrying
strap, NSN 5340-01-461-4741.
The carrying strap would prevent most
accidental drops. The cover would protect
the screen from big feet and equipment
shoved into it. An added beneFt of the cover
is protection from wind-blown sand.
So, right now, get your supply people to
order straps and covers for the ASIP. And
while they’re ordering those, have them
order some guide rails, NSN 5975-01-467-
4678. The guide rails go on the SINCGARS’
vehicle ampliFer (VAA) and help prevent
damage to the P1 connector pins in the back
of the ASIP.
±inally, when the covers and rails come in,
take the time to put them in place on every
ASIP and every VAA under your control. In
the long run these two little things will save
you about a billion headaches! And put the
straps in your commo shop and use them
when carrying equipment from unit to unit
and from shop to vehicle.
Dear Sergeant J. L. P.,
There has not been a change in
the bag. You did not get the right one.
Unfortunately, the wrong bag is now
the bag in the supply system. Those in
the know are on the problem. Sometime,
hopefully sooner than later, the wrong
bags will be removed from inventory and
the right bags will be stocked. When we
know for sure this has happened, we’ll
put the word out in PS. In the meantime,
don’t order new bags for the AN/PAQ-
4B, -4C and the AN/PEQ-2A, -14, -15
and -16 unless your
alternative is
no bag at all.
Dear MSG Half-Mast,
I ordered textile bag, NSN 8105-01-368-6253, Item 6 of Fig D5, in
TM 11-5855-301-12&P on EM0163, for my aiming light. Unfortunately, a
bag a lot different than the one I had came.
The bag I was trying to replace had three pockets and a velcro fastener.
The bag that came has one pocket and a snap fastener. Has this bag
replaced the old one? If so, it doesn’t protect the aiming light nearly as
well as the old bag.
SSG J. L. P.
SINCGARS…
An Aiming Light Bag?
Use covers to prevent cracks
Use
carrying
straps
Use guide rails
Right bag
Wrong bag
this isn’t
the right
bag!
sure as shootin’,
it won’t protect
my aiming light!
the sad
thing is…
I didn’t
have
to be
dropped…
there’s a
carrying strap
for me!
ave the
Creens!
s
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