PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-670
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 670
SEPTEMBER 2008
Target
(in hit area)
Large metallic
object
High metal roll
Low sounding edge
of halo
Sensor head in
localization mode
Sweep pattern of sensor head
(may also be a back-and-forth pattern)
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PS 670
SEP 08
Turn In
The turn-in information has changed slightly since PS 665. The -14s should still
be turned in as a supply transaction. Address your label like this:
If you have to use a DODAAC, use W90CGG. Mark the package for B16-RESET
PROGRAM.
Provide the transportation control number (TCN) to Lupe Villarreal, DSN 992-
3885, (732) 532-3885, email:
lupe.villarreal@us.army.mil
The TCN is a conFrmation that the -14 has been shipped. Also provide Villarreal
the document number for your requisition for a replacement -14.
If you have any questions, contact Villarreal.
If you are in Iraq or Afghanistan, there are now four different locations where you
can get immediate replacement of a malfunctioning mine detector:
•
Camp Liberty, Baghdad, Iraq–Paul Sparks, DSN 312-987-2258 (ex 4005)
•
Camp Anaconda, Balad, Iraq–Steve Liebig, DSN 312-992-2607 (ex 6363)
•
Warehouse 3, Kabul, Afghanistan–Terry Mellin, DSN 318-237-2132 (or 2316)
•
Bagram Air Field, Bagram, Afghanistan–Joe Scott, DSN 312-987-2239 (ex 6145)
You can also turn in a broken AN/PSS-14 to Camp Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq. They,
however, don’t have spares to give you another detector immediately. They will
arrange a replacement as soon as possible. The POC there is Lou Venturi, DSN 312-
987-5062 (ex 8410 or 8414).
If the metallic signature is smaller than the search head, use the cross technique.
±or a detailed explanation of how to do both techniques, go to Section 2.9 of TM 5-
6665-373-12&P. The TM should be part of the AN/PSS-14’s Feld pack.
And practice. If you don’t keep refreshing your memory on how to Fnd mines
with the detector, you may not remember how to do it right when you’re in a real
mine Feld.
Explained
AN/PSS-14 Mine Detector…
Spiral
Technique
Explained
The article in PS 665 (Apr 08)
on the AN/PSS-14 mine detector
showed a
misleading picture
illustrating the spiral
technique for the search head.
This is how it
should
go when
you’re trying to
find the center
of the mine…
…if the metallic signature is
as large or larger than the
search head, then you need
to use the spiral technique.
it looks like this…
W90CGG
Tobyhanna Army Depot
Bldg 1C, Bay 6 RECEIVING
Tobyhanna, PA 18466
B16-RESET PROGRAM
ATTN: Bob Breznitsky (570) 895-6218
DO NOT POST TO RECORD
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