PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-671

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 671

OCTOBER 2008
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-671 - Page 25 of 33
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You can also contact the CBRN Information Resource Center at (800) 831-4408
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cbrn@conus.army.mil
Dear Editor,
To operate the M56 smoke
generator, you must remove its
storage and transit cover. But
then you have no good way to
keep the two half-doors latched.
They swing back and forth, get
in the way, and can catch on
something and be damaged.
We’ve found bungee cords
are
an
excellent
latching
solution. We use a 1-ft cord,
on the fuel tank side and a 2-
ft cord, NSN 5340-01-231-
6015, on the grinder side.
For each door, we attach one
end of the cord to the door’s
inside support and bend the
cord’s hook completely closed.
That way the cord stays with
the door and isn’t lost. The
other end of the cord can be
hooked to something solid on
the M56 frame or through one
of the frame slots.
Now the doors are latched
to stay.
SSG Robert Walton
Kenneth Herrmann
US Army Chemical
School
Ft Leonard Wood, MO
•
more than 100,000 NSNs, which are
updated weekly from the FED LOG
•
Code F demilitarization instructions
•
shelf life expiration, extension and
condemnation info organized by both
NSNs and lot numbers
•
maintenance, logistical, supply and
safety-of-use CBRN advisory messages
JACKS (Joint Acquisition Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Knowledge
System) is a website that will provide you with a wide range of information on almost
all CBRN equipment.
Editor’s note:
This is a good idea for
smokers to latch onto. Para 3-15 in TM
3-1040-282-10 shows how to do this.
That’s the CBRN Facts, JACKS
M56 Smoke Generator…
Who
Left
the
Door
Open?
examples of
the information
you will find at
jacks are…
if you need info on
your cbrn equipment,
your first stop
should be jacks.
I suspect your
filters’ shelf
life has expired.
but I’m not
sure who
to ask?
ask jacks,
they have
the facts!
here’s a good way
to keep your m56’s
half-doors latched!
Bend hook
completely
around inside
door support
Fasten
other end
to some-
thing solid
on frame
or…
…through
slot in frame
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