PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-672
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 672
NOVEMBER 2008
18
PS 672
NOV 08
Militec and other lubes are not better than CLP.
Army studies
have shown that and soldiers coming back from the sandbox testify to that.
Use only the cleaning materials and lubes listed in your -10.
SARET can take care
of your annual gaging.
The Rock Island SARET (small
arms
readiness
evaluation
team) can take care of your
annual gaging requirements for
your small arms. But if they do
the gaging, you need to make
sure you document it on a DA
Form 2404 or 5998E. That’s
the only way you can prove
you’ve had the gaging done if
your arms room is inspected.
Chet Mainwaring
COMET
Ft Lewis, WA
Dear Editor,
In my work as part of the Ft Lewis COMET (Command Maintenance
Evaluation and Training Team), I run into several misconceptions about small
arms that are causing problems, sometimes serious problems. Let me tell PS
readers what I tell armorers here.
Solvent tanks are not a
substitute
for
a
thorough
cleaning and lubing.
Soldiers
dunk their weapons in a solvent
tank and then turn them in to the
arms room. Solvent tanks certainly
clean out carbon, but they leave
the weapons bone dry by removing
all lube. Putting your weapon into
storage unlubricated lets corrosion
do
its
worst.
Parts
like
the
takedown pin spring and the ejector
spring are usually what are ruined
first. Even if you lube your weapon
after it goes through the solvent
tank, it’s still difficult to re-lube
everything the way it should be.
The best thing you can do for your weapon is to clean and lube it just like
its -10 TM shows
-you know, the old-fashioned way.
A
rmorers, if you need help teaching soldiers what parts go where on their rifles
or machine guns, the Army’s TASC can help. They have layout sheets that show
the parts breakdown of several different weapons.
Your pubs clerk can order the Graphic Training Aids (GTA) with these numbers:
You can also download and print them at
the Reimers Digital Library:
soldierPortal/
After logging in, click on the RDL Services
tab. Select Graphic Training Aids under
Types and click Submit. Cycle through until
you Fnd the GTA you want and download it.
Weapon
GTA
07-01-035
07-01-039
10-08-007
07-01-036
07-01-042
07-01-044
MK19 machine gun
M16A2 rifle
M2 machine gun
M9 pistol
M249 machine gun
M240B machine gun
Editor’s note:
Excellent points,
Sir
. Soldiers will
save themselves lots of trouble by remembering them.
S±²LL³
´R±µ…
Advice to Armorers
from COMET
S±²LL³´R±µ…
Help
with
What
Goes
Where
as you will see from this
chart, my buffer goes
here and
only
here
.
ok,
you’ve
given me
a solvent
bath.
now you need
to completely
re-lube me!
thanks for
taking care
of my annual
gaging. you
saret folks
are great!
you’re welcome,
but make sure
you document the
gaging. that way
you can prove it
was done.
listen up,
armorers!
this advice comes
straight from
comet and they
know
what they’re
talking about!
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