PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-678
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 678
MAY 2009
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PS 678
MAY 09
Operators should immediately check out all bipods that were received from 1 Aug 07
to present. Use the BEFORE/DURING PMCS inspections that begin on Page 2-14 in TM
9-1015-249-10. Make sure the buffers can move fully in both recoil and counter-recoil. If
recoil is restricted in any way or shows signs of free play or slackness,
don’t use the bipod.
It should be sent to support for repair.
Also make these changes to your -10 TM:
Page 2-14, paragraph c–
Add to the end of paragraph c: “Buffers must allow for full
movement in both recoil and counter-recoil travel without any free play/slackness.” In
the paragraph c EQUIPMENT NOT READY/AVAILABLE IF remarks, add the following after
“inoperative”: “in either recoil travel, or has free play/slackness.”
Page 3-9, paragraph 4–
Add the following at the end of the ±rst sentence: “Check that
buffers recoil and counter recoil without any free play or slackness.”
For more information, see TACOM safety of use message 09-005:
T
he M9 pistol comes from the manufacturer with a white dot on both the front and
rear sights that helps the shooter sight on a target. The pistol also has a red dot on either
side of the slide assembly that shows when the safety is disengaged. But the dots wear off
over time.
No dots doesn’t mean your M9 is deadlined. It’s OK to keep ±ring your M9 without dots.
But if you think the dots help your shooting or safety, ask your ±eld maintainer to put
them back on. He should thoroughly clean both sights and then use any high quality white
metal enamel paint to put dots back on the sights. Allow the paint to completely dry. Same
thing goes for the red safety dots, except of course use red paint.
M252 Mortar…
Bad Bipods
can kill
M9 Pistol…
Dot Disappeared?
Don’t Despair
some of the m1
77
bipods for the
m252 81mm mortar
that have recently
gone to the field
were assembled
wrong.
the bipod’s buffer
mechanism has
a part that was
put in backwards,
which causes poor
recoil.
the result is a
short or erratic
round, which
could
kill you or
someone in your
unit,
plus damage
your mortar.
Test bipods
for restricted
movement
Don’t use a bipod that
doesn’t move smoothly in
recoil or counter-recoil
White dot missing? Tell ±eld maintainer
Same thing goes for red safety dot
hey,
the dots
on your sights
have worn off.
you must be
deadlined
then?
no, I’m
not!
but if you want
new
dots, talk
to your field
maintainer!
Alternate
design
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