PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-683

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 683

OCTOBER 2009
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-683 - Page 31 of 33
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PS 683
OCT 09
IETMs aren’t just technical manuals converted to HTML, XML or PDF electronic formats
for distribution online or by computer disc. That’s an electronic technical manual (ETM).
Like ETMs, IETMs
are
technical manuals for their associated equipment. They come
on CDs or DVDs, and are available online at the Logistics Support Activity’s ETM website:
But the similarity to ETMs ends there.
IETMs are designed to reduce thumbing back and forth—from text to line drawings,
tables and other illustrative material common to paper TMs—by providing hyperlinks
between linked information. Also, IETMs are not limited to the page views of past printed
manuals. So information can be presented in ways that improve user interaction.
The troubleshooting sections provide a good example. You just click on the
current problem and the IETM walks you through the troubleshooting process to ±nd
the problem.
Some IETMs are also designed to interface with the equipment itself when used with
maintenance support devices (MSDs). This allows electronic diagnostics and helps automate
the parts requests process when repairs or replacements are needed.
Getting ETMs and IETMs
IETM Number
EM Number
End Item
Black Hawk UH-60A, UH-60L, EH-60A,
UH-60Q, AND HH-60L helicopters
Avenger
Patriot
Fox, M93A1
Javelin
Army Tactical Missile System
MLRS
Engines, gas, turbine model
T55-GA-714A
VTS 1000 series tester
FMTV, M1078A1/M1093A1
Patriot
Extended Range Fuel System II
(ERFS II) for CH-47
GBS Fixed Ground Receiver Suite
GBS Transmit Suite Client
Palletized Loading System (PLS)
Ammo carrier, M992A2, FAASV
MLRS M270A1 launcher and
M993/M993A1 carrier
Dispenser, Mine Volcano: M139 with
Ground Mounting Kits for 5-ton and
M548A1 and Mounting Kit,
Air Volcano UH-60A/L
TM 1-1520-Black Hawk
TM 9-1440-Avenger
TM 9-1430-Patriot-2M
TM 3-6665-Fox
TM 9-1425-Javelin
TM 9-1410-ATACMS-BAT
TM 9-1425-646-13&P
TM 1-2840-265-23&P
TM 11-6625-VTS-1000
TM 9-2320-391-14&P
TM 9-1430-Patriot-3I
TM 1-1560-312-23&P
TM 11-5895-1641-12&P
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TM 9-2320-364-14&P
TM 9-2350-293-10
TM 9-1055-647-13&P
TM 9-1095-208-13&P
0013
0017
0147
0177
0183
0184
0185
0186
0193
0195
0197
0199
0200
0202
0206
0207
0208
0209
The LOGSA ETM website listed above gives you access to
both ETMs and IETMs. To fnd out which IETMs are available
online, enter “IETM” (without the quotes) in the PUB TITLE
TEXT search box, and click on SEARCH.
On the ETM search results screens, the leFt-hand column
tells you whether the document shown is a PD± fle, a
WebETM (a collection oF related TMs), or an IETM.
IETMs are updated by the equipment proponents as
required and then posted to the LOGSA ETM website.
Unit publication clerks can order IETM CDs through
the Army OFfce oF the Administrative Assistant (OAA),
Directorate oF Logistics (DOL) website—just like any other
oFfcial publication—by using their EM number or publication
identifcation number (PIN). The OAA DOL website is:
Publications…
IETM Information
here’s a list
of the army’s
Ietms…
do interactive
electronic technical
manuals (Ietms) seem
mysterious to you?
you know, hard
to understand
and full of
information gaps?
if so, let’s
try and
solve that
mystery.
How is this IETM
going to help me
any better than
an ETM… or even
a TM?
Don’t you
know I’m
inter-
active?!
When you
understand
what I can
do for you,
you’re gonna
flip!
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