PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-705
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 705
AUGUST 2011
38
PS 705
AUG 11
39
PS 705
AUG 11
Dear Editor,
I just read your article on Page 24 in PS 698 (Jan 11) on using the
M2 practice bolt with the M16 rifle and M4/M4A1 carbine. You said “The
M2 bolt converts the weapon gas operation to blowback and prevents
accidental firing of a REAL (emphasis mine) round.”
Through my work with the OHARNG, I have seen what damage short-
range training ammo (SRTA) can do to corrugated steel panels 100 yards
down range.
SRTA is REAL ammo and can kill at short range.
Soldiers need to treat SRTA with the same care and caution they do with
normal rounds.
One other point: On the next
page, you talked about the difference
between the M16 and M4 BFAs. One
thing you didn’t mention is that if
you use an M16 BFA on an M4 or an
M249 machine gun, it can deform
the BFA so much it flies off the
weapon and becomes a projectile.
Not too safe! So Soldiers need to
make sure they’re using the correct
BFA. The M4/M4A1 BFA is yellow,
the M16’s is red.
SGM Todd Friend
OHARNG
Whitehall, OH
Editor’s note:
Excellent
safety points, Sergeant Major.
•±
AN/PSM-80±contact±test±sets±(CTS),±V1±(LIN±T77431),±V2±(LIN±T77499),
± ± and±V3±(LIN±T77567),±all±serial±numbers
•±
AN/PSM-95±soldier±portable±on-system±repair±tool±(SPORT),±LIN±T92889±and
± ± NSN±6625-01-445-0085,±all±serial±numbers
•±
AN/PSM±95A±MSD,±LIN±T92889±and±NSN±6625-01-493-8968,±serial±numbers±through
± ± MSD-209867
•±
AN/PSM-95B±MSD,±LIN±T92889±and±NSN±6625-01-493-8984,±serial±numbers±through
± ± MSD-209867
The new MSD V3 is smaller, faster and more capable than the previous MSD
versions, plus it can be upgraded. It is used for troubleshooting, diagnostic testing
and hosting IETMs and weapon-speciFc software. It also uploads and downloads
mission data and software.
But before you get the MSD V3 you need to turn in the older versions of
multipurpose automatic test systems:
All of these devices should be turned in to your local DRMO after their hard drives
have been erased and their recovery disk sets have been destroyed.
±or more information, contact Bill Burke at DSN 897-2910, (256) 313-2910, or
email:
bill.burke3@us.army.mil
Or you can contact Daniel Moody at DSN 687-1421, (804) 734-1421, or email:
daniel.moody@us.army.mil
Small±
Arms…
SRTA Is REAL Ammo
TMDE…
M4/M4A1 BFA is
yellow
M16’s±is
red
the army will begin fielding the
new msd (maintenance support
device) v3 in september, 2011.
the msd v3 is the
fifth generation
of
the army’s designated at-platform,
multipurpose automatic test system.
don’t be
fooled.
just because
srta is training
ammo doesn’t
mean it can’t
kill you or
your buddies.
it can be just
as
lethal
as
normal rounds!
New
MSD
Hitting
the
Field
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7/5/11
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