PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-706

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 706

SEPTEMBER 2011
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-706 - Page 19 of 33
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PS 706
SEP 11
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PS 706
SEP 11
The damage is caused by the cocking actuator bracket lever not being fully
engaged in the left side of the receiver slot. If the lever’s not fully engaged and
not electronically charged, the lever doesn’t make contact with the bolt. Then the
cocking actuator bracket lever drags the full length of the receiver slot. Often the MK
19 must be coded out.
Here’s how to shoot down CROWS problems:
•±
Do the PMCS in the MK 19’s TM 9-1010-
230-10 before you mount the gun. Also
lube it. All the PMCS and lubing
instructions are in WP 0010.
•±
When installing the MK 19 on CROWS,
carefully follow the instructions in WP 0016
of the CROWS’ TM 9-1090-219-10.
•±
Make sure the cocking actuator bracket
lever is fully engaged so that the charger
hook can’t score the receiver as the lever
moves back and forth.
•±
If the cocking actuator lever doesn’t
fully engage or the cocking actuator arm
slot isn’t parallel to the mount so that the
cocking bracket can seat properly, repeat
the instructions in WP 0016.
•±
If that doesn’t cure the misalignment, tell
your repairman. Something is wrong.
MK 19 Machine Gun…
Shoot Down
CROWS
Problems!
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Make±sure±the±cocking±actuator±bracket±
± lever±is±fully±engaged±so±that±the±charger±
± hook±can’t±score±the±receiver±as±the±lever±
± moves±back±and±forth.±
Bracket lever fully engaged?
army inspectors
have discovered that
mk 19 machine guns
mounted on crows
(common remotely
operated weapon
station) frequently
have
damaged
receiver slots.
sergeant snorkel,
meet private
joe dope, retired.
master sergeant half-
mast, meet private
beetle bailey.
Joe dope appeared in
ps magazine
from
issue #1 until his retirement in 1957.
beetle bailey and sgt snorkel appear
courtesy of king features syndicate.
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