PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-706

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 706

SEPTEMBER 2011
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-706 - Page 21 of 33
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PS 706
SEP 11
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PS 706
SEP 11
Dear Editor,
We have seen your articles in
PS
on the importance of running a
dehumidifier in the arms room, especially in humid areas like here in Louisiana.
Without a dehumidifier, moisture builds up on the weapons and soon you’ve
got serious corrosion problems.
One thing I would like to add to that is that armorers need to make sure
the dehumidifier is actually working. Some arms rooms now have dehumidifiers
connected to a pipe that drains the water outside. We’ve run into cases
where the dehumidifier is making noise like it’s working, but it’s not really
sucking up any moisture. I suggest armorers double-check at least weekly
that their humidifier is actually drawing water. If it’s not, they need to get
the dehumidifier repaired or replaced, pronto!
SGT Elijah Kramer
Camp Beauregard, LA
Editor’s note:
Good point, Sergeant. And, remember, armorers, once the
dehumidifers fll up, they must be emptied or they stop working. IF you’re
going to be gone, make sure someone else is emptying the dehumidifer.
Dear Editor,
In your article on small arms gages
on Page 26 in PS 698 (Jan 11),
you said TB 43-180,
Calibration
and Repair Requirements
for the Maintenance of Army
Materiel,
is on EM 0022.
Unfortunately, that EM has been
rescinded. But you can still find the
TB on the ETM site:
etms/online.cfm
The TB is updated monthly.
MSG Andrew Wilde
State TMDE Coordinator
MOARNG
Editor’s note:
Thanks For
the update, Master Sergeant.
TACOM is authorizing armorers to fle or stone the cover latch to ft.
Step 3 in WP 0027 00-3 in TM 9-1005-213-23&P is being changed to read:
“Install cover latch (4)
and cover latch lever (5) in
subassembly cover (2). Be sure
cover latch is under lip on ±at
spring (3). Cover latch is a
File/Stone To Fit
part. Remove
ONLY enough material to
allow cover latch to maintain
the top cover clearance (0.020
inch max) check as indicated
on WP 0020 00-7.”
File Latch
to Fit
Small Arms…
make sure dehumidifier works
M2 Machine Gun…
Small
Arms…
File Latch
to Fit
Gaging
TB
Only
on Internet
if the m2 machine gun’s cover
latch
doesn’t
fit, you can
now
do something about it.
hey,
whatever
happened to
tb 43-180?
the em 0022 it was on has been
rescinded. but don’t worry because
now
you can find it on the
internet!
how come
there’s so much
moisture
ON
these weapons?
aren’t you doing
your job, mr.
dehumidifier?
I’ve
stOppEd
workiNg,
but
nobody
noticed!
Cover latch can be fled or stoned to ft
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