PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-707
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 707
OCTOBER 2011
34
PS 707
OCT 11
35
PS 707
OCT 11
Dear Half-Mast,
We have weapons in our unit that haven’t been gaged in more than a year. I
believe that means they are NMC, but I can’t find where it states that in the
TMs. The Soldiers in my unit want to fire the weapons and I can’t prove to
them that they shouldn’t.
SSG S.G.
Dear SSG S.G.,
Since you are part of an Active Army unit, you are absolutely right: the weapons
shouldn’t be Fred if they haven’t been gaged in more than a year. Every small arms
-23&P TM has this statement:
“All
Army small arms are to undergo gaging by Direct Support (or equivalent for
Aviation units)
one year from receipt
in accordance with the applicable technical
manual. This is NOT a part of initial services to be performed upon receipt of
the weapon.
Active Army
small arms will,
as a minimum,
undergo subsequent
gaging on an annual (every year) basis.
Guard and Reserve
small arms will,
as a
minimum,
undergo subsequent gaging on a biannual (every two years) basis.
These prescribed gaging intervals are, as stated,
the minimum required to
assure the safety, operability, and reliability of Army small arms.
Any small arm
may be inspected/gaged on a more frequent basis. It is recommended that weapons
used in training be gaged after each training cycle has been completed.”
In the M16 ri±e’s TM 9-1005-319-23&P, this statement appears
at the beginning of the manual after the General Warnings.
It’s usually in the same place in the other small arms TMs.
Where Is the Gaging Requirement?
hold
on!
I
can’t
be
fired becAuse
I
haven’t
been
gaged in more
than a year!
sir knight, you
have learned
well.
take my
baTtle
shield anD
carry it with
you always!
you
are the one
with the shield
I saw that night
so long ago.
I’m
NMC
!!
Small
Arms…
707 34-35.indd
1-2
9/7/11
3:38 PM
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