PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-709
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 709
DECEMBER 2011
48
PS 709
DEC 11
49
PS 709
DEC 11
AN/PDR-77 Radiac Set…
• Always use the M41 protection
assessment test system (PATS) to test the
mask fit. Banana oil is much less accurate
and may flunk a mask that does in fact
fit correctly.
• If the small mask still doesn’t pass, replace
the head harness with a skull cap head harness,
NSN 4240-01-390-3057, and re-check the fit.
• Still no luck? Try the M45 land warrior mask.
It has an extra small size that might do the
trick. The XL M45 is also slightly bigger than
the M40/M42’s large. Check out the TB for
guidelines on ordering. The M45 is covered by
TM 3-4240-348-10.
• If a small mask is too big to create
a good seal, readjust and tighten the
head harness, then test with PATS again.
Sometimes that’s enough to do the trick.
If it still flunks, check the head harness
for elasticity. Replace it if necessary.
Dear Editor,
While doing inventory of my AN/PDR-77 radiac sets, I discovered some
corrections that need to be made to Page D-3 of TM 11-6665-365-
12&P, which lists the components of end item:
•
On line 5, the part number should be A3085186 and the nomenclature
should read DT-616/VDR-2
•
On line 8, the NSN should be 9330-01-375-2155
•
These parts now have NSNs:
-
line 5, NSN 5985-01-251-2716
-
line 6, NSN 8010-01-440-8999
-
line 10, NSN 6665-01-394-2574
-
line 11, NSN 6230-01-470-2292
-
line 14, NSN 5355-01-440-9005
-
line 15, NSN 5120-01-396-8960
SGT Gus Barreto-Mendez
Starke, FL
Easy Hard-to-Fit Solutions
M40/M42-Series Masks…
Easy Hard-to-Fit Solutions
Update Your TMs Please
Editor’s note:
Thanks
for the update, Sergeant.
CBRN specialists, update
your TMs now to save
yourself trouble later.
if a Soldier must wear an M45
because the M40/M42 doesn’t
fit, he is authorized to keep
the M45 for the rest of his
active service. Para 1 in WP 0001
00-3/4 of TB 3-4240-341-20-1
authorizes that.
if none of these solutions
work, check out TB-3-4240-341-
20-1 for further help. it also
has advice if a large mask is
too small for a Soldier.
dude,
try this
skull
cap!
if nothing works, tell your CO.
He will need to decide if the
Soldier is deployable.
Every unit is going
to have Soldiers
whose heads are a
little too
big
or
small
for a good
fit in the M40/M42
masks.
my
mask
doesn’t
fit.
mine
doesn’t
either!
CBRN specialists,
first check TB
3-4240-341-20-1,
which covers hard-
to-fit soldiers.
And here are a
few
easy
solutions
for
hard-to-fit
Soldiers…
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