PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-713
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 713
APRIL 2012
18
PS 713
APR 12
19
PS 713
The M-ATV is not NMC if it’s missing the mats—but why increase your risk of
injury? Replace a missing rear Foor mat (left-side) with NSN 2540-01-577-0620.
Use NSN 2540-01-577-0627 to replace the rear right-side mat.
Wondering what to do with that unsecured equipment? Take a look at WP 0039 in
TM 9-2355-335-10 for the lowdown on how to properly secure and stow equipment
inside the M-ATV.
Track Inspection
MRAP M-ATVs…
Floor Mat Mishap
Ground Robots…
Irobot 510 Packbot Robotic PM
Driver’s foor mat NSN 2540-01-577-0620
Passenger foor mat NSN 2540-01-577-0627
eyeball the
track grousers.
make sure
they’re
no lEss
than
1
/
8-inch high.
that way the robot’s track
gets enough traction for sand
and hard-surface roads.
you’ll pick
up these pm
pointers quicker
than the time it
takes to get a
pot roast from
the oven.
operators, the
Irobot 510 is the
most
successful
battle-tested
robot in the world!
it performs bomb
disposal and other
dangerous missions
for warfighters and
responders.
So here goes.
Some passengers discard the
mats while stowing unsecured
equipment under the vehicle’s
blast-absorbing seats.
With the mats removed, there’s a
greater
risk
of serious
injury
if the vehicle is
hit by an IED and loose equipment gets
tossed about during a rollover.
soldiers,
Do not
remove
the M-ATVs
blast-
absorbing
rear floor
mats!
They could
be the
difFerence
between
Life
and
death.
that flOor mat
saved my life!
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