PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-714
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 714
MAY 2012
43
PS 714
MAY 12
T
he new bipod for the M249 machine gun has been around for a couple of years, and it
might be time for some new parts.
The bipods are installed on M249s by SARET personnel during Preset/Reset. If you
don’t want to wait, order the bipod with NSN 1005-01-521-7962. Your support installs it.
Support can order parts for the bipod. The parts have not yet been added to TM 9-
1005-201-23&P, so keep these NSNs on hand for replacements.
rms rooms are catching up with the computer age. The Army has authorized digital
arms room systems for receipt, storage, issue and accountability of arms room
equipment.
Units can use digital technology to track weapons maintenance and to check
weapons in and out. The digital arms room system also allows armorers to use digital
signatures or public key infrastructure (PKI) on arms room forms instead of physical
“ink” signatures only. The digital systems will also aid in tracking small arms repair
parts, with bar codes assigned by NSNs and serial numbers, which makes inventory
much easier.
The digital system eliminates the need for
forms such as DA Form 3749,
Equipment
Receipt Card,
and for hard copies of forms that can be stored electronically with
digital or PKI signatures. That eliminates paper waste.
AR 735-5,
Policies and Procedures for Property Accountability;
AR 190-11,
Physical Security of Arms, Ammunition and Explosives;
and DA Pam 710-2-1,
Using
Unit Supply System,
are being updated to re±ect these changes in arms room policy.
For more information on automating your arms room, contact the Joint Automatic
Identi²cation Technology (PM J-AIT) folks.
PM J-AIT POCs are Chad Sims at (703) 325-3324, email:
chad.g.sims.civ@mail.mil
or Tom Rigsbee, (703) 325-2578, email:
thomas.e.rigsbee.civ@mail.mil
SMR
NSN
Item
PN
DEMIL
Bipod assembly
Pivot rod
Leg assembly
Outer leg assembly
Outer support leg
Outer bipod leg
Inner leg assembly
Inner bipod leg sole
Inner bipod leg
Tubular spring pin
Headless straight pin
Compression helical spring
Leg bipod latch
Head and collar assembly
Tubular spring pin
Helical spring
13002190
13002195
13002196
13002197
13002199
13002198
13002200
12002202
13002201
MS16562-128
13002206
13002207
13002205
13019970
13002203
13002204
no NSN, order #4
no NSN, order #4
no NSN, order #7
no NSN, order #7
C
B
C
D
D
D
C
D
D
C
B
B
B
D
B
B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
PAOFF
PAFZZ
PAFZZ
XAFZZ
XAFZZ
XAFZZ
PAFZZ
XAFZZ
XAFZZ
PAFZZ
PAFZZ
PAFZZ
PAFZZ
PAFZZ
PAFZZ
PAFZZ
Arms Rooms Go Digital
M249
Machine
Gun…
NSNs for New Bipod Parts
Small Arms…
that will
be either the
outer or inner
leg assembly.
this digital system
really makes checking
you in and out of the
arms room a breeze!
yeah,
and you
can track my
maintenance
better, too!
for those parts with a source code of xa (such as
component parts of the outer or inner leg assemblies),
you will need to order the next higher assembly.
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