PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-715
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 715
JUNE 2012
45
PS 715
JUN 12
Dear Editor,
We saw your article in PS 700 (Mar 11) on the dangers of opening
and closing the Fox’s rear door when the Fox is equipped with slat armor.
Through our experience supporting the Fox here at Ft Leonard Wood, we
would like to offer these comments and suggestions:
•±
With the slat armor, the door
weighs close to 100 pounds.
Plus there are only about
1
1
/
2 inches of clearance
between the door slats and
the slats on each side of the
door. So you need to not only
worry about the door falling and
conking someone on the head,
which happened here, but also
the danger of a Soldier getting
his fingers caught between the
slots if he tried to catch a
falling door. He could easily
lose fingers if that happened.
•±
We’ve found the best way
to close the door is to have
one person sit on the door
entrance’s edge, while another
stands outside to the side of
the door. The person sitting
releases the locking handle
and then both guide the door
down while maintaining upward
pressure. The person outside
needs to stay to the side, out
of the door’s path.
•±
To open the door, the safest
way is to push from the inside
with both hands until you feel the
door lock in the open position.
Of course, you want to make
very
sure the door has locked
in place before you release it.
•±
PS 700 said the fix for the
additional weight from the slat
armor was to have your Fox field
rep adjust the gas cylinder that
controls the upper rear door.
That’s a good idea, but you
should still use these procedures
for opening and closing the
rear door in case the gas
cylinder fails.
Rob Pardun
Greg Tipton
TACOM Maintenance Support
Ft Leonard Wood, MO
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Fox NBCRS Vehicle…
More on
Slat Dangers!
you’ve
opened the
door to
fox door
safety!
here are a
few tips from
ft leonard
wood…
…on dealing with
my heavy rear door
when I’m wearing
slat armor.
thanks,
guys!
Close rear
door like this
Open
door from
inside out
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