PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-721

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 721

DECEMBER 2012
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-721 - Page 11 of 33
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Advanced Combat Helmet…
Pads Finer Than Liners
ID the TPL® Kit
Each kit contains two labels. One label has the size and part number. The other
label identifes the liner as Individual Fitted Helmet Liner made by Gentex®.
The TULSA website has a Word document that identifes the kits by size, NSN,
PN and ALSE number:
Again, none o± the TPL® liners should be used in the ACH.
Ground Precautionary Action
Two Pad Sizes
Suspension pads come in two sizes:
3
/
4
inch thick (also known as size 6), and 1
inch thick (also known as size 8).
You can order size 6 pads individually or in sets o± seven. A set includes one
circular crown pad, two trapezoidal pads and ±our oblong/oval pads.
You can order size 8 pads individually, but not in sets. Also, the crown pad is not
available in size 8. You must order it in size 6.
For more in±ormation on suspension pads, see the article on pages 48-51 o± PS
704. You’ll fnd it at:
Size 6 Suspension Pads
Size 8 Suspension Pads
Qty
NSN 8470-
Description
Set
Circular crown
Trapezoidal
Oblong/oval
1
1
1
1
01-546-9420
01-546-9415
01-546-9407
01-546-9356
Qty
NSN 8470-
Description
Trapezoidal
Oblong/oval
1
1
01-547-2795
01-547-2802
Read the whole story in TACOM Ground Precautionary
Action (GPA) Message 12-014. You’ll fnd the message
on the TACOM-Unique Logistics Support Applications
(TULSA) website:
From the homepage, click on Sa±ety First in the le±t-
hand banner. When you reach the TACOM LCMC Sa±ety
First web page, search on Ground Precautionary Actions.
Pads come in two sizes…
…3
/
4 inch thick and 1 inch thick
TPL is for aviation helmets,
NOT
for ACH
The TPL
®
kit is
designed to make
aviation
helmets
more
comfortable.
it’s
not
intended
for use in the ACH.
The liner inside an
ACH
does not
protect
your head against
blunt impact…
…BUt The ACH
suspension pads
do
protect you.
Suffering a
hard blow to the head
while wearing the liner could get you
injured
or
dead.
if you have
the TPL
®
kit
installed
in your ACH,
remove it.
Replace it with a set
of ACH suspension
pads, like it says in
WP 0021 of TM 10-84
7
0-
204-10 (May 10).
Recently, some
Soldiers have
been removing the
suspension pads from
their advanced combat
helmets (ACH).
we’ve been,
uh, replacing
the pads with
the GENTEX
®
ThermoPlastic
Liner (TPL
®
) kit.
That
is
not
a safe
move.
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NSN
8470-
ACH
Size
Sm
Md
Lg
X-lg
01-529-6302
01-529-6329
01-529-6344
01-529-6365
GPA 12-014 applies to
all five ACH shell sizes:
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