PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-722
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 722
JANUARY 2013
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How to
Install BFA
on M2A1
Without the M3 installed, there’s not enough
back pressure to fre SRTA continually. The
M3 screws into the M2 or M2A1 receiver the
same way the barrel does. When you install the
M3, make sure the discriminator is properly
installed in place oF the Front cartridge guide.
That ensures normal live ammo can’t be fred.
Don’t look For inFo on the M3 in the M2’s TM 9-1005-347-10. The M3 has its own
TM, TM 9-1005-203-13&P. Check it out at:
SRTA is intended For target practice at up to 700 meters. But just because it’s For
training doesn’t mean it’s not lethal. SRTA should never be used For Force-on-Force
training. Wear eye and hearing protection and practice normal saFety rules when
fring SRTA.
I
F you’re going to be fring short range training ammunition (SRTA) with either
your M2 or M2A1 machine gun, you must use the M3 recoil amplifer, NSN 1005-
01-323-5406.
Dear Editor,
As a TACOM logistics assistance representative at Ft Riley, I have been
asked several times how to install the M19 blank firing attachment (BFA) on
the new M2A1 machine gun.
Editor’s note:
This will greatly help units that are learning
how to fre their new M2A1s. Thanks For the advice, Gerald.
Install M3
recoil amplifier
to fire SRTA
Replace front cartridge
guide with discriminator
The barrel cap, NSN 5340-01-545-
2949, is part of the M19’s
BII
in TM
9-1005-314-13&P (Feb 10). It should come
with the M19. Once the barrel cap is on, the
M19 can be installed following the procedure
in WP 0002 00 in TM 9-1005-314-13&P.
Gerald Knipe
TACOM LAR
Ft Riley, KS
To install the M19 on the M2A1, field maintenance must
first remove the M2A1’s flash suppressor and install a barrel
cap in its place. The procedure is in WP 0029 00 in the
M2A1’s TM 9-1005-347-23&P (Jul 11).
Flash
suppressor
Barrel cap
M2/M2A1 Machine Guns…
SRTA
Requires
M3 Recoil
Amplifier
ahhh!
what
a wonderful
day for
training!
install my
m3 recOil
amplifier
and we’ll be
ready to go!
coming
right up!!
To install M19 BFA on M2A1, first remove flash
supressor and install a barrel cap in its place
I’m ready
for some
serious
training
today!
Great,
but
first
I have
to figure
out how
to
install
your BFA!
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