PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-723

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 723

FEBRUARY 2013
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-723 - Page 3 of 33
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Clean and lube the M242 according
to the TM.
The
M242
often
goes
for long periods without being Fred.
Unfortunately, it often goes through
equally
long
periods
of
not
being
cleaned and lubed. If the M242 sits
for long periods without lubrication,
corrosion can do its worst. Then your
M242 will need major repairs. So clean
and lube your M242 weekly, whether
you’ve Fred it or not. And remember the
A±TER ±IRING PMCS when you’re
through Fring for the day.
But don’t get carried away with the
GMD. If you cake GMD on the M242,
the grease attracts dirt, which leads to
jamming. The barrel is the Frst place
corrosion attacks. It needs a
light
coat
of GMD inside the locking lugs and
barrel support bearings. Use CLP on
the rest of the barrel. Give the outside
of the breech a
light
coat of GMD.
±ollow the -10 of whichever Bradley
version you’re operating for cleaning
and lubing the rest of the M242.
Make
sure
the
feeder
handle is in the locked (down)
position before you depress or
elevate the gun.
If the handle is
up, it catches the commander’s
remote biocular display (RBD)
and punches a hole in it. Both
the feeder handle and RBD can
be damaged.
M2/M3-Series Bradley…
Big
Help
for
the
Big
Guy!
The M2/M3-series Bradleys’
M242 automatic guns can do
powerful damage
if you’ve given
‘em the powerful PM they need.
Here are
a few ways
to
help
the
big guys…
hey!
I’ve
been sitting
here for
three weeks!
my m242
nEeds cleaning
and lubing
weekly,
not
jUst when you
feel like it!
in the
old
days,
you pushed in the
fluid indicator
to check if there
was enough fluid
in the recoil
mechanism. Now the
indicator is a self-
retracting rod.
Hands off the
recoil mechanism’s
fluid indicator.
NOW
if you push it in, it
stays
in and the whole
recoil mechanism has to
be
disassembled.
A little
GMD goes
a long way,
so don’t
cake it on!
If feeder handle is not down when you depress
or elevate gun, handle pokes a hole in RBD
PM for
the
big
Guy!
I LikE
that!
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