PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-726

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 726

MAY 2013
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-726 - Page 18 of 33
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PS 726
MAY 13
Carrier Is Better, Too
PATS Adapter
The carrier’s most important improvement
is that it does a much better job of sealing out
dust and sand. You won’t open up the carrier
to Fnd your mask is coated with sand that can
clog Flters and make breathing a chore.
The individual equipment bag has
designated slots for nerve agent antidote kits,
convulsive antidote, M291 decon, M295
individual decon kit and reactive skin decon
lotion. The slots make it a snap to Fnd these
items in an emergency, plus let you inventory
the carrier in just a few seconds.
The carrier and individual equipment bag
have snaps to make it MOLLE compatible
and it can be worn in different conFgurations.
CBRN specialists will
need to check M50/M51
masks with PATS just
like they did for the M40.
To do that, you’ll need
adapter, NSN 4240-01-
546-4517. It connects
PATS to the M50/M51’s
drink tube. The M50/M51
adapter is purple and the
M40’s is red.
Commo Connections
Training Help
Canteens Only
The only authorized
hydration systems for the M50
are the M1961 canteen, NSN
2-qt canteen, NSN 8465-01-
118-8173. They should be used
only with the water canteen
Some Soldiers think it’s OK to
use their Camelbak® or other
hydration systems with their
M50. Not true! These systems
may not have a bladder that
seals out CBRN agents. So
you could end up sucking in
the very agents your M50 is
protecting you from.
New Equipment Training
The M50 has
both
internal
and external connectors…
…for a voice amplifier
or a boom mike!!!
sorry, buddy,
I drink
only
from a canteen.
Your unit can find
training help
for their
new M50 mask at the Joint Acquisition CBRN
Knowledge System (JACKS) website:
From the training
drop-down menu
located below
the JACKS banner,
select
New
Equipment Training.
Scroll down to the
Protection section
in the left-hand
column and click
M50/M51 Joint
Service General
Purpose Mask.
Scroll back up
and you’ll see the
training files in a
new box.
Also, of course, check out the M50’s TM
3-4240-542-13&P. Every Soldier in your
unit should have a copy of it. it’s also
on the ETM site:
Slots for kits
Individual
equipment
bag
M50
PATS
adapter
Carrier
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