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PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 728
JULY 2013
35
PS 728
JUL 13
I
f you’ve Fred your M240 machine gun long enough for it to get hot and you get a
stuck round,
DON’T OPEN THE FEED TRAY COVER.
If you don’t wait for your
M240 to cool off Frst, the round could explode in your face when you pop the cover.
What you should do is let your M240 cool down. Set the safety to S, keep the
weapon pointed downrange, and stay away from it for 15 minutes. Then you can do
the clearing procedure in WP 0010 00 in TM 9-1005-313-10.
But remember, the safety
needs to be set to ± before you
charge your M240. Otherwise,
you jam it. Set the safety to ±,
lock the bolt completely to the
rear, and release the charging
cable (or return the cocking
handle) to the fully forward
and locked position. Now that
you’ve charged your M240,
you can put the safety on S.
Then raise the feed tray cover and look for a round. If there is a stuck round in
the chamber, follow the procedure in WP 0016 00. If it’s a ruptured cartridge, go by
WP 0017 00.
Once you’ve got the round out, lower the feed tray cover, put the safety on ± and
you and your M240 are back in business.
Round Stuck?
Let M240 Cool Off First
Place safety in F before charging or you’ll jam it
hey, I’m not firing
anymore ’cause
I’ve got a
stuck
round!
But… I’m
really
hot
right now.
give me
15 minutes
to
cool
off
before
opening my
cover!
HolD iT!
This fight scene will take
at least a few more pages and I’m
afraid we’re almost outta space.
Aw! I sharpened
my sword for
nothing. I even
polished my new
ring, though it
appears to have
no special powers
whatsoever…
which is kinda
disappointing.
Good PM
is its own
reward.
Don’t become
complacent.
You never
know when the
next battle
will be so
you must be
prepared.
Well, here we are
at The End. No more
Great Big Adventures
for
this
Fobbit!
Don’t be
so sure,
Hilgo. You
never
know
what awaits
you just
around the
corner!
But no matter
what you face, you
will be much better
prepared as long
as you practice
good preventive
maintenance.
Oh, dear! This
sounds like a set-
up for a
sequel.
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