PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-737
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 737
APRIL 2014
40
PS 737
APR 14
41
PS 737
APR 14
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S
ome mortar units are painting their mortars, usually with camouFage colors. That’s
not a good idea.
Paint can make it hard to accurately
inspect the mortar for problems. You
could end up ±ring a mortar that’s
unsafe for ±ring.
The
only
painting
allowed
is
what’s speci±cally mentioned in the
±eld maintenance sections of the
mortars’ TMs. ²or example, if the
white lines used for alignment on the
M120A1 mortar are chipped or faded,
you can touch them up following the
instructions in WP 0035-4 of TM
9-1015-256-13&P (Aug 12).
Otherwise, leave the paint brush
at home.
Dear Editor,
MWO 9-1010-230-50-1 added an adjustable sight bracket, NSN 1240-
01-515-3767, to the MK 19 machine gun. But the bracket was never added
to the components of end item (COEI) in TM 9-1010-230-10.
The feed throat
assembly, NSN 1010-
01-149-5468, is also
not listed in the COEI.
Both these parts
are required for the
MK 19 to function, but
because they’re not
listed as COEI, units
aren’t keeping track
of them. They end up
lost. The bracket costs
$652 to replace and
the feed throat $226.
I suggest that units
treat the bracket and
feed throat as COEI
and start accounting
for them. I’ve submitted
a DA Form 2028 to
have them officially
added to the COEI.
SSG Michael Blaz
340th BSB
CAARNG
Editor’s note:
It could be some time before the TM
is revised, so units can save some money by writing
in the items on WP 0040-2.
COEI Items Missing from TM
Mortars…
MK 19 Machine Gun…
COEI Items Missing from TM
keep that
paint away
from me!
paint keeps you
from spotting
my problems!
and that’s
dangerous!
wait a darned minute!
where
are my sight bracket
and feed throat?!
uh-oh.
I haven’t been
paying attention
to them!
Adjustable sight bracket
Feed throat assembly
Only white
alignment
lines can be
touched up
with paint
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