PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-740
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 740
JULY 2014
36
PS 740
JUL 14
Editor’s note:
There are other cleaning kits for the M16/M4 that have
NSNs assigned. But, as PS has said before, the assignment of an NSN does not
automatically mean it is approved for use. Only the cleaning parts listed in the TM
and the kit listed in this article are approved by TACOM for use with the M16/M4.
none
none
none
none
none
none
none
NSN
Carrying case
Alice clips
Cotton swabs
Lens cleaner (½ ounce)
Lens brush
Lens cloth
NATO adapter
.22-cal obstruction
remover (2)
.22-cal slotted tip
.30-cal slotted tip
Blackened brass scraper
Straight locking lug pick
Black locking lug scraper
5.56mm bore brush
7.62mm bore brush
9mm bore brush
.45-cal bore brush
5.56mm chamber brush
8-in flexible cable with
.30-cal slotted tip
Curved locking lug pick
T-handle bar
2-in cleaning patches
Panoply cleaning patches
Multi-tool
Refillable bottle
Shoot-through dust cap
30-in flexible cable (2)
M16 solid rod obstruction
remover with T-handle
Small arms cleaning brush
Dust brush
Pipe cleaners
Item
NSN
Maintenance
equipment case
Cleaning rod
handle section
Cleaning rod
section (25 per
box, 3 required)
Swab holder
Bore brush
Chamber brush
Toothbrush
Cleaning brush
CLP (½-oz bottle)
Pipe cleaners
Small arms swab
Item
What’s in
Improved
Cleaning
Kit?
Here’s the
breakdown of
what comes in
the kit…
But what the
article did
not
say is that the
improved cleaning
kit includes
several
more
items than those
listed in the -10.
The cost of the improved
cleaning kit is now $512.28.
wondering what
exactly is in the
m16/m4’s improved
cleaning kit?
As
PS
7
33 (Dec 13) pointed
out, there is
only one
Army-approved cleaning
kit for the M16 rifle/M4
carbine: the
improved
cleaning kit,
NSN 1005-01-562-
7
393.
That article showed that ordering the
individual
cleaning tools listed in TM 9-1005-319-10 was much
cheaper
than ordering the improved cleaning kit.
wonder
no more!
and Here are
the cleaning
tools listed
in the -10…
M16-Series Rifle, M4/M4A1 Carbine…
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