PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-743
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 743
OCTOBER 2014
29
PS 743
OCT 14
1.±
Remove all hard armor plates
from the vest. Put the vest on.
2.±
Pull the cable release strap.
Make sure the vest completely
detaches and falls away.
3.±
Reattach the vest. Make sure
the release cables are properly
connected. Also make sure
the buckles on my younger
brother, Generation III IOTV,
are properly connected. The
-10 TM shows you how.
4.±
Stow the release strap under
the access panel. Secure the
hook-and-loop fastener.
Inspection
Inspecting Cloth Carriers
Inspecting the Cable Release Assembly
They should
start
the
inspection
with my
cloth
carriers,
including…
Finally they’d
finish up
by
inspecting my
soft
ballistic panels
and
my hard armor
plates,
including…
•
Enhanced small arms protective
inserts (ESAP
I
) or X small arms
protective inserts (XSAPI)
•
Enhanced side ballistic inserts (ESBI)
or X side ballistic inserts (XSBI)
•
front carrier
•
back carrier
•
side plate carrier
•
yoke and collar
•
cable release
assembly
Then I’d have
them move on
to my
deltoid,
lower back
and
groin
protector
carriers.
Cuts, rips,
tears, holes,
or burns
Torn
pockets
or flaps
Torn or
frayed
webbing
Loose or
broken
stitching
Hits from fragmentation
or small arms fire
Torn, damaged or
missing hook-and-
loop fasteners
Dirt,
stains or
debris
Hook-and-
loop fastener
that won’t
close securely
inspect
both
the inside and
the outside
of my cloth
carriers.
Here’s how
to inspect my
cable release
assembly…
Here’s what
to look for…
When they’re finished wearing me,
they toss me aside. And when it’s
time for preventive maintenance,
I’m the
forgotten
gear.
All the glamor
equipment gets PM.
Don’t
I
deserve
PM, too?
Very interesting. You
have lived a life of
self-sacrifice, no?
So tell me, vas your
father a tyrannical
sociopath?
what?
no!
are you
even
listening?
Soldiers SHoULD
begin PM by
giving me a
close
inspection.
it is my professional opinion zat you suffer from
severe and prolonged preventive maintenance
deprivation syndrome, or SPPMDS.
I
protect
Soldiers.
My
soft ballistic
panels
protect
them from light
fragmentation
and 9mm
rounds. And
my
hard armor
plates
shield
their vital
organs from
multiple hits
from rounds
as large as
7
.62mm.
For that
reason
alone,
Soldiers
should take
an interest
in my
condition.
That means
doing
thorough
preventive
maintenance.
Doc, if
anyone
deserves PM, it’s
yours truly!
How
zo?
soft ballistic
panels
hard armor
plates
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12:06 PM
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