TM-5-5420-203-14
BRIDGE, ARMORED VEHICLE LAUNCHED, SCISSORING TYPE CLASS 60 & CLASS 70 ALUMINUM, 60 FOOT SPAN; FOR M48A5 AND M60 LAUNCHER
TECHNICAL MANUAL; OPERATOR’S, UNIT, DIRECT SUPPORT, AND GENERAL SUPPORT MAINTENANCE
JUNE 1991
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TM 5-5420-203-14
HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL
The safest, easiest, and best way to care for, operate and maintain the AVLB is to use this manual.
Learning to use this TM is as easy as reading it. Knowing what’s in this manual and how to use it will
save you time. Becoming familiar with the work, procedures, and cautions will help you in your job and
reduce your exposure to unnecessary hazards.
Right here if this is the first time you are using this TM. Be sure to completely read this section on how to
use this manual frost. Due to the many parts and procedures involved with the AVLB, this book may seem
complicated, but it is not. Go to that area within the TM that covers what you are to do and follow the
instructions. Be
sure to read and
follow the notes, cautions and warnings. They are there for your safety
and well-being. They
also
protect the equipment from harm. There is a lot of information here that you
need to know.
This manual is organized into several types of activities. You will be using this manual to do the necessary
work on the AVLB and to find information about its operation and care. Consult the Table of Contents to
find the location of the procedures and information found in this TM.
Procedures can be found by looking for them in the Table of Contents. For instance, if you want to find
how to load or unload the AVLB, those procedures will found listed under Operations, Loading and
Unloading the AVLB. Other procedures can be found in the same manner.
First, identify by the noun nomenclature what it is
you
want to work on or what the procedure is you want
to do. Then decide if you are removing or replacing an item, or loading it or unloading it, etc. After you
have decided what you are going to do, and what it is called, find that in the Table of Contents.
The procedure is written in a way that you would normally do a task. The first item you would remove is
listed and then the second and so on. The tools needed (if they are not common tools) are called out and
how to use them is explained. Checks that must be made during the procedure are identified. A final
overall check is called out and explained, where need be. All notes, cautions, and warnings required for
your safety and the safety of the equipment are given where and when needed.
Common tools are not called out. Common tools are those tools normally found in the mechanic’s tool
box. Procedures using common tools would be similar to “Remove the two nuts bolts securing the brace
to the section”.
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