TM-55-2350-224-14
M113 FAMILY OF VEHICLES (M113A2, M113A3, M106A2, M125A2, M548A1, M577A2, M667, M730A2, M741A1, M901A1, M981, M1015A1, M1059, M1064, AND M1068)
TRANSPORT GUIDANCE
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TM 55-2350-224-14
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
Section I. GENERAL
1-1. Purpose and Scope
This manual is for transportation officers and
other personnel responsible for safe transport of
the M113 Family of Vehicles (FOV). It provides
transportability guidance for safe shipping and
receiving of the M113 FOV. It includes significant
technical and physical characteristics of the vehi-
cles as well as safety requirements for worldwide
movement by various modes of transportation.
Where appropriate, this manual provides metric
equivalents in parentheses next to US customary
units of measure.
1-2. Related Publications
Additional information on transport procedures
can be found in the following:
MTMCTEA Pamphlet 55-19,
Tiedown Hand-
book for Rail Movements.
MTMCTEA Pamphlet 55-20,
Tiedown Hand-
book for Highway Movements.
MTMCTEA Pamphlet 56–1,
Surface Transporta-
tion, Marine Terminal Lifting Guidance.
MTMCTEA Pamphlet 70-1,
Transportability for
Better Strategic Mobility.
FM 10-567/TO 13C7-16-171,
Airdrop of Sup
plies and Equipment Rigging Tracked Person-
nel— Cargo Carriers.
FM
55-65, Strategic Deployment by Surface
Transportation.
TM 38-250/AFR 71-4,
Preparation of Hazardous
Materials for Military Air Shipment.
USAREUR Reg 55-8,
Loading and Securing
Military Wheeled and Tracked Vehicles on Euro-
pean Railcars.
AR 55-162,
Permits for Oversize, Overweight, or
Other Special Military Movements on Public
Highways in the United States.
AR 55-228,
Transportation by Water of Explo-
sives and Hazardous Cargo.
1-3. User Comments
Send comments and recommendations for improv-
ing this manual on a DA Form 2028 (Recom-
Section Il.
1-6. General
To ensure safe operation and movement, operators
should follow the precautions and safety consider-
ations given below. Specific safety instructions are
mended Changes to DA Publications and Blank
Forms) or a marked copy of a page or pages of the
manual to Director, MTMC Transportation Engi-
neering Agency, ATTN: MTTE-TR, 720 Thimble
Shoals Blvd, Suite 130, Newport News, VA
23606-2574.
1-4. Definitions
The following definitions are used throughout this
manual:
a. Breaking Strength (BS).
The stress at which a
part (wire rope) actually fails.
b. CONUS.
Continental United States.
c. Curb Weight (CW).
Total weight of operable
carrier, including fuel, all system fluids, and on-
vehicle basic issue items (BII). CW does not in-
clude crew weight.
d. FISTV.
Fire Support Team Vehicle.
e. Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW).
CW plus maxi-
mum payload.
f. Total Load Restraint (TLR).
The TLR given
for highway, rail,
and marine modes includes
allowances for shipping directions and typical tie-
down angles. For example, the highway TLR is 1.5
times GVW: 1.5 x 20,000 pounds = 30,000 pounds.
g. TOW.
Tube-Launched, Optically Tracked,
Wire-Guided Missile.
1-5. Warnings, Cautions, and Notes
Throughout this manual the following special mes-
sages emphasize important or critical information:
***WARNINGS***
Instructions that must be followed to pre-
vent serious injury to, or death of, person-
nel.
**CAUTION**
Instructions that must be followed to pre-
vent damage to, or destruction of, equip-
ment.
*NOTE*
An operating procedure
ceive special attention.
SAFETY
given throughout the
tions, and notes.
a.
When the ramp
carriers (except the
that should re-
manual as warnings, cau-
door latch on any of the
M113A3, M548, M548A1,
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