TM-9-1040-267-20-P
LAUNCHER, GRENADE, SMOKE: SCREENING, RP, M243; RP, M257; RP, M259
TECHNICAL MANUAL; ORGANIZATIONAL MAINTENANCE MANUAL (INCLUDING REPAIR PARTS AND SPECIAL TOOLS LIST)
FEBRUARY 1984
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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
Section I. GENERAL INFORMATION
1-1. SCOPE
a. Type
of Manual:
Organizational Maintenance Manual, including Repair
Parts and Special Tools List.
b. Model
Numbers and Equipment Names:
M243
RP screening smoke grenade launcher
M257 RP screening smoke grenade launcher
M259 RP screening smoke grenade launcher
c.
Purpose of Equipment:
To project smoke grenades from a combat
vehicle. The smoke grenades airburst to produce a white smoke. The smoke
screens the vehicle from enemy view.
1-2. MAINTENANCE FORMS, RECORDS, AND REPORTS.
Department of
the Army forms and procedures used for equipment maintenance will be those
prescribed by DA PAM 738-750, The Army Maintenance Management
System (TAMMS).
1-3. DESTRUCTION OF ARMY MATERIEL TO PREVENT ENEMY
USE.
Destroy launcher components by using demolition or mechanical
methods described in TM 43-0002-31.
1-4. PREPARATION FOR STORAGE OR SHIPMENT.
Refer to paragraphs
2-11 through 2-14 for instructions on how to prepare launchers for storage or
shipment.
1-5. NOMENCLATURE CROSS-REFERENCE LIST AND LIST OF
ABBREVIATIONS.
This listing includes nomenclature cross-references and
abbreviations
used in this manual.
Common Name
Discharger
Discharger Cap
Discharger Tube
Electrical Receptacle Connector
Grenade Stowage Box
M243 Launcher or Launcher
M257 Launcher or Launcher
M259 Launcher or Launcher
Resistor
Officia/ Nomenclature
DISCHARGER, SMOKE GRENADE
CAP-PLUG, PROTECTIVE, DUST AND
MOISTURE SEAL
TUBE, CANNON
CONNECTOR, RECEPTACLE, ELEC-
TRICAL
BOX, STOWAGE, SMOKE GRENADE
LAUNCHER, GRENADE, SMOKE:
Screening, RP, M243
LAUNCHER, GRENADE, SMOKE:
Screening, RP, M257
LAUNCHER, GRENADE, SMOKE:
Screening, RP, M259
RESISTOR, NETWORK, FIXED,
WIREWOUND
Abbreviation
Explanation
RP
Red phosphorous
1-6. REPORTING EQUIPMENT IMPROVEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS
(EIR).
If your smoke grenade launcher needs improvement, let us know. Send
us an EIR. You, the user, are the only one who can tell us what you don’t like
about your equipment. Let us know why you don’t like the design. Put it on an SF
368 (Quality Deficiency Report). Mail it to us at: Commander. US Army Arma-
ment, Munitions and Chemical Command, ATTN: AMSMC-QAD,
Rock Island, IL 61299 -6000.
.
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