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CAB, ARMAMENT, SIGHTING AND FIRE CONTROL, ELEVATING AND TRAVERSING SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED COMPONENTS HOWITZER, MEDIUM, SELF-PROPELLED, 155MM

TECHNICAL MANUAL; DIRECT AND GENERAL SUPPORT MAINTENANCE MANUAL

SEPTEMBER 1994

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CUPOLA RACE RING - CONTINUED

e. Installation

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Commander’s cupola weighs 360 pounds (163 kg). Use hoist and turret lifting sling capable of lifting

1000 pounds (454 kilograms) to provide adequate lifting capacity and prevent injury.

NOTE

Commander’s cupola on later design vehicles does not have the pictured outside latch handle.

Insert two eye bolts (6) in screw holes for machine gun mount support on commander’s cupola (4).

Attach two shackles (6.1) of turret lifting sling (7) to two eye bolts (6). Attach two shackles of turret lifting

sling to metallic tube (8).

Attach hoist (9) to turret lifting sling (7). Lower commander’s cupola (4) into position on cab (5).

NOTE

Only commander’s cupolas with outside latch handles have 12 flat washers.

Install lock ring (3), 12 flat washers (2) and 12 new self-locking bolts (1) to attach commander’s cupola (4)

to cab (5). Torque self-locking bolts to 360 lb-ft (488 N·m).

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