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Black Hawk: ESSS CEFS Modification Kits Needed
March 12, 2020 — Mechanics, if your UH-60 aircraft has the external stores support system (ESSS) installed, listen up! ESSS wings are attached to the aircraft to hold external fuel tanks. When new ESSS crashworthy external fuel system (CEFS) tanks are issued, the ESSS wing system must be modified with the new ESSS CEFS modification kit. Keep reading to learn more... MORE

M1A2 SEPV2 Tank: Don’t Make a Battery Mix-Up!
March 10, 2020 — Dear Half-Mast: can you mix Hawker with Exide batteries on the M1A2 SepV2 tank? Either battery comes with NSN 6140-01-485-1472. Also, is it OK to mix new batteries with recharged ones? Click MORE>> to find out the answer. ... MORE

M2A1 Machine Gun: Protect the Mounting Pin and CROWS Elevation Servo
March 9, 2020 — Dear Editor, Which is stronger: the CROWS elevation servo motor or the M2A1 machine gun mounting pin? Trick question! The answer is, neither. After the machine gun is removed from the mount, make sure to push the pin back in... MORE

M16-Series Rifle, M4/M4A1 Carbine: Rifle Charging Handle NSN?
March 9, 2020 — Dear Half-Mast, When I went through the new version of the M16 rifle/M4 carbine’s TM 9-1005-319-23&P (Apr 19), I found no NSN listing for the M16/M4 charging handle in WP 0040-12. Can you help me out?... MORE

SMR Codes Give the Clues
March 9, 2020 — This article initially appeared in PS 775, Pages 55-59.Having trouble finding or getting a part? You may be surprised to find the reason why is right at your fingertips. That’s because many TMs give clues about items in the form of source, maintenance and recoverability (SMR) codes... MORE

621G Scraper: Front Brake Actuator Boot
March 4, 2020 — Mechanics, The scraper front air brake actuator, NSN 2530-01-415-2558, that’s shown as Item 15 in Fig 94 of TM 5-3805-296-24P (Jun 13) doesn’t break down into individual parts... MORE

AN/PRM 34: Baffling Battery Hunt
February 28, 2020 — Dear Half-Mast, I’m looking for an alternate non-rechargeable battery or a non-terminal battery NSN for the radio test set, AN/PRM-34, NSN 6625-01-094-5646. The TM says I need one (1) lithium battery, BA-5847/U. FEDLOG tells me that NSN 6135-01-090-5364 brings BA-5847/U, but it’s a terminal item. Can you assist?... MORE

M967A1 Fuel Tanker: Vapor Integrity Test Set
February 28, 2020 — Get a vapor integrity test set that’s used on the 5,000-gal fuel tankers with NSN 2590-01-438-8806. A breakdown of the test set is shown in TM 9-2330-339-23&P (Dec 15), but the NSN is missing, and the part number for the set in the TM is wrong... MORE

COMSEC AR Updated
February 27, 2020 — AR 25-12, Communications Security Equipment Maintenance and Maintenance Training, was updated in December 2019. The update includes types of equipment covered by the AR, and guidance on new equipment training... MORE

Small Arms: Give Weapons a Fighting Chance
February 27, 2020 — TMs are free. Armorers can order as many as they need. Every unit should have a pubs clerk and armorers should make a point to find out who it is. Give the pubs clerk a list of the TMs you need and within minutes the order can be in the system... MORE

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