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Category: Tactical Vehicles

FMTV: LTAS Transmission Control Valve Module Replacement Work Package
October 22, 2019 — The FMTV LTAS transmission control valve module work package is being added back to TM 9-2320-333-23&P (IETM EM 0372, Nov 18) after it was removed during a recent TM update. This allows units to replace a control valve module instead of sending it to sustainment level maintenance... MORE

M149A2: M149A2 Trailer Master Cylinder
October 22, 2019 — Get a new master cylinder for your M149A2 trailer with NSN 2530-01-339-8620. It replaces NSN 2530-00-204-4800, which is shown as Item 4 in Fig 7 of TM 9-2330-267-13&P (Dec 15). That NSN is a terminal item... MORE

HEMTT: Solution for Purging
October 22, 2019 — Get a 5-gal container of cleaning compound (purging solution) for the M978-series HEMTT fuel tanker with NSN 7930-01-350-7034. For a 55-gal container, use NSN 7930-01-350-7035. You’ll find it listed in ATP 4-43, Petroleum Supply Operations... MORE

HMMWV: Up-Armored HMMWV Ball Joint
October 22, 2019 — Order a replacement for the up-armored HMMWV’s front or rear upper ball joints with NSN 2530-01-554-8288. That’s a new NSN, which replaces NSN 2815-01-601-6441, shown as Item 8 in Figs 163 and 147 of TM 9-2320-387-13&P (IETM EM 0323, Mar 14). But beware, the TM hasn’t been updated yet!... MORE

M149A2 Water Buffalo: Master Cylinder Replacement
October 8, 2019 — Order a replacement master cylinder for the M149A2 water buffalo trailer with NSN 2530-01-339-8620. This replaces NSN 2530-00-204-4800, shown as Item 4 in Fig 7 of TM 9-2330-267-13&P (Dec 15), which is a terminal item... MORE

Tactical Vehicles & Trailers: Your Best Bet? A Cargo Net
October 8, 2019 — A cargo net is your best bet for safety and security anytime you’re hauling stuff.An interior cargo net keeps gear in place and prevents stuff from hitting the driver or passengers if the vehicle swerves or rolls over. A net also keeps gear from bouncing around the cargo bay where it’ll likely get broken or damaged.An exterior cargo net does the... MORE

Spc. Chantal Martinez, a Motor Transportation Operator, assigned to 15th Transportation Company, 100th Brigade Support Battalion, 75th Field Artillery Brigade, Fort Sill, OK, carefully backs up an M1097 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) with an attached M1101 Cargo Trailer with the help of a ground guide on March 20, 2019. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Dustin D. Biven)

Diesel Engines: Clobber the Slobber
October 7, 2019 — Dear Half-Mast,Lately, we’ve noticed oil leaking from the air box drain on our truck’s Detroit Diesel engine. Any ideas on how to stop it? SGT M.S.F. Dear Sergeant,The 8V9TA Detroit Diesel engine used in some tactical vehicles is a two-stroke engine. A natural output of that type of engine is slobber, which is partially burned fuel and condensation... MORE

HMMWV: Up-Armored HMMWV Ball Joint
October 3, 2019 — Order a replacement for the up-armored HMMWV’s front or rear upper ball joints with NSN 2530-01-554-8288. That’s a new NSN, which replaces NSN 2815-01-601-6441, shown as Item 8 in Figs 163 and 147 ofTM 9-2320-387-13&P (IETM EM 0323, Mar 14). But beware, the TM hasn’t been updated yet! ... MORE

M1076 PLS Trailer: Replacement Dust Caps, Yes or No?
September 26, 2019 — Having a hard time finding an NSN for replacement dust caps on the M1076 PLS trailer’s air brake chambers? That’s because the newly designed air brake chambers don’t have dust caps!... MORE

FMTV: Mud Flaps vs Splash Guards
September 26, 2019 — It’s a messy world out there. Mud flaps and splash guards can help. But not if you get the wrong ones, which has been happening with the M1078A1 FMTV!The M1078A1 FMTV mud flaps and splash guards, shown as Items 26 and 28 of Fig 241 in TM 9-2320-391-23&P (IETM EM 0369, Oct 17), are reversed.Item 26 shows the mud flap, but the NSN listed belongs to... MORE

Soldiers from the 1168th Transportation Company transport an FMTV (Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles) from the Forward Support Company, 224th Engineer Battalion, to be decommissioned March 12.

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