Swim tripods

TM 55-2350-252-14

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Take off each spacer and bracket and remove

loosen two each wing nuts and remove plat-

periscopes. Place eye covers over scopes.

form.

14. Swim tripods. Using two people, loosen straps

19. Matching unit. Remove 9/16-inch bolts. Dis-

and wing nuts and remove brackets.

connect cables underneath matching unit and re-

15. ISU ballistic cover. Use a 12-inch adjustable

move matching unit.

wrench and disconnect two each cables. Remove

20. Snub the vehicle: Using railroad tie or like

five -inch screws. Using a two-person lift and a

large piece of wood, run over each road wheel

hoist, remove the cover.

individually. Attach one each bracket, cable, and

16. ISU. Remove 14 9/16-inch bolts. Using a

pin. Proceed until all 12 road wheels are snubbed.

two-person lift, remove ISU, being careful not to

21. Road wheels. Using eight each 2 by 4's that

bump ISU, as this could knock it out of alignment

are 6 inches long, place blocks in front of road

or break the mirrors. Place in yellow ISU box and

wheels. Drive forward onto blocks. Remove 15/16-

secure into position with bolts. Screw lid onto the

inch nuts and washers and remove road wheels.

ISU box. (Instructions for building an ISU box are

Reinstall nuts and washers with 15/16-inch deep

given in table 3.)

well socket (so they do not get lost).

17. Backup and secondary sights. Remove two

22. Turret armor. Using two or three people,

each pins from secondary sight and remove sight.

remove -inch bolts and 8-mm allen head screws

Then, remove four each allen head screws, three

and remove turret armor. (Caution: Some plates

each 9/16-inch bolts, and backup sight tube assem-

are double plated and heavy!).

bly.

23. Right side grenade launcher. Loosen -inch

18. Periscopes. Remove 9/16-inch mounting bolts.

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