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TM 746-10
to protect the unit and intermediate packs and contents
c. Unserviceable,
economically
reparable
during shipment and storage. This can be a unit pack or
retrograde  materiel.
Unserviceable,  economically
a container with any combination of unit or intermediate
reparable materiel that is to be returned to the supply
packs.
system for repair or disposal.
d. Intermediate pack.
An interior pack which
d. Unserviceable  materiel  to  be  recycled.
contains two or more unit packs and bears adequate
Unserviceable materiel to be moved within a theater of
identification of its contents.
operations for repair or disposal.
e. Marking. The application by stamping, printing,
or painting on a container, tag, or item the necessary
1-6. General Packaging Operations
information to identify the item or contents such as stock
number, nomenclature, quantity and unit of issue, level
a. Disassembly. Unboxed, serviceable retrograde
of  preservation  and  the  date  preservation  was
materiel and unserviceable, economically reparable
performed, or any other special information required.
retrograde  materiel  should  be  disassembled,  as
When applied to containers of retrograde or recyclable
practical, to achieve maximum reduction in cube prior to
materiel,  original  identification,  precautionary,  and
movement to a port of embarkation (POE).  Parts
special  handling  markings  shall  be  perpetuated
vulnerable to damage and pilferage and projecting parts
whenever possible.
whose removal will accomplish reduction in cube should
f Packing.
Assembling of items into unit,
be removed.  The removed bolts, nuts, screws, pins,
intermediate, or exterior packs with necessary blocking,
and washers should be placed in one of the mating parts
bracing,
weatherproofing,
and
and secured. The removed parts that are vulnerable to
reinforcement.
pilferage should be placed in the basic issue item pack.
g. Palletization. The process of bonding cargo or
b. Matchmarking. Parts removed from equipment
placing a number of packages on a low portable
should  be  matchmarked  to  facilitate  reassembly.
wooden, metal, or fiberboard platform for the purpose of
Removed parts and the matching parts that remain on
handling as a complete shipping unit. A palletized load
the disassembled item should be identically stenciled
may be shipped independently or loaded into another
(matchmarked) by letters or numbers if those parts are
container. It is also a basic method of unitization.
large enough to accept stenciling. When parts are too
h. Preservation.
The application of adequate
small to accommodate stenciling, information should be
protective measures including the use of appropriate
placed on cloth shipping tags attached to mated parts.
cleaning procedures, preservative materials, protective
c. Cleaning and drying. The cleaning of items by
wrappings,  barrier  materials,  cushionings,  interior
any of the approved processes is a prerequisite to the
containers, and complete identification markings up to,
success of subsequent preservation and packaging
but not including, the exterior shipping container.
operations. Cleaning must be thorough and cause no
i. Unitization.
Assembly  of  packs  (unit,
injury to the item.  Disassembly must be held to a
intermediate, or exterior) of one or more line items of
practicable minimum.  After cleaning, items will be
supply into a single load so that the load can be handled
thoroughly dried to remove cleaning solutions or
as a single unit through the distribution system.
residual moisture. Methods of cleaning and drying are
Unitization (unitized loads/unit loads) encompasses
described in TM 38-230-1, with the basic requirements
consolidation in a container, placement on a pallet or
listed in MIL-P-116.
load base, or binding packs securely together.
d. Lubrication  for  preservation.
Serviceable
j. Unit pack.  The first tie, wrap, or container
retrograde materiel and serviceable materiel which is to
applied to a single item, multiple thereof, or a group of
be recycled will be lubricated in accordance with the
identical items with the same stock number which
applicable lubrication order. All exposed oil can points
constitutes a complete and properly identified pack.
such as levers, latches, hinges, control rods, and
linkage, will be lubricated with preservative oil, P-9.
Parts will be manipulated to ensure thorough coverage.
1-5. Materiel Terms
Equipment  cleaned  by  processes  which  remove
previously applied lubricants or contaminate previously
a. Serviceable
materiel
to
be
recycled.
applied lubricants will be relubricated.  Unserviceable,
Serviceable materiel that is to be stocked and reused
economically  reparable,  major  end  items  and
within the theater of operations.
recoverable
repair
b. Serviceable retrograde materiel.  Serviceable
materiel that is to be returned to the supply system for
modification, repair, redistribution, or disposal.
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