Section VI. RAIL AND MARINE EQUIPMENT

TM 746-10

4-97. Bridge, Armored Vehicle Launched

4-98.

Launcher-M48 and M60 Tank Chassis,

Transporting

a. Unpainted, unprotected surfaces.

Coat

unpainted surfaces of bolts, nuts, pins, washers, hold-

Preserve launcher, including the hydraulic system, per

down chains, turnbuckles, exterior surfaces of hydraulic

applicable paragraphs of this chapter.The launcher will

pipe, and cables with P-1.

be prepared for mobile shipment.

b. Packing. Fold each bridge. No overpacking is

required.

Section VI. RAIL AND MARINE EQUIPMENT

4-99. Rail Equipment

d. Seal openings into traction motors with tape.

Cover large openings with a double thickness of

Preserve rail equipment per the preservation procedures

greaseproof barrier material and secure in place with the

(but without the dehumidification procedures) outlined in

tape specified herein.

TB 740-97-5, Preservation of Railroad Equipment for

Storage, but with the following exceptions:

4-100. Marine Equipment

a. Do not coat pulley grooves and clutch or brake

Preserve marine equipment per preservatives specified

components.

(but without the dehumidification procedures) in TB 740-

97-4, Preservation of Vessels for Storage, with the

b. Do not preserve internal parts of governors,

following exceptions:

magnetos, or distributors.

c. Preserve wheel and axle assemblies and spare

a. Do not coat pulley grooves and clutch or brake

truck assemblies in accordance with TB 740-97-5, but

components with primer.

do not cover with strippable coating compound. Seal

openings into journal boxes with tape.

b. Do not remove pump packing from pumps.

c. Preserve machine tools per paragraph 4-2.

Section VII. WEAPONS AND FIRE CONTROL EQUIPMENT

4-101. General

(a) Burned powder residue and hard

carbon deposits. Surfaces subjected to burned powder,

The materials, methods, processes, and procedures

residue, and hard carbon will be cleaned, as specified

specified herein are based on the general requirements

herein, prior to standard cleaning. Surfaces will be

of TM 38-230-1 and TM 38-230-2 and specific

scrubbed with bristle brushes and swabs saturated with

instructions contained in this section.

rifle bore cleaner. The brushes and swabs will be

passed over and through the surfaces as many times as

necessary to remove contaminants. The scrubbed

a. This section provides instructions for preserving

surfaces will be flushed with solvent.

and packing weapons and associated fire control

(b) Optical surfaces.

Reference

equipment. This includes requirements for cleaning,

paragraph 3-3b.

drying, preservative application, wrapping, cushioning,

and blocking and bracing.

(c) Bearings, antifriction, open and

b. The following requirements are referenced

closed.

Bearings which are sealed (closed) and

prelubricated or preserved will be cleaned by wiping with

throughout this section:

a cloth moistened with solvent. The quantity of solvent

(1) Disassembly.

Items

may

applied to the cloth will be limited to avoid dissolving

disassembled, as necessary, to accomplish cleaning,

lubricants or preservatives. Repeat the above operation

drying, preservative application, etc., and to obtain

using fingerprint remover in lieu of solvent.

minimum cube for packaging purposes.

Refer to

1. Open bearings (unsealed) will

paragraph 1-6a. Parts or components removed during

be cleaned by process C-5.

the packaging operation will either be reinstalled or

packaged separately, as specified herein. Wheels and

2. Immediately after cleaning,

axles will not be removed from items prepared in

the bearings will be dried and preserved or lubricated as

towaway condition.

prescribed by the lubrication order.

(2) Cleaning and drying-standard processes.

c. Surfaces subject to burned powder residue

Reference paragraph 3-3a. If necessary, more than one

process may be used to accomplish thorough cleaning.

(3) Cleaning-special processes.

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