Light Instruments, Blackout Lamps, Tail and Stop Lights, and Related Equipment

TM 746-10

5-146. Printed Circuits, Circuit Card Assemblies,

tape. Wrap each unit with neutral wrapping paper and

and Extender Cards

secure with tape. Unit pack submethod IC-1.

c. Pack items weighing 10 pounds or less

Package per paragraphs 5-168 to 5-170, inclusive.

individually in a fiberboard box and immobilize with

cellulosic cushioning. Close box with tape (see figure 5-

5-147.

Recoil Adapters, Crossover Assemblies,

1).

Feeders, and Drive Units

d. Pack items weighing more than 10 pounds

individually in a fiberboard box and immobilize contents

a. Preserve with P-9 or wrap each unit in VCI

with bound fiber. Close box with tape (see figure 5-1).

material and wrap with greaseproof barrier material.

e. Do not apply additional preservative to

b. Cushion item within a fiberboard box with

noncritical items (no optical surfaces).

Pack as

cellulosic cushioning or bound fiber. Close box with

referenced above, except delete the lens paper.

tape (fig 5-1).

5-144. Light Instruments, Blackout Lamps, Tail and

5-148. Recoil Mechanisms

Stop Lights, and Related Equipment

a. Clean highly finished surfaces by process C-5.

a. Do not apply a preservative.

Preserve all unpainted metal surfaces with P-11. Wrap

b. Pack instruments with cases in their respective

preserved surfaces with greaseproof barrier material

compartments and close with provided fasteners.

and secure in place to adjacent painted surfaces with

c. Wrap each instrument without a case in single-

tape.

face paperboard and secure with tape. Pack a quantity

b. Pack one 105 mm recoil mechanism in wood or

of instruments in a singleor doublewall fiberboard box

plywood box. Block and brace item with securely nailed

and close with tape (fig 5-1). Mark per paragraph 3-5.

wood blocking to immobilize the item (fig 5-7).

c. Pack one 155 mm recoil mechanism in an open

5-145. Pistons, Buffer Pistons, Recoil Rods, Valve

crate. Block and brace item with securely nailed wood

Assemblies, Glands, and Similar Equipment

blocking to immobilize the item. Shroud mechanism

with waterproof barrier material and secure in place with

a. Clean by process C-8. Be sure that all highly

tape.

polished surfaces are thoroughly cleaned.

b. Preserve unpainted surfaces of items weighing

5-149.

Saddles, Saddle Assemblies,

Clamp

up to 20 pounds with P-9 or wrap the entire item in VCI.

Assemblies, and Related Items

Overwrap with greaseproof wrapping paper and unit

pack submethod IC-1. Pack one or more items in a

a. Preserve unpainted surfaces with P-1.

fiberboard box. Separate heavier items with bound fiber

b. Pack one or more units, dependent upon size

or fiberboard sheets. Close box with tape (fig 5-1).

and weight, into a fiberboard or wood box. Cushion

c. Preserve unpainted surfaces of items weighing

within the fiberboard box with bound fiber and block and

20 pounds or more with P-11. Wrap preserved surfaces

brace within the wood box with securely nailed wood

with greaseproof barrier material and secure with tape.

blocking and close with tape (fig 5-1). Mark per

Pack items weighing less than 60 pounds in a double-

paragraph 3-5.

wall fiberboard box. Pack items weighing more than 60

pounds in a wood or plywood box. Block and brace with

5-150.

Sights, Reflex, and Similar Sights and

either fiberboard sheet stock or bound fiber within the

Sighting Stations

doublewall box or nailed wood blocking within the wood

boxes Close double-wall box with tape (fig 5-1) and

reinforce with filament-reinforced tape.

Mark per

a. Clean, dry, and pack as prescribed in paragraph

paragraph 3-5.

5-154.

b. Do not apply a preservative.

c. Pack in reusable metal or plastic containers

when available in lieu of the fiberboard box and

cushioning prescribed in paragraph 5-151 for training

aids.

5-151. Training Aids

a. Do not apply a preservative.

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