CHAPTER 3
OPERATOR AND ORGANIZATIONAL MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS
Section I. OPERATOR AND ORGANIZATIONAL MAINTENANCE TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
3-1. Special Tools and Equipment
3-3. Organizational Maintenance Repair
No special tools or equipment are required
Parts
by the operator and organizational maintenance
Organizational maintenance repair parts are
personnel for the performance of maintenance
listed and illustrated in appendix C of this
on the tent.
manual.
3-2. Basic Issue Tools and Equipment
Not applicable.
Section Il. PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE SERVICES
3-4. General
To insure that the tent is ready for use at all
times, it must be systematically inspected, so
that defects may be discovered and corrected
before they result in serious damage. The nec-
essary preventive maintenance services to be
performed are listed and described in para-
graph 3-6, Defects discovered during operation
shall be noted for future correction. All de-
ficiencies and shortcomings will be recorded,
together with the corrective action taken, on
DA Form 2404 (Equipment Inspection and
Maintenance Worksheet) at the earliest pos-
3-5. Preventive Maintenance Services
Preventive maintenance services for the tent
consist mainly of the following:
a. Tighten guy assemblies that may have
been loosened by the wind.
b. Keep slide fasteners clean and slide fast-
ener flaps closed to protect them against snow,
ice, dirt, and sand.
c. Make sure all tie straps and tapes are
being used where necessary.
d. Tie off tapes of heater duct, and tapes
of heater duct opening flaps, when not in use.
e. Make sure becket lacing that secures liner
sible opportunity.
sections together, is properly
Section Ill. TENT ERECTION INSTRUCTIONS
3-6. General
3-7. Assembly of Arches
A tent consisting of an end section and seven
a. End Arch. To assemble
intermediate sections (64 foot total length ) can
be erected by eight men in approximately
eight hours. A tent consisting of an end section
and four intermediate sections (40 foot total
length) can be erected by eight men in approxi-
mately five hours. Level ground, high enough
for drainage, should be selected for the tent
pitching area.
tied off.
either end arch,
refer to figure 3-1 and proceed as follows:
(1) Arrange arch segments on ground, in
proper order, with the heads of the captive
hex bolts down.
(2) At each side of arch, insert joint
of an intermediate segment (4) and (12) into
a lower arch segment (1) and (2) and fasten
with eyebolt and chain assembly (3).
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