TM  55-8115-200-23&P to produce a staggered maintenance workload. 1-4.  Destruction  of  Army  Material  to  Prevent  Enemy Use. a. General. Methods of destruction should achieve such damage to equipment and repair parts that it will not be possible to restore the equipment to a usable condition in the combat zone either by repair or cannibalization of parts. b.   Authorization.   The  authority  for  ordering  the destruction  of  equipment  is  to  be  vested  in  the  divisional and higher commanders, who may delegate authority to subordinate commanders, when the situation requires it. c.  Methods  of  Destruction. (1)  Fire.  Use  fire  to  destroy  equipment  when quantities of fuel and flammable materials are at hand. Proper concentration of equipment to be burned will pro- duce  a  hotter,  more  destructive  fire.  Fires  should  be  lit  after mechanical  destruction  has  been  accomplished.  Fires  can be built to produce more heat or more smoke. For destruc- tion, heat is desired but smoke maybe useful. (2)  Demolition.   Place   a   1/2   pound   (226.8g) charge in the roof bows and a 1/2 pound (226.8g) charge in the floor cross members. (3) Mechanical  destruction.  Using  an  axe,  pick, mattock, sledge or any other heavy implement, damage all hinges  and  latching  mechanisms. (4) Use  of  Natural  Surroundings. (a) Submergence of equipment and repair parts underwater  (lakes,  ponds,  bogs,  swamps,  etc.)  or  by  con- cealment  by  hiding  material  in  caves,  or  preferably  by burial,  can  be  used  efficiently. (b) Widely  dispersed  scattering  of  material preferably into heavy underbrush can serve as a denial or delaying  measure.  In  the  event  the  area  is  recaptured,  effort should  be  made  to  recoup  concealed  items. 1-5.  Reporting  Equipment  Improvement  Recommen- dations (EIRs).  If your 800K system needs improve- ment, let us know. Send us an EIR. You, the user, are the only one who can tell us what you don’t like about your equipment. Let us know why you don’t like the design. Tell us why a procedure is hard to perform. Put it on a SF368  (Quality  Deficiency  Report).  Mail  it  to  us  at Headquarters Commander, US Army Aviation and Troop Command,  ATTN:  AMSAT-I-MDC,  4300  Goodfellow Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63120-1798. We’ll send you a reply, Section  II.  DESCRIPTION  AND  DATA 1-6.  Description.  The   cargo  containers  (fig.  l-l)  are or bottom, for stacking up to six high in the ship’s cells, for standard sized eight feet by eight feet by 20 feet steel units stacking and locking up to four high on the ship’s deck, and with a capacity of 20 tons (18.2 metric tons) each. They are for attaching to the MILVAN chassis for road transport. designed for use singly or in tandem to form 40 foot (12.19 One  (1)  top  corner  block  is  supplied  with  each  container m) units for road transport purposes. Fittings, located at serial numbered lower than 12000, and is to be used when each corner, provide a means for lifting from either the top coupling  two  containers  in  tandem  for  road  transport. Legend for figure 1-1: *1. *2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Sheet roof Roof  bow Front top rail Top  corner  fitting Front comer post Bottom  fitting Side  bottom  rail Side  panel  assembly 9. Rear corner post 10. Bottom fitting 11.  Rear bottom rail *12.  Threshold  plate *13.  Bolt, washer, nut 14.  Rear  header  assembly 15. Top comer fitting 16. Side top rail *  Containers  Numbered  Less  Than  12,000. 1-2 Change 4