C 13, TM 9-2350-230-12
Section 8-3. ORGANIZATIONAL PREVENTIVE - MAINTENANCE CHECKS
AND SERVICES
NOTE. All references to M551A1 in this section pertain to vehicles equipped with laser range finder.
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General
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General Procedures
a. Preventive-maintenance is 'he systematic care,
a. Routine Application.
inspection, and service of equipment to maintain it in
All of the general procedures given in table 8-17 will be
serviceable condition and to detect faults and failures
followed.
Organizational mechanics must be so
before extensive and time-consuming repairs or
thoroughly trained in these procedures that they apply
replacements are required.
The Army system of
them automatically at all times in the performance of
maintenance pre- scribes two types of preventive-
their duties.
maintenance services which are described in section 4-1
b. Operational Participation. The crew normally
and b below. Refer to TM 38- 750 -for instructions on
accompanies the vehicle to perform before and/or after
use of forms pertaining to preventive- maintenance
services and assist the organizational mechanics in the
services.
performance of organizational preventive-maintenance
services.
instructions necessary to perform organizational
preventive-maintenance checks and services. These
c. services. Organization- al services are defined
by, and restricted to, the general procedures outlined in
services are performed quarterly or every 750 miles,
table 8-17 unless approval to
perform higher category
which- ever occurs first, by organizational maintenance
services has been given by the supporting maintenance
with the help of the vehicle crew.
unit.
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