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EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION -- Continued
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M1068A3 STANDARDIZED INTEGRATED COMMAND POST SYSTEM
This carrier is designed as a command post and staff office. It has a crew of four, including the driver. The M1068A3's
capabilities and features are:
It travels easily over rough terrain.
It fords water up to 40 inches (102 cm) deep.
It can move at high speeds on improved roads and highways.
It is air transportable, but not parachute droppable.
It provides protection for field commanders in a tactical environment.
It has a 5.0 KW auxiliary power unit set for communication, lighting power, and charging carrier batteries.
It has a tent stowed on the left side top plate to extend the work area. A table, map board, and fluorescent lights are
part of the modular command post system.
It is propelled and steered on land and in water by tracks.
It has M17 periscopes around the driver's hatch for vision when buttoned up.
It has an AN/VVS-2 driver's night vision periscope stowed near the driver. The periscope can be installed in driver's
hatch to provide night vision under blackout conditions.
It can be equipped to carry an NBC (gas particulate filter) unit, driver's windshield kit, an engine coolant heater kit,
and personnel heater kit (for cold weather operation).
It has a power enclosure panel to provide AC & DC power to outlets around the interior of the carrier.
It has an external communications entry box.
It has an external power entry box which provides the ability to receive or supply AC power and also contains a
grounding lug for the surface wire grounding kit.
It has two internal fluorescent work lights.
See TM 11-7010-256-12&P Operator's Manual on Communication Hardware/Common Hardware and Software (CHS).
Operating procedures for the Modular Command Post System are in TM 10-8340-243-13&P.
Maintenance and operating procedures for the 5.0 KW Auxiliary Power Unit are in TM 9-6115-664-13&P.
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