CHAPTER 5. MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES

TM 9-1330-200-34/TM 1330-34/1

CHAPTER 5

MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES

5-1. General

(4) Using paint brush and required enamel, touch

up unpainted surfaces of grenade where original coating

has been damaged. For paint colors, see tables 5-1

Operations to be performed are not restricted to those

through 5-10.

outlined below. The number of operations depends on

the degree and/or type of maintenance being performed.

(5) Following touch up, place grenade in safe

Refer to Maintenance Allocation Chart (MAC) in TM 9-

location in work area until enamel has dried, then

1330-200-12 for levels of maintenance to be performed.

transfer to next operation.

Since ammunition has a long shelf life, some very old

items may occasionally be encountered. Ammunition

(6) Transfer grenades requiring complete

color coding is now in its third generation. The three

repainting after removing rust or defective markings to

generations of color coding are illustrated in Table 1-2,

repainting operations.

pages 1-6 through 1-10 in TM 9-1300-200, Change 3.

Ammunition manufactured prior to 1962 was generally

(7) Materials, tools, and equipment include the

painted as shown for the first generation color code. The

following:

second generation coding was used between 1962 and

approximately 1976 when the third generation code

(a) Enamel.

came into use. The policy used in this matter is that

grenades are not reworked solely to change colors or

(b) Solvent.

update color code. If grenades are reworked for any

other reason, repainting to later color code may be

performed if authorized by maintenance directors.

(d) Brush, paint.

5-2. Maintenance Operational Procedures

(e) Table, work.

The following maintenance operational procedures are

listed sequentially.

They serve as a guide for

(f) Can, plunger-safety type.

establishing maintenance plans.

(g) Gloves, disposable.

a. Rust Removal and Touch Up.

(h) Brush, wire.

(1) Receive grenades from unpacking

or inspecting operation.

b. Repainting Grenades. For color used to repaint

grenade bodies, see tables 5-1 through 5-10.

(2) Using cloth wet with solvent, remove all

traces of minor rust and defective markings.

(3) Use abrasive material or nonferrous wire

brush to remove other than minor rust from grenade.

Change 5-1