CHAPTER 3. MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS

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

CHAPTER 3

MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS

3-1. General

a. Large-scale repacking, repainting, remarking,

and repair of boxes.

b. Removing defective fuzes from hand grenades

a. Direct support maintenance performed by

and replacing with acceptable fuzes.

conventional

ammunition

companies

includes

surveillance and limited maintenance of stocks under

c. Demilitarization of unserviceable items.

their control. This applies equally to grenade items and

accessories. Maintenance operations include, but are

d. Grouping and relotting of small lots or renovated

not limited to the following:

lots.

3-4. Safety in Handling

(1) Cleaning and protection of individual

items and/or packing material.

a. Handle

grenades

accordance

with

(2) Removal of light rust.

requirements contained in TM 9-1330-200-12, in

(3) Minor repair of boxes, containers, and

addition to general instructions in TM 91300-206.

crates.

b. Do not lift or handle grenades by their safety pin

(4) Spot painting and restenciling.

pull ring.

b. General support maintenance may require

WARNING

large-scale repainting and re-marking, repacking,

WHITE PHOSPHORUS (WP) SMOKE

disassembly, defuzing, and refuzing.

IS POISONOUS UPON PROLONGED

REPEATED

INHALATION,

3-2. Direct Support Maintenance

PARTICULARLY

CONFINED

SPACE.

a. Maintenance to be performed is of such

NORMAL

CONCENTRATIONS

magnitude as to require operational line setups.

OPEN AIR ARE NOT LIKELY TO BE

Ammunition companies are responsible for, and are

HARMFUL.

equipped to perform recurring care and preservation-

type operations on all conventional ammunition under

their control. The companies are also responsible for

c. Have container of water close at hand for

providing technical assistance to using units.

submerging items in case of WP leakage. Have readily

conditions preclude performing on-site maintenance,

available containers of 1 percent and 5 percent copper

user stocks will be removed to a more suitable location.

sulphate solution and box of baking soda.

b. Companies are responsible for stocking of

d. Familiarize personnel with first aid procedures

authorized replacement components, packing materials,

for WP burns.

and

expendable supplies. Requisitions will be

submitted to an Inventory Control Point (ICP) for those

(1) Wet particles of WP with water of 5

components and/or supplies not authorized for stockage.

percent copper sulfate solution.

When feasible, items required for maintenance of

(2) Remove

particles

from

flesh

stocks, such as fiber containers and wooden boxes, will

immediately.

be recovered during expenditures of ammunition.

3-3. General Support Maintenance

Maintenance at the general support level is comparable

to that at the direct support level, except that it is on a

larger scale. It also includes the following:

3-1