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Category: Tactical Vehicles

M1076 PLS Trailer: Replacement Dust Caps, Yes or No?
September 26, 2019 — Having a hard time finding an NSN for replacement dust caps on the M1076 PLS trailer’s air brake chambers? That’s because the newly designed air brake chambers don’t have dust caps!... MORE

FMTV: Mud Flaps vs Splash Guards
September 26, 2019 — It’s a messy world out there. Mud flaps and splash guards can help. But not if you get the wrong ones, which has been happening with the M1078A1 FMTV!The M1078A1 FMTV mud flaps and splash guards, shown as Items 26 and 28 of Fig 241 in TM 9-2320-391-23&P (IETM EM 0369, Oct 17), are reversed.Item 26 shows the mud flap, but the NSN listed belongs to... MORE

Soldiers from the 1168th Transportation Company transport an FMTV (Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles) from the Forward Support Company, 224th Engineer Battalion, to be decommissioned March 12.

FMTV: Gunner's Platform for FMTV?
September 26, 2019 — Dear Half-Mast, is there a gunner’s platform for when you fire using the gunner restraint system (GRS) in an FMTV? Yes there is!... MORE

FMTV: TM Misprints Cause Transmission Misdiagnosis
August 6, 2019 — If your shop has seen these FMTV issues lately, they may be misdiagnosed problems caused by the same thing: improper installation of the MD3700SP Allison Transmission Gen 4 control valve module... MORE

U.S. Army Sgt. Andrew Trent, a wheeled vehicle mechanic, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Special Troops Battalion, 4th Sustainment Brigade tightens a hose on a HUMVEE 7

AGM Batteries: Rise From the Dead?
August 6, 2019 — Absorbed glass mat (AGM) batteries like the 6TAGM may seem dead when they’re really not... MORE

Sgt. Scott Witthuhn explains the new power switch he invented for a family of skid steer loaders with recurrent dead battery problems.

HMMWV: Parts List Correction
July 22, 2019 — TACOM has determined that Items 6 through 15 in Fig 209 of TM 9-2320-387-13&P in IETM EM 0323 (Mar 14) aren’t in synch with the figure call-outs. An updated parts list is forthcoming. Keep reading to learn more... MORE

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