HMMWV Shelter: Searching for Generator NSN
By | June 26, 2023
A Soldier is looking for the NSN for a generator in a HMMWV shelter. Half-Mast explains that one doesn’t exist and how and where to repair them. Read on…...
Tents: Zipper Lubricant
By | Dec. 28, 2020
This article initially appeared in PS 701 (Apr 11), p. 11. Apply zipper lubricant, NSN 9150-00-999-7548, to a tent zipper when it’s hard to zip...
DRASH Trailer: Finding Missing Cable/Chain
By | Nov. 10, 2020
Dear Half-Mast, I’m looking for a breakaway cable or chain for the deployable rapid assembly shelter (DRASH) trailer on which I’m working. On Page 1216 in TM 11-6115-742-13&P (May 12), the following items are shown as...
RWS APU: A Unit of One
By | March 26, 2020
Units with rigid wall shelters (RWS) may be confused about how many 10-kW auxiliary power units (APUs), MEP-903A, to order for their nonexpendable shelters. That’s because there’s conflicting information in TM...
DRASH: Replacing Power Unit Frame Shelters
By | Nov. 21, 2019
What do you do when DRASH tents are not mission capable or not economically repairable? The answer is simple.The Army has approved replacement of the older technology articulating frame shelters listed below: DRASH TM...