SERVICEABILITY OF M6A2 HOODS

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 SUBJ : SERVICEABILITY OF M6A2 HOODS
 REF:  WR ALC/XPOC MSG P180015Z AUG 90, SAME SUBJ.
 1. THE REF MSG IS RETRANSMITTED IN PART FOR YOUR INFORMATION
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 1. WR-ALC WAS NOTIFIED BY TELECON OF CONCERNS PERTAINING TO
 INADEQUATE SEAM SEALANT ALSO REFERRED TO AS LUTING COMPOUND LOCATED
 ON INNER SEAMS OF THE N6A2 HOOD. AS A RESULT 20 SUSPECTED
 UNSERVICEABLE HOODS WERE PROVIDED TO HQ ARMY ARMAMENT, MUNITIONS
AND CHEMICAL COMMAND, THE OPR FOR THIS EQUIPMENT.  THIS SUSPECT
EQUIPMENT WAS PROVIDED ON 17 AUG 90 FOR EVALUATION/INSPECTION TO
 DETERMINE SERVICEABILITY.
 2. RESULTS OF EVALUATION/INSPECTION DETERMINED THAT ALTHOUGH THERE


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 WERE SOME MINUTE HOLES DISCOVERED THROUGH THE USE OF A LAMP
 INSPECTION, THESE HOLES WILL NOT DEGRADE THE PROTECTION OF THE
 HOOD, ALL 20 HOODS WERE DETERMINED TO BE SERVICEABLE. WHEN
 REQUIRED, INSPECTION PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN T.O. 14P4-9-31 TABLE
 5-1 ARE ADEQUATE.  RIPS, HOLES, TEARS AND SEAM SEPARATIONS ARE THE
 ONLY GROUNDS FOR HOOD CONDEMNATION, THIS IS FURTHER DEFINED TO
MEAN ONLY THOSE RIPS, HOLES, TEARS AND SEAM SEPARATION VISIBLE TO
 THE NAKED EYE.
 2. IN SUMMARY ALL THE SUSPECTED UNSERVICEABLE HOODS
 EVALUATED/INSPECTED BY THE ARMY WERE FOUND TO BE SERVICEABLE.
 BASED ON THESE FINDINGS WE ARE CONFIDENT OF THE SERVEABILITY OF