MAINTENANCE ADVISORY ON SAFETY OF USE MESSAGES

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Subject: MAINTENANCE ADVISORY ON SAFETY OF USE MESSAGES                  

Box ID: BX001440

Unit: 24TH ID     

Parent  Organization: XVIII CORPS 

Folder Title: 24 IN DIV PROCEDURES                                                                            

Folder Seq #:        171

Document Number:          7

Document Date: 

Scan Date: 04-JUN-1996












           FROM: CHIEF - LOG OPS DR 
           TO:   FSCO08ORIA-EMHL.ARKY.MIL
           SUBJECT: (FRANK W. KERN: (KEVIN E. FRITZ: SAFE RESPONSE TO
           'INCIDENCES INVOLVING DEPLETED URANIUM ARMOR/AMNO I I

           1. IN RESPONSE TO RECENT QUESTIONS FROM THE FIELD CONCERNING
           INCIDENTS INVOLVING DEPLETED URANIUM (DU) ARMOR AND DU
           STABALOY MUNITIONS, REQUEST THIS MESSAGE BE IMMEDIATELY
           RETRANSMITTED TO ALL AMCCOM LARS.

           2. TB 9-1300-278 GUIDELINES FOR THE SAFE RESPONSE TO
           HANDLING, STORAGE, AND TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENTS INVOLVING
           ARMY TANK MUNITIONS OR ARMOR WHICH CONTAIN DEPLETED URANIUM,
           DATED SEPTEMBER 1990 HAS SUPERSEDED THE COPY DATED 20 NOV
           1987.


           3. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE PROCEDURES RELATING TO DU
           STABALOY AMMUNITION ALSO APPLY TO ANY COMBAT VEHICLE THAT MAY
           UTILIZE DU AMMUNITION.

           4. FOLLOWING IS THE DRAFT OF PROCEDURES THAT WILL APPEAR IN
           TM 9-2350-200-BD, BATTLEFIELD DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND REPAIR
           FOR Ml/IPM1/MlAl GENERAL ABRAMS TANK TURRET, SCHEDULED FOR
           PUBLICATION EARLY JAN 1991.


                                DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT

           14-1. SCOPE


               THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS PROCEDURES THAT APPLY TO Ml, XPM1,
           AND MlAl TANKS. BDAR PROCEDURES IN THIS CHAPTER ARE LIMITED
           TO THE RECOVERY OR SELF-RECOVERY OF BATTLE DAMAGED Ml SERIES
           TANKS9 AND CONTAIN PERSONNEL RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.
           ALTHOUGH THESE PROCEDURES PROVIDE FOR THE SAFE RECOVERY OF
           BATTLE DAMAGE Ml SERIES TANKS, PROCEDURES IN TB 9-1300-278
           FOR RADIATION DETECTION AND DECONTAMINATION TAKE PRECEDENCE,
           AND SHOULD BE FOLLOWED WHEN EVER POSSIBLE.

           14-2. ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE

                                     TABLE 14-1

           VEHICLE TO BE RECOVERED
           A. PERF6RM RADIOLOGICAL SURVEYS- --CONTAMINATION FOUND,.

                                             RECOVER VEHICLE..PARA 14-5


                                            L.--NO CONTAMINATION FOUND:


                                         SELF-RECOVER VEHICLE..PARA 14-6

           B. RADIOLOGICAL SURVEY
              NOT AVAILABLE/PERFORMED-        RECOVER VEHICLE..PARA 14-5

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Box ID = BX001440
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Folder Title = 24 IN DIV PROCEDURES
Folder Seq # = 171
Subject = MAINTENANCE ADVISORY ON SAFETY OF USE MESSAGES
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Scan Date = 14-JUN-1996
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