DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY SUPPLY BULLETIN
YELLOW TRACER, RED-YELLOW STAR, AN-M53 SERIES;
GREEN TRACER, RED-RED STAR, AN-M54 SERIES;
GREEN TRACER, GREEN-RED STAR, AN-M55 SERIES;
RED TRACER, GREEN-GREEN STAR, AN-M56 SERIES;
RED TRACER, RED-RED STAR, AN-M57 SERIES;
RED TRACER, GREEN-RED STAR, AN-M58 SERIES
SURVEILLANCE FUNCTION TEST
Headquarters, Department of the Army, Washington, D.C.
8 December 1971
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Purpose and scope .................................................................................................. 1
Errors, omissions and recommended changes ........................................................ 2
Safety ....................................................................................................................... 3
Size of sample .......................................................................................................... 4
Sample selection ...................................................................................................... 5
Preparation for test .................................................................................................. 6
Test procedure ......................................................................................................... 7
Observations ............................................................................................................ 8
Classification of defects............................................................................................ 9
Nonfunctioning defects ............................................................................................. 10
Functioning defects .................................................................................................. 11
Evaluation................................................................................................................. 12
Records and reports ................................................................................................. 13
bulletin applies to the individual signals only. The
1. Purpose and scope. This bulletin when
provisions of this bulletin are mandatory for use by all
used in conjunction with SB 742-1 provides a method for
Department of the Army organizations within CONUS
determining the serviceability of the subject item. The
and overseas with a receipt, storage and issue mission.
bulletin is to be used in the assessment of the
This bulletin is not intended for use by organizations with
serviceability of individual signals and their containers
stocks in basic loads. Additional information pertaining
when the signals are packed one per container. When
to frequency of test, sample selection, defect standards,
more than one signal is packed per container, this
*This bulletin supersedes SB 742-1370-12, 7 August 1971.
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