SB 742-1370-94-455
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY SUPPLY BULLETIN
SIGNAL KIT, PERSONNEL, DISTRESS: M185 AND
SIGNAL KIT, PERSONNEL, DISTRESS: M186
AMMUNITION SURVEILLANCE PROCEDURES
Headquarters, Department of the Army, Washington, DC
27 October 1980
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Purpose and scope ......................................................................................................................................
Errors, omissions, and recommended changes ..........................................................................................
Safety ...........................................................................................................................................................
Personnel .....................................................................................................................................................
Size of sample ..............................................................................................................................................
Sample selection ..........................................................................................................................................
Surveillance test equipment .........................................................................................................................
Preparation for test .......................................................................................................................................
Test procedure .............................................................................................................................................
Observations ................................................................................................................................................
Classification of defects................................................................................................................................
Nonfunctioning defects .................................................................................................................................
Functioning defects ......................................................................................................................................
Evaluation.....................................................................................................................................................
Records and reports .....................................................................................................................................
Changes to Publications and Blank Forms) will be
1. Purpose and scope. This bulletin when used
completed and forwarded to Commander, ARRCOM,
conjunction with SB 742-1 provides a method
ATTN: DRSAR-QAS, Rock Island, IL 61299.
determining the serviceability of subject items. The
function testing in this procedure will accomplished under
3. Safety. The surveillance function testing must be
a centralized control program managed by the Armament
Materiel Reading Command (ARRCOM), DRSAR-QAS,
conducted in accordance with the provisions set forth in
Rock Island IL 61299. The bulletin is to be used in the
appropriate safety regulations and implementing
assessment of the serviceability of the individual signals
instructions, with special attention devoted to technical
and the hand-held projector in the signals kits. The
manuals describing the item.
provisions of this bulletin are mandate for use by all
Department of the Army organizations within CONUS
4. Personnel. Function testing will be conducted under
and OCONUS with ammunition receipt, storage and
the supervision of a Quality Assurance Specialist
distribution mission. This bulletin is not intended for use
(Ammunition Surveillance) herein after referred to as
organizations with stocks in basic loads. Additional
QASAS.
information pertaining to frequency of te sample
selection, defect standards, reports a records are
5. Size of sample. The number of samples required
contained in SB 742-1.
2. Errors, omissions and recommended changes.
Direct
reporting
of
errors,
omissions,
and
recommendations for improving this bulletin is authorized
and encouraged.
DA Form 2028 (Recommended
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