TM-9-2350-311-34-2 Maintenance Manual for Volume 2 M109 Cab Download
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TM 9--2350--311--34--2 Change 3 1--3 Section I. GENERAL INFORMATION 1--1 SCOPE a. Type of Manual: Direct support and general support maintenance. b. Model Number and Equipment Name: M109A2/M109A3/M109A4/M109A5 Howitzer, Medium, Self-Propelled, 155MM. This manual deals with maintenance of the cab and associated components. TM 9--2350--311--34--1 deals with maintenance of the hull and associated components. c. Purpose of Equipment: The howitzer cab, containing the M185 or M284 155MM cannon and secondary armament M2 heavy barrel caliber 50 machine gun, provides the firepower for the howitzer. The cab components also provide the fire control for the 155MM cannon. 1--2 MAINTENANCE FORMS, RECORDS, AND REPORTS a. Department of the Army forms and procedures used for equipment maintenance will be those prescribed by (as applicable) DA PAM 750--8, Army Maintenance Management System User’s Manual; DA PAM 738--751, Functional Users Manual for the Army Maintenance Management System--Aviation (TAMMS--A); or AR 700--138, Army Logistics Readiness and Sustainability. b. Accidents involving injury to personnel or damage to materiel will be reported on DA Form 285 (Accident Report) in accordance with AR 385--40. Explosives and ammunition malfunctions will be reported in accordance with AR 75--1. c. For information on ammunition refer to SB 742--1, Ammunition Surveillance Procedures; and AR 700--22, Worldwide Ammunition Reporting System (WARS). 1--3 DESTRUCTION OF ARMY MATERIEL TO PREVENT ENEMY USE Refer to TM 750--244--6 for procedures on how to destroy the M109 self-propelled howitzer. You will find procedures for destruction of munitions in TM 43--0002--33 (improved conventional munitions). Procedures for destruction of chemical munitions are outlined in TM 3--250. For general guidelines to follow in destruction of equipment to prevent enemy use, refer to TM 9--2350--311--20--2.