TM-9-2350-277-10 Operator Manual M113A3 M577A3 M1064A3 M1068A3 M58 Download
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EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION — Continued 0002 00 M1068A3 STANDARDIZED INTEGRATED COMMAND POST SYSTEM This carrier is designed as a command post and staff office. It has a crew of four, including the driver. The M1068A3’s capabilities and features are: It travels easily over rough terrain. It fords water up to 40 inches deep. It can move at high speeds on improved roads and highways. It is air transportable, but not parachute droppable. It provides protection for field commanders in a tactical environment. It has a 5.0 KW auxiliary power unit set for communication, lighting power, and charging carrier batteries. It has a tent stowed on the left side top plate to extend the work area. A table, map board, and fluorescent lights are part of the modular command post system. It is propelled and steered on land and in water by tracks. It has M17 periscopes around the driver’s hatch for vision when buttoned up. It has an AN/VVS-2 driver’s night vision periscope stowed near the driver. The periscope can be installed in driver’s hatch to provide night vision under blackout conditions. It has a power enclosure panel to provide AC & DC power to outlets around the interior of the carrier. It has an external communications entry box. It has an external power entry box which provides the ability to receive or supply AC power and also contains a grounding lug for the surface wire grounding kit. It has two internal fluorescent work lights. Operating procedures peculiar to the M1068A3 see TM 11-7010-256-12&P Operator’s Manual on Communication Hardware/Common Hardware and Software (CHS). Standardized Integrated Command Post System are covered in Chapter 4. Operating procedures for the Modular Command Post System are in TM 10-5410-229-13&P. Maintenance and operating procedures for the 5.0 KW Auxiliary Power Unit are in TM 9-6115-664-13&P. 0002 00-12 Change 3 TM 9-2350-277-10 It can be equipped to carry an NBC (gas particulate filter) unit, a driver’s windshield kit, an engine coolant heater kit, and personnel heater kit (for cold weather operation).