SB 740-94-8
APPENDIX B
QUALITY ASSURANCE INSPECTION INSTRUCTION
STORAGE SERVICEABILITY STANDARD ADDENDUM
DISPERSER, RIOT CONTROL AGENT, PORTABLE M3
TRC 4CA
NOTE
B-1. Purpose. This quality assurance inspection
instruction provides peculiar instructions and inspection
Test intervals coincide with DOT
requirements, in addition to those coded inspection
regulations.
TM
3-1040-214-12,
requirements contained within appendix A for the items
specifies 4 year (48 months) interval.
listed below:
c. Basis of Surveillance. Surveillance for the M3
NSN
Nomenclature
portable riot control agent disperser and major
1040-00-711-8296
Disperser. Riot Control Agent,
components shall be conducted on the basis of grand,
Portable, M3
manufacturer's, or miscellaneous lots. Miscellaneous lot
1040-00-160-8068
Tank, Fuel (Agent)
size shall not exceed 500 items.
1040-00-293-5891
Tank and Valve, Pressure
d. Sampling. Sampling of lots shall be conducted
1040-00-771-4557
Gun, Portable, Riot Control
as required by paragraph 2-4, and as follows:
Agent Disperser, M9
(1) For visual examination.
The sample
B-2. Policy. The inspection requirements cited herein
quantity, as indicated in the sampling plan, paragraph
supplement the coded inspection requirements
contained within appendix A when the TRC of this
NOTE
appendix (4CA) is referenced in the TRC column of
From the sample obtained for visual
examination
of
the
applied
be used with the coded requirements to provide an
packaging, packing, marking, and
effective surveillance inspection plan encompassing the
preservation processes, a selection
minimum inspection efforts that need be expended to
of samples for end item visual
determine materiel serviceability with an acceptable
examination is permissible.
confidence level. The user shall not deviate from these
(2) For tests. Use MIL-STD-105, Inspection
requirements without prior permission from the
Level S-l, AQL of 0.65 percent for sampling. The
Commander, US Army Armament Materiel Readiness
acceptance number for critical defects is zero. Samples
Command. ATTN: DRSAR-QAE, Rock Island, IL
shall be randomly selected from the sample obtained in
61299. Also, provide copies of related correspondence
(1) above, except that the hydrostatic and volumetric
to the Commander, US Army Armament Research and
tests (see paras B-4c(1) and (2)) shall be conducted on
Development Command, ATTN:
DRDAR-QAC-R,
a unit basis. If the visual inspection sample is the same
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010.
size as that required for testing, the entire sample shall
B-3. Instructions. a. References.
be subjected to test. Should the sample of visually
TM 3-1040-214-12
Disperser, Riot Control Agent,
acceptable items be smaller than that required for
Portable: M3
testing, additional samples shall be selected from the
TM 3-1040-251-15
Test Set, Flamethrower-Riot
lot.
Control Agent Disperser,
Hydrostatic-and-Volumetric.
e. Marking.
6000 PSI, M5.
(1) Disperser agent tanks and pressure
b. Surveillance Interval. Except for pressure and
tank. Prior to release from depot, ensure that the latest
volumetric tests, perform surveillance of the disperser
hydrostatic test date is on an aluminum strip attached to
and major components by the IFC specified in appendix
the diffusion pipe of the agent tank and on the neck of
the pressure tank. Confirm that the date on the records
(1) Hydrostatic tests. Subject the pressure
required by TM 38-750 is the same as that on the
tanks and the agent tanks to a hydrostatic test every 60
aluminum strip. The date on the aluminum strips will
months.
consist of numbers representing the month and the year,
i.e., 1-81, with 1 for January through 12 for December,
(2) Volumetric test. Subject only the pressure
with 80 for 1980,
tanks to a volumetric test every 60 months.
B-1
