SB 740-94-8
APPENDIX C
QUALITY ASSURANCE INSPECTION INSTRUCTION
STORAGE SERVICEABILITY STANDARD ADDENDUM
DISPERSER, RIOT CONTROL AGENT, PORTABLE, 3-GALLON,
M33A1 TRC 4CB
shall be conducted on the basis of grand,
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Purpose.
This quality assurance inspection
manufacturer's, or miscellaneous lots. Miscellaneous
instruction provides peculiar instructions and inspection
lot size shall not exceed 500 items.
requirements, in addition to those coded inspection
requirements contained within appendix A for the items
d. Sampling.
Sampling of lots shall be
listed below:
conducted as required by paragraph 2-4 and as
NSN
Nomenclature
follows:
1040-00-148-9824
Disperser, Riot Control Agent,
(1) For visual examination. The sample
Portable, 3-Gallon, M33A1
quantity as indicated in the sampling plan, paragraph
1040-00-116-0355
Cylinder, Compressed Gas (Agent)
1040-00-198-4924
Cylinder, Compressed Gas (Air)
NOTE
1040-01-060-8579
Gun, Portable, Riot Control
From the sample obtained for
Agent, Disperser
visual examination of the applied
C-2. Policy. The inspection requirements cited herein
packaging, packing, marking, and
supplement the coded inspection requirements contained
preservation
processes
a
within appendix A when the TRC of this appendix (4CB) is
selection of samples for end item
referenced in the TRC column of appendix A for a line
visual examination is permissible.
item. These requirements are to be used with the coded
(2) For tests.
Use MIL-STD-105,
requirements to provide an effective surveillance
Inspection Level S-I, AQL of 0.65 percent for
inspection plan encompassing the minimum inspection
sampling.
The acceptance number for critical
efforts that need be expended to determine materiel
defects is zero. Samples shall be randomly selected
serviceability with an acceptable confidence level. The
from the sample obtained in (1) above except that
user shall not deviate from these requirements without prior
the hydrostatic and volumetric tests (see paras C-
permission from the Commander, US Army Armament
4c(1) and (2)) shall be conducted on a unit basis. If
Materiel Readiness Command, AT'TN:
DRSAR-QAE,
the visual inspection sample is the same size as that
Rock Island, IL 61299. Also provide copies of related
required for testing, the entire sample shall be
correspondence to the Commander, US Army Armament
subjected to test. Should the sample of visually
Research and Development Command, ATTN: DRDAR-
acceptable items be smaller than that required for
QAC-R, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010.
testing, additional samples shall be selected from the
C-3. Instructions. a. References.
lot.
TM 3-1040-262-13&P Disperser, Riot Control Agent,
e. Marking. Prior to release from depot, ensure
Portable: M33A1.
that the latest hydrostatic test date is on an aluminum
TM 3-1040-251-15
Test Set, Flamethrower-Riot Con-
strip attached to the diffusion pipe of the agent tank
trol Agent Disperser, Hy-
and on the neck of the pressure tank. Confirm that
drostatic-and-Volumetric, 6000
the date on the records required by TM 38-750 is the
PSI, M5.
same as that on the aluminum strip. The date on the
b. Surveillance Interval. Perform surveillance of the
aluminum strips will consist of numbers representing
disperser and major components as indicated by the IFC
the month and the year, i.e., 1-80 with 1 for January
specified in appendix A with the exception of hydrostatic
through 12 for December, with 79 for 1979, or 80 for
and volumetric tests which shall be as follows:
1980, etc. Ensure that the records required by TM
(1) Hydrostatic test. Subject the pressure tanks
38-750 reflect the date of the latest hydrostatic test.
and the agent tanks to a hydrostatic test every 60 months
C-4. Inspection Procedure. Samples shall be
for 3AA cylinders and every 36 months for 3HT cylinders.
visually inspected for defects resulting from the ap
(2) Volumetric test. Subject the pressure tanks
to a volumetric test every 60 months.
c. Basis of Surveillance. Surveillance for the M33A1
portable riot control agent disperser and major components
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