SB 740-94-8
APPENDIX F
QUALITY ASSURANCE INSPECTION INSTRUCTION
STORAGE SERVICEABILITY STANDARD ADDENDUM
DISPERSER, RIOT CONTROL AGENT, HELICOPTER OR VEHICLE
MOUNTED, M5 TRC 4CE
F-1. Purpose. This quality assurance inspection
(2) Hydrostatic Test. Subject spare container
instruction provides peculiar instructions and inspection
assemblies to a hydrostatic test every 60 months.
requirements, in addition to those coded inspection
(3) Pressure Tests. Subjects the disperser
requirements contained within appendix for the item
container assembly (disperser agent tanks), relief safety
listed below:
valve, and gun assembly to a pressure test every 60
NSN
Nomenclature
months.
1040-00-805-3019
Disperser, Riot Control Agent,
c. Basis of Surveillance. Surveillance for the MS
Helicopter or Vehicle Mounted,
Helicopter or Vehicle Mounted Riot Control Agent
MS
Disperser and major components shall be conducted on
1040-00-081-8297
Cylinder, Compressed Gas
the basis of grand, manufacturer's, or miscellaneous
1040-00-084-8158
Container Assembly
lots. Miscellaneous lot size shall not exceed 500 items.
4820-00-079-8887
Valve Safety, Relief Spring Loaded
F-2. Policy. The inspection requirements cited herein
d. Sampling. Sampling of lots shall be conducted
supplement the coded inspection requirements
as required by paragraph 2-4, and as follows:
contained within appendix A when the TRC of this
(1) For visual examination.
The sample
appendix (4CE) is referenced in the TRC column of
quantity as indicated in the sampling plan, paragraph
be used with the coded requirements to provide an
NOTE:
effective surveillance inspection plan encompassing the
From the sample obtained for visual
minimum inspection efforts that need be expended to
examination
of
the
applied
determine materiel serviceability with an acceptable
packaging, packing, marking, and
confidence level. The user shall not deviate from these
preservation processes, a selection
requirements without prior permission from the
of samples for end item visual
Commander, US Army Armament Materiel Readiness
examination is permissible.
Command, ATTN: DRSAR-QAE, Rock Island, IL 61299.
(2) For tests. Use MIL-STD-105, Inspection
Also, provide copies of related correspondence to the
Level S-1, AQL of 0.65 percent for sampling. The
Commander, US Army Armament Research and
acceptance number for critical defects is zero. Samples
Development Command, ATTN: DRDAR-QAC-R,
shall be randomly selected from the sample obtained in
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010.
(1) above except that the pressure tests, F-4c(2), F-
F-3. Instructions. a. References.
4c(3), and F-4c(4), shall be conducted on a unit basis. If
TM 3-1040-220-12&P
Disperser, Riot Control Agent,
the visual inspection sample is the same size as that
Helicopter or Vehicle Mounted,
required for testing, the entire sample shall be subjected
M5.
TM 3-1040-220-34&P
Disperser, Riot Control Agent,
to test. Should the sample of visually acceptable items
Helicopter or Vehicle Mounted,
be smaller than that required for testing, additional
M6.
samples shall be selected from the lot.
TM 3-1040-251-15
Test
Set,
Flamethrower-Riot
e. Marking. Prior to release from depot, ensure
Control
Agent
Disperser,
that the latest hydrostatic test date is stamped on the
Hydrostatic-and-Volumetric,
shoulder just below the neck of the compressed gas
6000 PSI, M5.
cylinders and stamped on the outside surface of the
b. Surveillance Interval. Except for the volumetric,
steel support facing the pressure group for agent
hydrostatic, and pressure tests, perform surveillance of
containers. Confirm that the date shown on the records
the disperser and major components by the IFC
required by TM 38-750 is the same as the
specified in appendix A.
(1) Volumetric Test. Subject the compressed
gas cylinders to a volumetric test every 60 months.
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