MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS
b. Preventive Maintenance Checks and Serv-
ices. The preventive maintenance checks and
The maintenance duties assigned to the op-
services charts (para 3-4 through 3-7) outline
erator and organizational repairman of the
functions to be performed at specific intervals.
equipment are listed below together with a
These checks and services are to maintain
reference to the paragraphs covering the spe-
Army electronic equipment in a combat service-
cific maintenance functions.
able condition; that is in good general (physi-
a. Daily preventive maintenance checks and
cal) condition and in good operating condition.
services (para 3-4).
To assist operators in maintaining combat serv-
iceability, the chart indicates what to check,
b. Weekly preventive maintenance checks
how to check, and the normal indications. The
and services (para 3-5).
References column lists the paragraphs or
c.
Monthly preventive maintenance checks
manuals that contain detailed repair or re-
and
services (para 3-6).
placement procedures. If the defect cannot be
d.
Quarterly preventive maintenance checks
remedied by performing the corrective actions
and
services (para 3-7).
listed, higher category of maintenance or re-
pair is required. Records and reports of these
e.
Cleaning (para 3-8).
checks and services must be made in accordance
with the requirements set forth in TM 38-750.
3-3. Preventive Maintenance Checks
and Services Periods
Preventive maintenance checks and services
of the equipment are required daily, weekly,
monthly, and quarterly.
Preventive maintenance is the systematic
care, servicing, and inspection of equipment to
prevent the occurrence of trouble, to reduce
ices that must be accomplished daily (or at
downtime, and to assure that the equipment is
least once each week if the equipment is main-
serviceable.
tained in standby condition).
a. Systematic Care. The
procedures given
additional checks and services that must be per-
in paragraphs 3-4 through
3-8 cover routine
formed on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly
systematic care and cleaning
essential to proper
basis, respectively.
upkeep and operation of the
equipment.
