SECTION II SHIPMENT/ISSUE STANDARDS

for domestic issue or shipment to US troops overseas or

nated for overseas shipment or domestic issue must

qualify under the standards herein before being

in CONUS. Provisions of this bulletin will also apply to

CONUS troops preparing vehicles for shipment

approved for such issue and/or shipping actions.

b. Standards established by this bulletin apply to

overseas.

d. Provisions of this bulletin do not apply to vehi

all end item vehicles or chassis which are the logistic

cles being prepared for shipment to MAP/MAS

responsibility of TARCOM and DARCOM.

recipients unless specifically prescribed by the

c. Provisions of this bulletin apply to all US Army

MAP/MAS transaction for the materiel.

agencies/activities selecting or preparing vehicles

SECTION II

SHIPMENT/ISSUE STANDARDS

4. Hour/Mileage Standards. Serviceable equipment

3. General. a. Only vehicles which have been

must meet the hour/mileage criteria set forth in table 2-1

classified as serviceable condition codes A, B or C

for consideration of overseas shipment or domestic

under AR 725-50 will be considered for overseas

issue.

No hour/mileage standards have been

shipment or domestic issue. All items of equipment for

established for trailers, but all other provisions of this

which an equipment serviceability criteria has been

bulletin, pertinent to trailers, will apply. Those vehicles

published must, as a minimum, be rated green under

which do not meet the hour/ mileage standards specified

the ESC as a prerequisite to overseas shipment or

in this bulletin, but do meet all other provisions

domestic issue. In addition to the condition code

contained herein, will be subjected to the requirements

standard, as enumerated above, and the required ESC

of paragraph 12, section V.

rates prescribed herein, the equipment being considered

for overseas shipment or domestic issue must meet the

requirements of this bulletin.

NOTE

b. The ESC will be discontinued as new operator

To qualify for domestic issue and

manuals are revised which will be utilized to determine

overseas

shipment,

equipment

serviceability condition of equipments (per DARCOM

mileage or hours of operation, since

Instruction dated 2 June 1976).

new or overhauled, may not exceed

c. All URGENT and NORMAL Department of the

the values set forth in table 2-1. The

Army of MWO's, applicable to the specific vehicle being

recorded miles/hours of operation at

considered for shipment or issue, must have been

the time of replacement of the

applied.

odometer or hour meter must be

added to the current reading to

provide an equipment total, since

new or overhauled.

Table 2-1. Hour/Mileage Standards

Vehicle

Category

Standard since

new or overhauled

Sedans

All

20, 000 miles

Trucks

Less than 21/2 ton,

20, 000 miles

21/2 ton and up but

35, 000 miles

less than 5 ton,

5 ton and up but

25, 000 miles

less than 10 ton,

10 ton and up

20, 000 miles

Trailers

All

No standards

Combat

All

2, 500 miles or 250 hours

Tanks

All

2, 500 miles or 250 hours

Bridge ferry, MFAB/F

Class 60

7, 000 hours or 5 years

amphibian, LARC

7, 500 hours or 5 years

7, 500 hours or 6 years

5, 000 hours or 8 years

Launcher, AVLB

Class 60

7, 000 hours or 7 years

generator set

3 KW,

*375 hours or 3 years

5 thru 10 KW,

*750 hours or 4 years

15 thru 30 KW,

*2, 500 hours or 6 years

45 thru 150 KW,

*3, 000 hours or 7 years

200 KW or over

*4, 000 hours or 10 years

gas turbine

*750 hours or 13 years

(all sizes)