CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION - TM-3-1040-221-120005

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

Section I. GENERAL

c. Department of the Army forms and procedures

1. Scope

used for equipment maintenance will be those prescribed

These instructions are for use by the operator and

by TM 38-750.

organizational maintenance personnel. They apply to the

d. Reporting

errors,

omissions,

and

Service Kit, Portable Flame- thrower-Riot control Agent

recommendations for improving this manual by the

Dispenser, M27.

individual user is encouraged.

Reports should be

2. Record and Report Forms

submitted on DA Form 2028 (Recommended Changes

a. Report accidents involving injury to personnel or

to Publications) and forwarded direct to -Commanding

damage to materiel as specified in AR 385-40.

Officer, Edgewood Arsenal, ATTN: SMUEA-DE-ET,

b. Report accidents or malfunctions in combat or

Edgewood Arsenal, MD 21010.

training as specified in AR 75-1.

Section II. DESCRIPTION AND DATA

1040-736-3230. The M27 service kit, combined with a

3. Description

pressure source, is used to charge commercial air

a. General. The M27 service kit (fig. 1) consists of

cylinders, pressure tanks, and high- pressure spheres.

components described in b through n below (figs. 2

And it is used to test and adjust pressure regulators of

through 5). Two copies of SC 1040-94-CL-E02 and TM

portable flamethrowers and riot control agent dipsersers.

3-1040-221-12 are packed with the kit. A list of contents

The M27 service kit is also used to transter thickened or

(2, fig. 1) is attached inside the plywood packing-chest

unthickened fuel from a 55-gallon drum or a 5-gallon

lid. A metal tray (3) supports the components in the

gasoline can to portable flamethrowers or flame land

chest. The packing chest is marked SERVICE KIT,

mines (table 1).

PORTABLE

FLAMETHROWER-RIOT

CONTROL

AGENT DISPENSER, M27, FSN

Table 1. Uses of M27 Service Kit