MAINTENANCE
INSTRUCTIONS
Section I. REPAIR PARTS, TOOLS, AND EQUIPMENT FOR OPERATION AND
ORGANIZATIONAL MAINTENANCE
Equipment
17. Repair Parts
Carrying Case M19 is equipment
No repair parts are supplied to the using
required and authorized for Compass
organization for replacement on the com-
M2.
pass M2.
1 8 . Common or Special Tads
No common or special took are required.
Section II. PREVENTIVE-MAINTENANCE SERVICES
20. General
b. I n s p e c t i o n s t o s e e i f i t e m s a r e i n g o o d
Preventive maintenance is the system-
condition, correctly assembled or stowed,
atic care, inspection, and servicing of
secure, not. excessively worn, apply to
equipment to maintain it in serviceable
most items in the preventive-maintenance
condition, prevent breakdowns, and assure
and inspection procedures. Any or all of
maximum operational readiness. First
these checks that are pertinent to any
echelon preventive maintenance is accom-
item will be performed automatically, as
plished by the equipment operator. The
general procedures, in addition to any
operator's role in the performance of
specific procedures given.
preventive-maintenance service is: To
(1) I n s p e c t i o n f o r " g o o d c o n d i t i o n " i s
perform the daily service each day the
usually an external visual inspec-
equipment is operated.
tion to determine whether the unit
is damaged beyond safe or serv-
Responsibility
iceable limits. Good condition is
Operators and crew are personally re-
explained further as meaning: not
sponsible for assigned equipment. Squad,
bent
or
twisted,
not
chafed
or
section, and platoon leaders are charged
burred, not broken or cracked, not
with supervisory responsibility for equip-
bare or frayed, not dented or col-
ment pertaining to their commands. Unit
lapsed, not torn or cut, not de-
and organizational commanders are re-
terioratad.
quired to insure that equipment issued or
(2)
I n s p e c t i o n of a unit to see that it is
a s s i g n e d t o t h e i r c o m m a nds
are
properly
"correctly assembled" or stowed is
maintained in a serviceable condition, and
usually a visual inspection to see if
that they are properly cared for and used.
the unit is in its, normal position
i n the equipment and if all its parts
are present and in
their
correct
and Inspections
relative position.
(3)
By "excessively worn" is meant
a. T h e f o l l o w i n g g e n e r a l p r o c e d u r e s
worn beyond serviceable limits or
apply to first-echelon preventive-
to a point likely to result in failure
maintenance services and all inspections,
if the unit is not replaced before
and are just
as
important
as
the
specific
the next scheduled inspection It
procedures.
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