M2/M3 BRADLEY FIGHTING VEHICLE: TURRET - OD1609 LESSON 1/TASK 2
Step 14.
Place loose round in empty double links, aligning alignment groove on
loose round with alignment tang on double link.
Press down on round until it is
fully seated.
NOTE
Last ammo belt may have less than 15 HE rounds.
Step 15.
Repeat steps 12 through 14 until all ammo is separated into 15 round
belts.
Step 16.
Unlatch and open the ammo box lid. Remove separator from the HE ammo
box. Stow first 15 rounds of ammo in the HE ammo box.
NOTE
Large inserts should be used.
Be sure that round number
matches insert number.
Hold the separator with projectile side up and place the first ammo belt in
numbered inserts (figure 9, view B, on the previous page). Place rounds 1 through
4 in the middle of the separator and rounds 5 through 15 in the outer inserts.
NOTE
Notch in the center of the separator must align with the
mating tab in the body of the HE ammo box.
Turn the separator and ammo belt upside down and insert into the HE ammo box with
the notch and tab aligned. Close and latch the HE ammo box lid (figure 9, view C).
Step 17.
Stow second 15 rounds of ammo in the HE ammo box. Unlatch and open the
second HE ammo box lid. Turn the ammo box upside down. Remove the separator from
the ammo box.
Repeat the second paragraph of step 16 above to load second 15
rounds.
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