CHAPTER 7. SHIPMENT AND LIMITED STORAGE AND DEMOLITION TO PREVENT ENEMY USE

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CHAPTER 7

SHIPMENT AND LIMITED STORAGE AND DEMOLITION TO

PREVENT ENEMY USE

Section I. SHIPMENT AND LIMITED STORAGE

7-1. Disassembly

7-2. Repacking for Shipment or Limited

Storage

To repack for quick shipment or limited stor-

If Antenna AT-1082/PRC is connected to a

radio set, disconnect and remove its cable, retract

age, place the AT1082/PRC and its connecting

the sense whip antenna, and turn down the loop.

cables into Bag, Cotton Duck CW-445/PRC.

Section Il. DEMOLITION OF MATERIEL TO PREVENT ENEMY USE

b. Cut. Cut the output cables; use axes, hand-

7-3. Authority for Demolition

axes, knives, or machetes.

Demolition of the equipment will be accom-

Warning: Be extremely careful with explo-

plished only upon the order of the commander.

sives and incendiary devices. Use these items

The destruction procedures outlined in paragraph

only when the need is urgent.

7-4 will be used to prevent further use of the

c. Burn. Burn cords, cables, and technical

equipment.

manuals; use gasoline, kerosene, oil, flame throw-

7-4. Methods of Destruction

ers, or incendiary grenades.

d. Explode. If explosives are necessary, use

Use any of the following methods to destroy the

equipment.

firearms, grenades, or TNT.

a. Smash. Smash the antenna (loop and sense

e. Dispose. Bury or scatter the destroyed parts

whip), switches, and case; use sledges, axes, hand-

in slit trenches or foxholes, or throw them into

axes, hammers, or crowbars.

streams.

7-1