CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

TM 5-4220-201-12

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

Section I. GENERAL

1-1. Purpose and Scope

This manual is for your use in operating and maintaining the Type B-7

parachutist, underarm, life preserver (fig. 1-1). This preserver is an

item of primary survival equipment designed to be worn by

paratroopers making extended or sustained overwater flights. In

addition, the preserver is worn whenever a jump is made within one

mile of a large body of water.

1-2. Maintenance Forms and Records

Maintenance forms and records that you are required to use are

explained in TM 38-750.

1-3. Recommending Improvements

You can improve this manual by recommending improvements using

DA Form 2028 (Recommended Changes to Publications), or a letter,

and mail direct to the Commanding General, U.S. Army Mobility

Equipment Command, ATTN: AMSME-MPP, 4300 Goodfellow

Boulevard, St. Louis, Mo., 63120.

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