Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION

TM 9-1370-201-12

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

Section I. GENERAL

not include accidents and incidents resulting from

1-1. Scope

negligence, malpractice, or implication in other

situations such as vehicle accidents or fires. However,

This manual provides the user with operating

malfunctions do include abnormal or premature function

instructions and organizational maintenance procedures

of pyrotechnic items during normal handling,

for parachute aircraft flare Mk 45 Mod 0 (DODIC L473),

maintenance, storage, transportation, and tactical

parachute aircraft flare Mk 45 Mod 0 with adapter

deployment.

(DODIC L424), and flare dispenser XM19.

(3) If a malfunction involving this material

1-2. Forms, Records and Reports

occurs, firing of the affected lot will be halted

immediately.

The commanding officer or senior

individual in charge of the unit will immediately contact

a. Forms.

Maintenance forms, records, and

the officer under whose supervision the ammunition for

reports which are to be used by maintenance personnel

the unit involved is maintained or issued and will report

at all maintenance levels are listed in and prescribed by

all available facts concerning the malfunction.

TM 38-750.

b. Field Report of Accidents. Accidents involving

1-3. Recommendation for Maintenance Publications

injury to personnel or damage to materiel will be

Improvements

reported on DA Form 285 (Accident Report) in

accordance with AR 385-40.

You can help to improve this manual by calling attention

c. Report of Damaged or Improper Shipment.

to errors and by recommending improvements. Your

Materiel

received

damaged

otherwise

letter or DA Form 2028 (Recommended Changes to

unsatisfactory condition because of deficiencies in

Publications and Blank Forms) should be mailed direct

preservation, packaging, marking, loading, storage, or

to Commander, Picatinny Arsenal, ATTN: SARPA-AD-

handling will be reported on DD Form 6 (Report of

M-F, Dover, NJ 07801. A reply will be furnished direct

Packaging and Handling Deficiencies) in accordance

to you.

with AR 700-58. Reports of improper shipment or

damage caused by transportation discrepancies will be

1-4. Destruction of Ammunition to Prevent Enemy

reported on SF 361 in accordance with AR 55-38.

Use

d. Malfunctions Involving Explosives.

(1) Ammunition malfunction reports from

Destruction of pyrotechnics when subject to capture or

Army activities will be reported as prescribed in AR 75-

abandonment will be undertaken by the user only when,

in the judgment of the unit commander concerned, such

(2) A malfunction is the failure of a

action is necessary in accordance with orders of, or

pyrotechnic item to function in accordance with the

policy established by, the Army commander. (Refer to

expected performance when fired, or when explosive

TM 750-244-5-1.)

components function during a nonfunctional test. A

critical malfunction is one which may cause a hazard in

the circumstances described above. Malfunctions do

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