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TM 5-5430-210-12
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
Section I.
1-1.
Scope. This manual covers the information and
instructions necessary for the operation and maintenance
of the 3,000-gallon (11,355-liter), 10,000)-gallon (37,850-
liter), 20,000 gallon (75,700-liter), and 50,000 gallon
(189,250-liter) collapsible POL tanks.
1-2.
Maintenance Forms and Records. DA forms
and records used for
equipment manitenance are as
follows:
a DA Form 2404 (Equipment Inspection and-
nance Worksheet).
b. DA Form 2407 (Maintenance Request used for
Requesting Support Maintenance).
c. DA Form 2407-1 (Continuation Sheet used for
Requesting Support Maintenance.
d. For further information, refer to DA PAM 738-750,
The Army Maintenance Management system (TAMMS).
1-3.
Administrative Storage. Placement of equip-
ment in administrative storage should be for short periods
of time when a shortage of maintenance effort exists. Items
should be in mission readiness within 24 hours or within the
time factors as determined by the directing authority.
During the storage period, appropriate maintenance
a. Storage Site.
(1) Before placing equipment in administrative
storage, current maintenance services and equipmemt ser-
viceable criteria (ESC) evaluations should be completed,
shortcomings and deficiences should be corrected, and all
modification work orders (MWO’s) should be applied.
(2) Select the best available site for administrative
storage. Separate stored equipment from equipment in use.
Conspicuously mark the area Administrative Storage
(3) Inside storage is preferred. When sufficient
covered space is not available, priority should be given to
items which are most susceptible to deterioration. If inside
storage is not available, trucks, vans, conex containers, and
other containers may be used.
GENERAL
(4) Open sites should be improved hardstand, if
available. Unimproved sites should be firm, well-drained,
and kept free of excessive vegetation.
b. Storage Plan.
(1) Store equipment so as to provide maximum
potection from the elements anto provide
access for
inspect, maintenance,
and exercising. Anticipate
removal or deployment problems and take suitable precau-
tions.
(2) Take into account environmental conditions,
such as extreme heat or cold, high humidity, blowing sand,
dust, or loose debris, soft ground, mud, heavy snows, earth-
quakes, or combinations thereof and take adequate precau-
tions.
(3) Establish a fire plan and provide for adequate
firefighting equipment and personnel.
1-4.
Destruction of Army Material to Prevent Enemy
Use.
a Demolition of Collapsible POL Tanks. Methods
of destruction should achieve such damage to equipmemt
and repair parts that it will not be possible to restore the
equipment to a usable condition in the combat zome either
by repair or cannibalization.
(1) Mechanical Destruction. Using an axe, pick,
sledge hammer, or any heavy implement, damage the tank
and all other vital parts.
(2) Fire. The tank may be destroyed by using the
fuel which the tank contains to set it on fire.
b. Additional Information. For additional informa-
tion on procedures for destruction of equipment to prevent
enemy use, refer to TM 750-224-3.
1-5.
Reporting Equipment Improvement Recom-
mendations (EIR). EIR’s will be prepared on SF Form
368. Quality Deficiency Report. Instructions for preparing
EIR’s should be mailed directly to Command, U. S. Army
Aviation and Troop Command, ATTN: AMST-I-MDO,
4300 Goodfellow Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63120-1798. A
reply will be furnished directly to you.
Section II. DESCRIPTION AND DATA
1-6.
Description.
collapsible tank, complete with one filler/discharge assem-
bly with elbow, a vent fitting assembly with relief valve, a
a Fuel Tank (NSN 5430-00-268-8187). The
fair-foot (1.219-meter) filler/discharge hose assembly
3000-gallon (11,355-liter) tank (fig. 1-1) is used for the
with control valve, a 4-inch (10.16 cm) female to 3-inch
stroage of petroleum based fuels. The unit consists of the
(7.62 cm) male reducer and emergency repair items.
Change 11 1-1
records will be kept
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