Special Information - TM-5-4320-254-140075

item, is the total quantity of items authorized for the number of equipments supported. Subsequent appearances of the

same item will have the letters "REF" in the applicable allowance columns. Items authorized for use a required but not

for initial stockage are identified with an asterisk, in the allowance column.

(2) The quantitative allowances for DS/GS levels of maintenance will represent initial stockage for a 30-day

period for the number of equipments supported.

(3) Determination of the total quantity of parts required for maintenance of more than 100 of these equipments

can be accomplished by converting the equipmnent quantity to a decimal factor by placing a decimal point before the

next to last digit of the number to indicate hundredths, and multiplying the decimal factor by the parts quantity

authorized in the 51-100 allowance column. Example, authorized allowance for 51-100 equipments is 40; for 150

equipments multiply 40 by 1.50 or 60 parts required.

h. 1-year Allowance Per 100 Equipments/Contingency Planning Purposes. Indicates opposite the first appearance

of each item the total quantity required for distribution and contingency planning purposes. The range of items indicates

total quantities of all authorized items required to provide for adequate support of 100 equipments for one year.

Subsequent appearances of the same item will have letters "REF" in the allowance column.

Illustration.

(1) Figure Number. Indicates the figure number of the illustration in which the item is shown.

(2) Item Number. Indicates the callout number used to reference the item in the illustration.

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Special Information

a. Repair parts mortality has been based on 3000 hours operation per year.

b. Parts which require manufacture or assembly at a category higher than that authorized for installation will

indicate in the source column the higher category.

c. For end items authorized mandatory stockage of repair parts by the Department of the Army, on a case by case

basis, the mandatory stockage items are indicated by a plus "j' sign as the first character in the end item density column

of both the Repair Parts List and the Prescribed Load Allowance for each such authorized allowance quantity.

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