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TM 5-3805-262-20
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER OVERVIEW
The purpose of this chapter is to provide you with standard data requir-
ed in all manuals, to familiarize you with the purpose and capabilities
of the vehicle and to give you a brief description of its different sys-
tems and components.
Index
Section
Title
Page
I
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
II
Equipment Description and Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
III
Principles of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Section I. GENERAL INFORMATION
Para
Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Maintenance Forms, Records, and
Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Destruction of Army Materiel to
Prevent Enemy Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Preparation for Storage or Shipment 1-4
Quality Assurance/Quality Control
(QA/QC)
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Official Names and Nomenclature . . 1-6
Para
Reporting Equipment Improvement
Recommendations (EIR) . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Warranty Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Common Tools and
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1-10
Special Tools, TMDE, and Support
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1-11
Repair Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Modification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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NOTE
The equipment described herein is non-metric and does not require metric
common or special tools; therefore, metric units are not supplied. Tac-
tical instructions for sake of clarity will also remain non-metric.
a. Type
of Manual.
Organizational Maintenance Manual.
b. Model Number and Equipment Name.
MW24C 2-1/2 Cubic Yard Articulated Frame
Steering 4 by 4 Diesel Engine Driven Scoop Type Loader.
c. Purpo se of Equipment.
Loading trucks from stockpiles, stockpiling materiel,
and excavating undisturbed and compacted soil. Unit also used as a clamshell to
handle irregular shaped objects, as a dozer for general bulldozer work, and as a
scraper.
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