CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION - TM-5-5430-209-120019

TM 5-5430-209-12

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

Section I. GENERAL

1-1. Scope

DA Form 2028 (Recommended Changes to

Publications), or by a letter, and mail directly to

This manual is for your use in erecting and maintaining

Commanding General, U.S. Army Mobility Equipment

the 100-, 250-, 500-, 1000-, 3000-, and 10,000-barrel

Command, ATTN: AMSME-MPP, St. Louis, Missouri

capacity steel tanks. The manual includes information

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on transporting and handling tank components,

preparation of tank foundations, assembly and

1-4. Equipment Serviceability Criteria (ESC)

disassembly of the tanks. A list of component items for

This equipment is not covered by an ESC.

each tank is placed at the end of the chapter on the

appropriate tank.

Essential tools, equipment, and

1-5. Destruction of Army Material to Prevent Enemy

supplies required for the erection of the tanks are listed

Use

in DA Supply Catalogs SC 518093-CL-EO1, Erection

Outfit, High Bolted Storage Tanks (FSN 5180-566-

5549); and SC 5180-97-CLEO3, Erection Outfit, Low

Refer to TM

750-244-3 for information on the

Bolted Storage Tanks.

destruction of Army material to prevent its capture by

Kits required in the re-erection of the tanks are listed in

the enemy. See Chapter 11 for additional information.

SC 5420-30-IL.

1-6. Administrative Storage

1-2. Maintenance Forms and Records

Refer to TM 740-90-1 for information

the

Maintenance forms and records that you are required to

administrative storage of equipment.

use are explained in TM 38-750.

1-3. Reporting of Errors

You can improve this manual by calling attention to

errors and by recommending improvements, using

Section II. DESCRIPTION AND DATA

1-7. Description

a. 100-, 250-, and 500-Barrel Capacity Tanks. The

100 and 250-barrel tanks (fig. 1-1) and the 500 barrel

tank (fig.

1-2) are constructed of preformed and

punched metal sections bolted together with 1/2 inch

diameter bolts. They consist of assembled bottoms, one

ring of assembled side staves, an assembled center

support ladder aligned with a manhole, an assembled

deck or roof, and an assembled access ladder.

Figure 1-1. 100-barrel or 250-barrel capacity steel tank.

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