Policy

TM 38-260

ag. Skidding. The placement of aluminum or wood skid runners, with connecting structure, under IPE and OPE

for protection and to facilitate handling.

ah. Special test equipment. Single or multipurpose integrated test units engineered, designed, fabricated, or

modified to accomplish special purpose testing in performing a contract. It consists of items or assemblies of equipment

including standard or general purpose items or components that are interconnected and interdependent so as to become

a new functional entity for special testing purposes. It does not include material, special tooling, facilities (except

foundations and similar improvements necessary for installing special test equipment), and plant equipment items used

for general plant testing purposes.

ai. Special tooling. All jigs, dies, fixtures, molds, patterns, taps, gages, other equipment, and manufacturing

aids, and replacements thereof, which are of such a specialized nature that, without substantial modification or alteration,

their use is limited to development or production of particular supplies or parts thereof, or the performance of particular

services. It does not include material, special test equipment, facilities (except foundations similar improvements

necessary for the installation of special tooling), general or special machine tools, or similar capital items.

aj. Storage, adjacent. Storage of equipment in the vicinity of the premises of the contractor/user.

ak. Storage on site. Equipment stored on the premises of the user.

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Policy

It is the policy of the DOD to retain only that IPE and OPE needed to support the readiness of U.S. Military Forces, their

phased expansion, and the production rates that will satisfy their replenishment/reconstitution consumption requirements.

a. IPE and OPE retained for a specific application must be in such an operable condition as to satisfactorily

perform the required operation for which it is retained.

b. IPE and OPE retained for general assignment to maintain combat readiness must be in such operating

condition as to satisfactorily perform the type and class of work normally assigned to that make and model of equipment.

c. To assure that the preparation of IPE and OPE for storage or shipment complies with DOD policy, it must be

processed to the appropriate level of protection.

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Levels of Protection

The degree of protection is defined in terms of the amount of processing required to protect the equipment under known

conditions. There is no direct relationship between

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