Exercising.

TM 38-400/NAVSUP PUB 572/AFMAN 23-210 MCO 4450.14/DLAM 4145.12

Figure 5-27. A tow bar for use when pulling a vehicle.

by the owning agency) to prevent deterioration in

(5) Item disassembly.

Unless specifically

storage. In the case of vehicles, exercising may be

approved and designated by the owning agency, the

accomplished by either running the vehicle or by the

disassembly of vehicles and artillery for the express

application of an exercising device consisting of a set of

purpose of gaining storage space is prohibited, except

batteries mounted on a trailer (fig 5-28). The batteries

as noted in b(3) below. If disassembly to some extent is

are attached to the vehicle's starter motor which can

deemed necessary, full justification will be furnished to

then move the drive train without need of starting the

the owning agency as a prerequisite to gaining approval

vehicle's engine.

Running the vehicle destroys

for such action. As a minimum, the justification for

preservation; the use of an exercising machine does

desired disassembly action will include all pertinent

not.

Consequently, exercising machines are

costs, the time required for item reassembly, and the

recommended for this action.

Artillery recoil

method(s) of maintaining item integrity.

mechanisms should also be exercised with an

exercising machine (fig 5-29) since manual exercising is

(6) Exercising. The drive trains of some

often ineffective.

vehicles and the recoil mechanisms of some artillery

pieces must be exercised on a periodic basis (stipulated

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