Figure 5-30. Parts boxed and attached to end item for shipment.

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

Figure 5-30. Parts boxed and attached to end item for shipment.

conveyance may result in a need for much unnecessary

(3) Many vehicles and artillery pieces

handling at such stopoff points. The Official Railway

possess parts that are prone to damage or pilferage

Equipment Register contains information regarding the

(e.g., exterior mirrors, easily removed controls, soft-top

dimensions and cubic capacity of the railcars owned and

cabs, on-vehicle equipment items, etc.). Such parts

operated by individual railroads; this document will

must be protected during shipment and storage. Small

prove useful when determining the best load

parts may be removed and placed in a protected area

configuration to use when shipping on American railcars.

such as a vehicle map compartment. Larger parts may

Additionally, some military technical publications

be removed, preserved, packed, then securely affixed to

provide information as to the quantity of items which

the end item by any appropriate means (e.g., strapped

may be loaded in or on a specific type of conveyance.

with steel banding). Removed bolts, nuts, washers, etc.,

Such information, though useful for guidance, will not

must be placed in one of their mating parts and secured

abridge the requirement for the most practical load

to prevent their loss. Figure 5-30 shows boxed parts

configuration within the rated capacity of the

affixed to the exterior of an item awaiting issue. Note

conveyance.

that the box has been marked so that it may be readily

identified by the ultimate user.

(5) When making overseas shipments of

vehicles and artillery, the transportation charges are in

(4) The freight planning operation will take

large part determined by the amount of cubic space

into consideration such factors as proper segregation or

occupied by the items being shipped. Therefore, item

consolidation of the items being shipped to assure

cube will be reduced to the maximum practicable extent

assessment of the lowest possible freight charges and

for all overseas shipments. A word of caution: Item

the effective utilization of available cube on the

cube must not be lowered to the point where it becomes

conveyance. The load pattern in or on the conveyance

overly difficult for the receiving activity to ready the item

should be established by taking into account the

for storage or use. The reduction of item cube may be

possibility of partial unloading of material at stopoff

accomplished by, among other things, lowering gun

points enroute; improper item placement in or on the

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