Setup of kit(s)

TM 9-1375-213-12-1

(a) Break car seal securing wire twist lock or

b. Setup of kit(s)

hasps on shipping container and remove car seal.

WARNING

NOTE

If available, a sallee closer (see RPSTL)

Connection of blasting machine to field

should be used to open (or resecure) wire-

firing lead is the last operation prior to

bound box loops. If a sallee closer or a

firing. To avoid premature connection and

screwdriver and pliers is/are not available,

firing, operator in charge will have the

the screwdriver blade of a cap crimper maybe

blasting machine with him at all times.

used but NEVER use the crimper as a pliers

or wire cutter.

WARNING

As with all ammunition containing electro-

(b) Unfasten wire loops or open hasps along

avoid

edge of container and lift up top of container.

initiators

(EEI),

explosive

transporting or operating the M180

edge that has more area) and remove sufficient

Demolition Kit in the vicinity of operating

packing materials so that demolition circuit wooden

television, radio, radar, etc. transmitters.

subpack and kit can be lifted out.

(d) Carefully lift out demolition circuit

The radio frequency (RF) energy emitted by

wooden subpack and place on ground.

these transmitters can fire the EEI under

(d.1) Check the integrity of the warhead

some circumstances even with the shorting

mount to the tripod by inspecting the clamp and

devices in place. For example, do not

tripod parts and/or other serious damage and by

operate or transport the kit within 100 feet

attempting to rotate the warhead in the clamps.

(30 meters) of an operating walkie-talkie.

If the warhead is loose or the mounting hardware

Figures. for safe distances from various

seriously damaged, repack and return the kit as

powered transmitters are given in TM 9-

unserviceable to the ammunition supply point (ASP)

The defective kit must be reported on an Ammuni-

1300-206, Appendix C.

tion Condition Report (ACR).

WARNING

(e) Carefully lift out kit and place on ground.

(f) Cut nylon straps or tape to free

Never set up or attempt to fire the M180

components.

(g) Remove rocket motor from pack and

(or any other electrically-initiated,

carefully set it aside.

directly-operated demolition circuits)

(h) Make sure rocket motor's yellow-tagged

during periods of impending or active

safety plug is securely in place,

e l e c t r i c a l storms.

(i) Remove all polyethylene spacers and

dessicant pucks from kit. Open subpack (remove

(1) Transport each kit to its target point:

nylon straps) and check that all components are

recommended method of transport is by vehicle.

present and intact. Leave each demolition circuit in

wooden subpack.

(2) Obtain equipment listed in paragraph 2-

(4) Assemble and erect each tripod as follows:

3a or table 2-2.

NOTE.

WARNING

Before completing steps below, assure that

The yellow-tagged safety plug is a shorting

packing materials are not wedged in the

cavity of the shaped charge.

d e v i c e for the kit's electro-explosive

initiators and must be in place when

(a) Align lower and upper sections of support

working in the area of an assembled kit or

legs (fig. 2-4).

when a rocket motor is being handled. The

NOTE

safety plug must be removed prior to tiring.

Support legs may come apart when the tripod

is raised. This can be eliminated by taping

NOTE

the sections together at the joint.

I f the safety plug is lost or missing, a

(b) Insert lower sections of support legs into

s a f e t y plug (the original or one from pre-

upper sections, assuring a snug fit.

viously fired kit) should be installed as

section, assuring that aligning pin is fully seated in

soon as possible. Do not handle a kit

notch.

without a safety plug any longer than

(d) Set base of launch leg on target point (fig,

Do not transport a kit without

necessary.

2-5).

a safety plug any long distance.

NOTE

If kit is being used to make a vehicle obstacle

(3)

Unpack

kit(s)

follows

(fig.

2-3):

crater (paragraph 2-3b (1) (a)), launch leg

must be positioned so that the base o f

NOTE

Packing of the M180 and M270 kits is

internally identical.

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