Technical Manual TM 3-376 A, Portable Flame Thrower M2-2

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Author

United States. War Department

Title

Portable Flame Thrower M2-2

Credits

Produced by deaurider, Brian Wilcox and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

UG: Military science: Military engineering

Subject

Flame throwers -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 53669

Release Date

December 5, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.War Department Technical Manual TM 3-376A PORTABLE FLAME THROWER M2-2 — War Department - 16 May 1944 Washington, D. C. — TECHNICAL MANUAL PORTABLE FLAME THROWER M2-2 — TABLE OF CONTENTS
2. 2.PART ONE INTRODUCTION — Section I GENERAL — 1. SCOPE. — 2. RECORDS. — Section II DESCRIPTION AND DATA — 3. USES OF FLAME THROWERS. — 4. CHARACTERISTICS AND EMPLOYMENT. — 5. DESCRIPTION AND FUNCTIONING. — 6. IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION. — 7. DIFFERENCES IN MODELS. — 8. INTERCHANGING PARTS WITH M1 OR M1A1 FLAME THROWER. — 9. DATA. — Section III TOOLS, PARTS, AND ACCESSORIES — 10. ITEMS WITH EACH FLAME THROWER. — PART TWO OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS — Section IV GENERAL — 11. SCOPE. — Section V SERVICE UPON RECEIPT OF EQUIPMENT — 12. NEW EQUIPMENT. — 13. USED EQUIPMENT. — Section VI CONTROLS — 14. CONTROLS. — Section VII OPERATION UNDER USUAL CONDITIONS — 15. TRAINING. — 16. CHARGING, FILLING, AND SERVICING. — 17. CONNECTING TANK GROUP AND GUN GROUP. — 18. LOADING WITH IGNITION CYLINDER. — 19. CARRYING THE TANK GROUP. — 20. CARRYING THE GUN. — 21. OPENING PRESSURE-TANK VALVE. — 22. RANGES. — 23. WIND DEFLECTION. — 24. FIRING POSITIONS. — 25. AIMING. — 26. FIRING. — 27. CEASING OR INTERRUPTING FIRE. — 28. ADDITIONAL BURSTS. — 29. SOAKING THE TARGET. — 30. AFTER FIRING. — Section VIII AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT — 31. IGNITION CYLINDER. — 32. CHARGING PRESSURE TANK. — 33. PRECAUTIONS WHEN PRESSURE-CHARGING. — 34. CHARACTERISTICS OF FUELS. — 35. PREPARATION OF THICKENED FUELS. — 36. PREPARATION OF LIQUID FUELS. — 37. FILLING BY POURING. — 38. FILLING BY FORCE PUMP. — 39. FILLING BY BLOWING. — 40. PRECAUTIONS WITH FUELS. — Section IX OPERATION UNDER UNUSUAL CONDITIONS — 41. WET CONDITIONS. — 42. DUST AND MUD. — 43. HEAT. — 44. COLD. — 45. WIND. — Section X DEMOLITION TO PREVENT ENEMY USE — 46. DESTRUCTION PROCEDURE. — PART THREE MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS — Section XI GENERAL — 47. SCOPE. — Section XII SPECIAL ORGANIZATIONAL TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT — 48. SERVICE KIT. — Section XIII LUBRICATION — 49. LUBRICATION. — Section XIV PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE SERVICES — 50. GENERAL — 51. BEFORE-OPERATION SERVICE OF TANK GROUP. — 52. BEFORE-OPERATION SERVICE OF GUN GROUP. — 53. SERVICE WHEN FILLING AND CHARGING. — 54. SERVICE WHEN FIRING. — 55. SERVICE AFTER FIRING. — 56. SERVICE AFTER SIX FIRING MISSIONS. — Section XV TROUBLE SHOOTING — 57. PRECAUTIONS. — 58. FUEL LEAKS. — 59. SAFETY HEAD “BLOWS” (BREAKS). — 60. CARRIER UNCOMFORTABLE. — 61. SHORT RANGE. — 62. FUEL-VALVE FAILURE. — 63. FAILURE OF IGNITION CYLINDER TO IGNITE. — 64. FAILURE OF FUEL TO IGNITE. — Section XVI TANK GROUP — 65. GENERAL. — 66. PRESSURE TANK AND VALVE ASSEMBLY. — 67. PRESSURE REGULATOR. — 68. FUEL-TANK ASSEMBLY. — 69. FILLING AND SAFETY-HEAD PLUG ASSEMBLIES. — 70. TANK COUPLING. — 71. CARRIER. — Section XVII GUN GROUP — 72. GENERAL — 73. FUEL-HOSE ASSEMBLY. — 74. VALVE GRIP. — 75. BARREL AND VALVE-BODY ASSEMBLY. — 76. IGNITION HEAD. — APPENDIX — Section XVIII SHIPMENT AND STORAGE — 77. SHIPMENT AND STORAGE. — Section XIX LIST OF REFERENCES — 78. REFERENCES. — INDEX — NOTES

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