TM 10-1670-265-12&P
T.O. 13C7-1-21
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
SECTION I. GENERAL INFORMATION
1-1. Scope.
Type of Manual: Operator and Organizational
Equipment Name: High Altitude Airdrop Resupply System (HAARS)
Purpose of Equipment: Provide airdrops from high altitudes to avoid detection of aircraft from enemy ground forces.
1-2. Maintenance forms, records, and reports.
Department of the Army forms and procedures used for equipment maintenance will be those prescribed bv, TM 38-750.
The Army Maintenance Management System (TAMMS).
1-3. Reporting equipment improvement recommendations (EIR's). If your parachute system needs improvement,
let us know. Send us an EIR. You, the user, are the only one who can tell us what you don't like about your equipment.
Let us know why you don't like the design or performance. Put it on an SF 368 Quality Deficiency Report). Mail it to us
at: Commander, US Army Troop Support and Aviation Materiel Readiness Command, ATTN: DRSTS-MPSD, 4300
Goodfellow Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63120. We'll send you a reply.
1-4. Destruction of Army materiel to prevent enemy use.
a. Instructions for destruction of the High Altitude Airdrop Resupply System are contained in TM 750- 244-1-1 /
T.O. 13C3-1-10.
b. Instructions for destruction of the cutter module, (cutter), are contained in TM 750-244-5-1 and as follows:
WARNING
Explosive will discharge in 5 seconds.
Pull out security pin.
Pull arming cable assembly and get rid of Altitude Sensor Parachute Staging Unit (ASPSU) in an area away from
personnel.
After explosive has discharged, destroy the sensor module by destroying the printed circuit board.
1-5. Preparation for storage or shipment. For storage, refer to TM 740-90-1. Additional requirements are contained
in TM 10-1670-201-23 T.O. 13C-1-41. Preparations for storage and shipment for the cutter module is contained in TM
9-1370-203-20&P.
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