TM 10-1670-272-23&P 0022 00
UNIT MAINTENANCE
MC1-1B/MC1-1E TROOP BACK PARACHUTE ASSEMBLY
POCKET BAND
0022 00-1
THIS TASK COVERS:
Repair
Replace
INITIAL SETUP:
Tools
Knife (Item 13, WP 0044 00)
Knife, Hot Metal (Item 14, WP 0044 00)
Pot, Melting, Electric (Item 24, WP 0043 00)
Sewing Machine, Light Duty (Table 1, WP 0012 00)
Shears (Item 28, WP 0044 00)
Materials/Parts
Beeswax (Item 2, WP 0057 00)
Tape, Nylon, Tubular, Cotton-Filled, 1-IN. Wide
(Item 45, WP 0057 00)
Personnel Required
92R(10) Parachute Rigger
Equipment Condition
Unpacked. Laid flat on repair table.
References
Group No. 01, MAC (WP 0047 00)
Thread, Nylon, Size E (Item 53/56, WP 0057 00)
REPAIR
Stitch and restitch with nylon thread, size E, that is contrasting in color. Lock all straight stitching by back
stitching at least ½-inch. Restitch over the original stitch pattern.
REPLACE
When installed on a parachute canopy, a pocket band will be positioned on the outside of the lower lateral
band, with a band end attached on each side of a suspension line, thereby allowing a free length of
material to pass over the suspension line. A pocket band that is damaged will be replaced by fabricating
using the following procedures:
1. Place the canopy assembly on a repair table, or other repair surface, with the damaged pocket band
facing up.
2. Mark the lower lateral band, at each end of the damaged pocket band length.
3. Remove the affected pocket band from the canopy by cutting the stitching securing each of the band
ends to the lower lateral band. Remove stitching on anti-inversion net and place out of the way until
the pocket band is sewn.
4. Fabricate a new pocket band by cutting an 11¾-inch length of type I, tubular nylon tape; sear the
ends.
5. Position the replacement pocket band length in the original pocket band location; align the material
ends with the marks made in step 2., above.
