Airdrop of Supplies and Equipment

Book excerpt: This manual, "Airdrop of Supplies and Equipment: Rigging Communication Control Vehicles" (FM 10-500-23), tells and shows how to prepare and rig the Mobile Microwave Landing System (MMLS) which is packed in 11 hard-shell protective cases. The cases are rigged with four 3kw generators and four fuel cans in the beds of an M998 HMMWV truck and an M116A2 3/4-ton trailer. The load is rigged on a 24-foot, type V platform with three G-11 cargo parachutes for low-velocity airdrop from a C-130, C-141, C-5, and C-17. The Standard Intergraded Command Post System (SICPS) and the Common Hardware/Software 2nd Generation Package (CHS-2) are rigged on a 20-foot, type V airdrop platform with three G-11 cargo parachutes for low-velocity airdrop from a C-130, C-141, C-5, and C-17. The M996 CAV is rigged on a 20-foot, type V airdrop platform for low-velocity airdrop from a C-130, C-141, C- 5, and C-17. The load requires three G-11 cargo parachutes. The CAV is rigged with communication equipment. The M998 cargo/troop carrier (two seater) is rigged with a radio equipment GRC/206 Air Force pallet. Other equipment included on the load is the 1.5-kilowatt, 28-VDC generator set, two cable spools, two 5-gallon fuel cans, and one 5-gallon water can. The load requires two G-ll cargo parachutes and is rigged for low-velocity airdrop from a C-130, C-141, C-5, and C-17. The M998 cargo/troop carrier (four seater), is rigged with a radio equipment GRC/206 Air Force pallet. Other equipment included on the load is one cable spool, two 5-gallon fuel cans, one 5-gallon water can, one roll of field wire, one set of slave cables, and one camouflage net with support poles. Also included with this load are one shovel, one ax, two sets of antennas, 2 quarts of oil, 1 quart of transmission fluid, one funnel, and one fuel nozzle. The truck weighs 6,020 pounds with 3/4 tank of fuel and equipment installed. The load requires two G-ll cargo parachutes and is rigged for low velocity airdrop from a C-130, C-141, C-5, and C-17.