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EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION — Continued
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VEHICLE COMPARTMENT HEATER KIT
Required to provide heat for personnel and windshield defrosting in cold weather. The kit includes a heater, fuel pump,
control box, ducts, and valves. Your carrier could be equipped with one of three cab vehicle compartment heater kits. Kit one
takes in outside air through a duct in the power plant compartment, has a tubular heat manifold which crosses the width of the
cab below the windshield, and provides a duct that supplies heated air to the cargo compartment. Kit two takes in cab air
through a duct behind the driver’s seat and has two defroster ducts. a separate cab heat distributor and regulator valve, and a
separate duct to heat the driver’s footwell. Kit three is identical to kit two except that there three is no regulator valve, and two
fans with individual ON-OFF switches circulate cab air to the defroster ducts. See Vehicle Compartment Heater Kit
illustration under Location and Description of Major Components. See Equipment Data table for details. On the M548A3,
the vehicle compartment heater is an installation not a kit; see Vehicle Compartment Heater and Defrosters illustration under
Location and Description of Major Components. It is located where the winch used to be. The front access cover should be
secured properly always to avoid excess water from damaging the heater and possibly getting into the crew compartment. The
vehicle compartment heater takes in fresh air through ducts under the instrument panel.
CARGO AREA (PRIMARY) VEHICLE COMPARTMENT HEATER (M548A1)
Required to provide heat for personnel seated in the cargo compartment in cold weather. (Material handling kit provides
personnel seats). The kit includes a heater, fuel pump, control box, fuel line, wiring harness, heat diffuser, and an exhaust pipe
with guards to prevent injury to personnel or damage to cargo compartment cover. See Cargo Area (Primary) Vehicle
Compartment Heater Kit illustration under Location and Description of Major Components. See Equipment Data table for
details.
ENGINE COOLANT HEATER KIT
Required to permit carrier operation below -25
F. The kit includes a heater, fuel pump, control box, coolant pump, heat
exchanger plate (for batteries), and coolant lines and valves. See Cargo Area (Primary) Vehicle Compartment Heater Kit
(M548A1), or Engine Coolant Heater Kit (M548A3) illustration under Location and Description of Major Components. See
Equipment Data table for details.
VEHICLE COMPARTMENT (SECONDARY) HEATER KIT
Required to supplement the vehicle compartment heater kit for operation below –25
F. The kit replaces the fabric cab cover
with an insulated fiberglass cover, and adds thermal side windows, cloth seat covers, and foam insulation sheets to the cab.
See Vehicle Compartment (Secondary) Heater Kit illustration under Location and Description of Major Components. See
Equipment Data table for details.
CARGO AREA (SECONDARY) VEHICLE COMPARTMENT HEATER KIT
Required to supplement the cargo area (primary) personnel heater kit for operation below –25
F. The kit replaces the fabric
cargo compartment cover with an insulated fabric cover, adds plywood floor covers, cloth seat covers, and foam cargo door
insulation panels. See Cargo Area (Secondary) Vehicle Compartment Heater Kit illustration under Location and Description
of Major Components. See Equipment Data table for details.
MACHINE GUN MOUNTING KIT (M66 MOUNT)
Used to mount a cal .50 machine gun M2 or a 7.62 mm machine gun M60 over the carrier cab. The kit includes a machine
gun mount M66, brackets, cartridge case deflector, and four supports. Rear supports have brackets for stowing the machine
gun tripod M3. When issued for use only with the 7.62 mm machine gun M60, deflector and tripod brackets may be omitted.
When this kit is installed, front carrier lifting eyes are removed and stowed under the cargo compartment floor plates. See
Machine Gun Mounting Kit illustration under Location and Description of Major Components. See Equipment Data table for
details.
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