Chapter XII: Section XII: Special Organizational Tools and Equipment

48. SERVICE KIT.

One service kit for portable flame thrower M2-2 will be furnished for each six M2-2 portable flame throwers. The kit includes tools, equipment, and spare parts for second echelon maintenance and for pressure-tank charging. Adjustable wrenches may be included in place of the plain-end wrenches listed. Numbers listed with items are Chemical Warfare Service stock numbers. Approximate contents are as follows:

_a. Tools._

1 Screwdriver, cabinet, 4-1/2-inch blade length, 3/16-inch blade
diameter, H22-50-13. (Fig 8)

1 Screw driver, common, 6-inch blade length, 5/16-inch blade
diameter, H22-50-6. (Fig 8)

2 Wrenches, hex, 3/16 inch across flats (for 3/8-inch socket-head set
screws), H22-49-91.

2 Wrenches, hex, 1/8 inch across flats (for 1/4-inch socket-head set
screws), H22-49-12. (Fig 8)

1 Wrench, valve-adjusting, assembly A81-6-48. (Fig 8)

1 Wrench, heavy “S”, 1-3/8-inch and 1-1/2-inch openings, 12 inches
approx length, H22-49-113. (Fig 8)

1 Wrench, engineers’, double head, 3/4-inch and 7/8-inch openings, 9
inches approx length, H22-49-115. (Fig 8)

1 Wrench, heavy “S”, 1-3/8-inch and 1-3/4-inch openings, 12 inches
approx length, A81-6-49. (Fig 8)

1 Wrench, engineers’, single head, 1-1/8-inch opening, 10-1/2 inches
approx length, H22-49-31. (Fig 8)

1 Wrench, adjustable, single end, 6 inches approx length
(crescent-type), H22-49-67. (Fig 8)

_b. Accessories and spare parts._

1 Line, filling, pressure cylinder, assembly C81-3-4. (Fig 23)

1 Hose, flexible, assembly E81-3-6. (Fig 24)

2 Lines, charging, pressure cylinder, assembly B81-3-29. (Fig 23)

1 Tank and valve, pressure, assembly (less shaft and handle)
B81-1-374. (Fig 33)

1 Shaft, flexible, valve, assembly E81-1-470. (Fig 33)

1 Handle, valve, A81-1-473. (Fig 33)

1 Nut, machine-screw, hex, 5/16-inch, 24NF-2, H22-93-55. (Fig 33)

2 Case, spring, assemblies B81-1-444. (Fig 9)

2 Diaphragm, valve, assemblies A81-1-416. (Fig 9)

1 Hose, fuel, flame thrower, M1, assembly B81-1-498. (Fig 48)

2 Plugs, coupling, E81-1-514. (Fig 7)

6 Heads, safety, R81-1-561. (Fig 39)

1 Gage, fuel tank testing, assembly E81-6-57. (This assembly includes
a plug drilled, tapped, and fitted with a 0-500-pound pressure gage.)

3 Washers, coupling, A81-1-513. (Fig 9)

2 Cord, cotton, seine, No. 4 hard braided, mildewproof, O.D.,
(1/8-inch diameter by 25-feet skeins), H100-4-5.

6 Bushings, pipe, head, 3/4 inch by 1/2 inch, (galvanized iron),
H98-5-93. (Fig 9)

1 Regulator, pressure, assembly B81-1-438. (Figs 33 and 37)

1 Compound, anti-seize, white lead base, (for threaded fittings)
1/4-pound can, H99-3-12.

2 Gages, pressure cylinder testing, assembly B81-6-90. (Fig 32)

1 Catalog CW7-440114, Army Service Forces, “Portable Flame Thrower
M2-2.”

1 Technical Manual 3-376A, “Portable Flame Thrower M2-2.”

To requisition a replacement Lubrication Order address Office of the
Chief, Chemical Warfare Service, Washington 25, D. C.

NOT TO BE REPRODUCED
in whole or in part without permission of the Office of the Chief,
Chemical Warfare Service.

NO. 4001

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+-------------------------+-------------------------+
| LUBRICANTS | INTERVALS |
+-------------------------+-------------------------+
| | |
| CG-GREASE, | 1-AFTER EACH MISSION |
| GENERAL PURPOSE | 6-AFTER SIX MISSIONS |
| NO. 1 (ABOVE + 32°F) | OR MORE OFTEN |
| NO. O (BELOW + 32°F) | |
| | |
+-------------------------+-------------------------+

THIS ORDER IS TO BE FASTENED TO INSIDE LID OF FLAME THROWER
PACKING CHEST.

Copy of this Lubrication Order will remain with the equipment at all
times; instructions contained therein are mandatory and supersede all
conflicting lubrication Instructions dated prior to =5 MAY 1944=

By order of the Secretary of War:

G. C. Marshall, Chief of Staff.

Official:

J. A. Ulio,
Major General,
The Adjutant General.]