TM 10-4610-240-10
TM 08580C-10/1
T.O. 40W4-13-21
1-4. REPORTING EQUIPMENT IMPROVEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS (EIRS).
If your ROWPU needs improvement, let us know. Send us an EIR. You, the user, are the only one who can tell us what
you do not like about your equipment. Let us know why you do not like the design. Tell us why a procedure is hard to
perform. Put it on an SF-368 (Quality Deficiency Report). Mail it to us at:
Commander
US Army Aviation and Troop Command
ATTN: AMSAT-I-MDO
4300 Goodfellow Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63120-1798
Marine Corps personnel submit EIR's in accordance with MCO 1650-17.
Air Force personnel submit AFTO Form 22 in accordance with T.O. 00-5-1.
Section II. EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION
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Equipment Characteristics, Capabilities and Features ...........................................................................
Location and Description of Major Component ...................................................... ...............................
Equipment Data ............................................................................... .....................................................
Piping Identification ........................................................................... ...................................................
1-5. EQUIPMENT CHARACTERISTICS, CAPABILITIES, AND FEATURES.
a. Characteristics. The ROWPU is a mobile water purifying unit needing a 30 KW power source, that supplies
drinking water for troops in the field. (See figure 1-1 (ARMY) and figure 1-2 (MC and AF)).
b. Capabilities and Features.
(1) Flow systems within the ROWPU process raw water to make it drinkable. Special pumps, controlled by a
built-in control panel, move the water through the ROWPU to produce as much as 10 gallons (37.8 liters) of drinking
water per minute. This water is stored in a collapsible tank. The ROWPU can be transported by rail, road, or air.
(2) (ARMY) The flatbed cargo trailer and frame is designed to provide a mobile platform for the ROWPU. The
trailer, when being transported by road, is towed by a towing vehicle through a lunette/pintle hookup. The trailer has four
square leveling jacks with swivels, one on each comer, and is equipped with a spare wheel and tire carrier. The trailer
incorporates service brakes which are air actuated and operated from the towing vehicle through an integral set of hoses.
The trailer brake system also includes emergency and automatic parking brake functions that are activated when the air
hoses are disconnected from the towing vehicle. An air tank is installed for the purpose of reserving air for this system
when the trailer is disconnected from the towing vehicle. A 24-volt electrical system, consisting of a composite blackout-
spotlight assembly, and tail light assembly, is installed on the trailer, Power is supplied through a cable connected to the
electrical system of the towing vehicle. The frame houses the ROWPU and is capable of being separated from the trailer
and transported or air lifted as an independent unit.
(3) The ARMY, AIR FORCE (AF) and MARINE CORPS (MC) units are essentially the same except that the
MC and AF ROWPU units are mounted on a skid and do not incorporate a generator. The AF and the MC units have
four forklift pockets.
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