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Move engine exhaust outdoors.


Running your tank engine indoors can be downright dangerous. Besides the usual health problems with exhaust gases Exhaust gas is flue gas which occurs as a result of the combustion of fuels such as natural gas, gasoline/petrol, diesel, fuel oil or coal. It is discharged into the atmosphere through an exhaust pipe or flue gas stack. , the exhaust itself is much too hot.

The US Army Armor School at Ft Knox developed an exhaust outlet that lets you safely funnel hot exhaust gases under of through modified maintenance bay doors. The exhaust outlet can be used with the powerpack in of out of the tank.

To get a copy of the plans, call MSG MSG: see glutamic acid.  Half-Mast at DSN DSN - Digital Switched Network  645-0893, (256) 955-0893, or send an email to: psmag@logsa.redstone.army.mil

Or you can write to: PS Magazine AMXLS-AM, Bldg 5307 Redstone Arsenal Redstone Arsenal, U.S. rocket research and development center, 38,781 acres (15,694 hectares), N Ala., W of Huntsville; est. 1941. One of the state's largest industrial enterprises, it includes the Army Missile Command, responsible for the army's rocket and guided , AL 35898-5000
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Title Annotation:M1-Series Tanks ...
Publication:PS, the Preventive Maintenance Monthly
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jul 1, 2004
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