Protect yourself!Need some additional protection from mines and small arms small arms, firearms designed primarily to be carried and fired by one person and, generally, held in the hands, as distinguished from heavy arms, or artillery. Early Small Arms The first small arms came into general use at the end of the 14th cent. fire on your M113A2/A3? Then the mine armor kit, NSN NSN National Stock Number NSN Nokia Siemens Networks NSN National Storytelling Network NSN NATO Stock Number NSN New Substances Notification (CEPA) NSN National Student Number (NZ) NSN Never Say Never 2540-01-498-9827, is for you. The kit consists of a 3/4-in thick belly belly /bel·ly/ (bel´e) 1. abdomen. 2. venter (1). bel·ly n. 1. See abdomen. 2. The stomach. 3. The womb; the uterus. plate and a 3/8-in thick plate for attaching under the driver's side sponson spon·son n. 1. Any of several structures that project from the side of a boat or ship, especially a gun platform. 2. A short, curved, air-filled projection on the hull of a seaplane, imparting stability in the water. . The M113A3 has pre-drilled mounting holes for the belly armor, but not for the sponson armor. You'll need to have holes drilled and tapped and mounting inserts installed before it can be mounted. You'll find the inserts listed in Fig 230 of TM 9-2350-277-24P. The belly and sponson armor also works with all other A3 variants and all A2s, but mounting inserts have to be installed before either plate can be mounted on those vehicles. Instructions come with the kit. Be forewarned that when belly plates are mounted on A2 models, they obstruct ob·struct v. To block or close a body passage so as to hinder or interrupt a flow. ob·struc  tive adj. the access plate on the bottom of the hull. That means
you'll have to remove the belly plate in order to service the
filters.
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