MIL-STD-3003B

Abstract

This standard covers practices to protect wheeled vehicles against environmentally induced corrosion and deterioration and other forms of degradation during storage and shipment associated with the military distribution system. This document also provides the standard practices/processes for the military preservation, packaging, packing, and marking of Basic Issue Items (BII), Components-Of-The-End-Item (COEI), and On-Vehicle Equipment (OVE) shipped with automobiles, trucks, truck-tractors, trailers, trailer-dollies, and other wheeled vehicles. The model specific instructions will be documented on Equipment Preservation Data Sheets (EPDS). These EPDS will be used for vehicle shipment and storage in support of Storage and Maintenance of Army Prepositioned Stock Materiel and the Defense Transportation System, and will be reviewed and modified to accommodate the specific storage environment, storage period, and the amount of care of supplies in storage. <b><u>Intended Use:</u></b> This military standard practice description is intended to be used in conjunction with the implementing documents for the processing, marking, and inspection of wheeled vehicles. The proper maintenance of equipment during storage is a part of the Care Of Supplies In Storage (COSIS) program, AR 740-3. The preferred storage environment for vehicles is in controlled humidity warehouses. Under COSIS, the condition of equipment is determined by cyclic inspection procedures and the condition of equipment is maintained IAW appropriate maintenance procedures, including preventative maintenance. Storage serviceability standard, SB740-98-1, tracked vehicles, wheeled vehicles and component parts is the document to use in assuring the true condition of stored USA TACOM materiel is known; recorded; and maintained in a condition to meet supply demands. <br>