REVIEW NUMBER 6 ANSWERS
A1.
When used with skids and weapons
transporters, adapters are used to support a
load for movement from one area to another.
A2.
The brakes on the Aero 12C bomb skid are
applied by lowering the aft end of the skid to
the deck.
A3.
The SWL of the Aero 12C bomb skid is 1,250
pounds.
A4.
The adapters used with the 12C bomb skid
include the Aero 9B/C bomb skid adapter,
Aero 39B bomb skid adapter, and Aero 64B
soft-belt adapter.
A5.
You should use a 64B soft-belt adapter to
store a soft-skin weapon on an Aero 12C
bomb skid.
A6.
The
SWL
of
the
MHU-191
munitions
transporter is 5,000 pounds.
A7.
The adapters/adapter assemblies used with
the Aero 58A skid adapter include the 58A
skid
adapter,
ADU-483/E
skid
adapter
assembly, Aero 91A bracket adapter, Aero
71A skid adapter, Aero 64A soft-belt adapter,
83A transport adapter, and MXU-661/E skid
platform adapter.
A8.
When mounted on the Aero 58A skid adapter,
the ADU-483/E skid adapter assembly can
support two weapons between 9 and 16
inches in diameter.
A9.
The ADU-400/E weapon skid loading lift
adapter is a hydraulically controlled steel lift
frame.
Electric Forklift Trucks
Electric forklift trucks are used frequently by
Ordnancemen. They are discussed in the following
paragraphs.
ELECTRIC
FORKLIFT
TRUCK,
4,000-
POUND
CAPACITY.—A
typical
4,000-pound
capacity electric forklift truck is shown in (fig. 9-45).
Many different models are currently used at naval
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Figure 9-45.—Typical 4,000-pound capacity electric forklift truck.
