Samples for ambient temperature testing

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MIL-L-22624A

OP 2719. The two remaining belts shall be loaded into the

magazine, and the gun pod shall be temperature-conditioned

at 165 degrees F. plus 5.0 degrees F. minus 10.0 degrees F.

until all components have been thermally stabilized at the

specified temperature. The gun pod shall be fired as speci-

fied in 4.6.3.3.

4.6.3.2 Samples for ambient temperature testing. Sample

links shall be belted into two belts of 130 links, each

composed as follows: one empty leading link, followed by

128 Mod 4 links and one trailing link. The Mod 4 links

and the trailing link shall be loaded with Mark 105 target

practice rounds. The belts shall be loaded into the ammu-

nition magazine of the assembled gun pod and shall be

subjected to the tests of 4.6.3.3, 4.6.3.4, and 4.6.3.5

4.6.3.3 Belt feeding test. The assembled gun pod shall

be prepared for firing as specified in Publication OP 2719.

The gun mechanism shall be cycled and each pair of belts

composed of 25 links shall be fired through the gun pod in

a single burst. The belts composed of 130 links shall be

fired in three bursts of approximately 86 rounds per burst.

Failure of any link to meet the requirements of 3.5.1 and

3.6.2 shall be cause for rejection of the preproduction

sample. The link shall not be judged defective if it is

verified to the satisfaction of the Government representa-

tive that a stoppage or other malfunction was caused by a

component other than the links under test.

4.6.3.4 Link positioning test. Belted and loaded links,

fired as specified in 4 .6.3.3, shall be tested for con.

formance to 3.5.2 and 3.6.2. Failure to meet these re-

quirements shall be cause for rejection of the preproduc-

tion sample. The link shall not be judged defective if it

is verified to the satisfaction of the Government repre-

sentative that a malfunction was caused by a component