IDENTIFICATION AND HANDLING

An identification tag is attached to the spreader gun and contains the following data: nomenclature, manufacturer's part number, revision status, serial number, date of manufacture, and name and address of the manufacturer.

A warning label is sewn on each side of the sleeve protecting the firing lanyard and to the outer pack assembly. This label reads as follows:

WARNING

THIS PARACHUTE CONTAINS A CARTRIDGE ACTUATED DEVICE. FOR HANDLING INSTRUCTIONS SEE PARACHUTE PACKING MANUAL.

There is a tag attached to the safety pin that reads: "REMOVE PIN BEFORE PACKING." Assemblies shipped without a cartridge must have a shipping plug installed.

Service Life

Refer to NAVAIR 11-100-1-1 for the shelf/ installed life of the spreading gun cartridge. The service life expiration date (month and year) is marked with indelible ink on the side of each cartridge.

NOTE: If the date the sealed container was opened is not available, the INSTALLED LIFE is computed from the date of manufacture as determined from the lot number.

Log Entries

You should enter on the Parachute History and Record Card the date of primary installation of the spreader gun to the parachute canopy, the lot number, expiration date, part number, CAD DODIC, and date of manufacture or overhaul of the cartridge.

Safety Precautions

^{Treat the spreader instrument. The spreader gun cartridge is treated} gun as a delicate as class C ammunition in accordance with the general safety precautions given in the cartridge manual (NAVAIR 11-100-1.1).

WARNING

YOU MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT THE BALLISTIC SPREADING GUN IS LETHAL WHEN ACTIVATED WITHOUT A CANOPY ATTACHED. DO NOT REMOVE THE SAFETY PIN UNTIL THE PROPER TIME AS PRESCRIBED IN THE PACKING MANUAL.

DO NOT REMOVE LANYARD RE-TAINING PIN WHEN REPLACING UPPER RETAINING CORD.

NOTE: Be sure that the cartridge service life will not expire prior to the next service check. Be sure the cartridge expiration date is entered in the Parachute History and Record Card.