Static Pull Test of Tiedown Anchors on M127-12-Ton Stake Semitrailer

Abstract

The U.S. Army Defense Ammunition Center and School (USADACS) was requested by 3d Battalion, 9th Field Artillery, Fort Sill, OK, thru the U.S. Army Armament, Munitions and Chemical Command (AMCCOM), to evaluate the tiedown anchors on the M127, 12-ton semitrailer. The Fort Sill unit has been assigned an exercise which includes tying down of the PERSHING II, weighing almost 15,000 pounds, on the M127 semitrailer. The Fort Sill unit requested the 5,000-pound capacity tiedown fitting be pull-tested to verify its load rating. The tiedown anchor 'modification kit' (FSN 2510-00-134-1130) was ordered and installed on the M127 5-ton semitrailer. Using a dynamometer to measure the pull, a static pull of 5,000 pounds was exerted in a lateral, longitudinal, vertical and 45 degree direction off the tiedown anchor. The tiedown anchor restrained the applied loads without yielding or sustaining any damage.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA207156

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  • Jerome Krohn

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  • Defense Ammunition Center

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  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Artillery
  • Availability
  • Classification
  • Dynamometers
  • Kits
  • Modification Kits
  • Munitions
  • Pull Tests
  • Security
  • Semitrailers

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