Technical Manual Change 1 (TM 5-2510-202-25P) for M295A1 Chassis Body
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This Technical Manual Change 1 for TM 5-2510-202-25P covers the M295A1 Chassis Body, identified under FSN 2510-631-9395, and is dated February 1964. This change was issued for the original TM 5-2510-202-25P manual dated August 23, 1963, making it an important companion document for collectors, researchers, restorers, and anyone building a serious reference library around U.S. Army transport equipment and Cold War technical literature.
Unlike a full base manual, this item is an official Change 1 publication. That means it was issued to revise and update the original manual rather than replace it outright. For collectors, that matters. Army manuals were routinely kept current through numbered changes, and surviving change issues help document how parts information, maintenance guidance, and service procedures evolved while the equipment remained in use. In that sense, this is not just a supplemental insert. It is part of the actual service history of the manual.
The M295A1 Chassis Body
The M295A1 Chassis Body belongs to the broader family of U.S. military vehicle body, transport, and support equipment. As identified by its nomenclature, it is a chassis body, placing it squarely in the support side of Army operations rather than in the category of conventional weapons or combat vehicles.
Equipment in this class was associated with military transport and support functions where a purpose-built body structure was required for service use, field handling, and logistical operations. That makes this manual change especially interesting from a historical standpoint. Instead of documenting a weapon system directly, it preserves the technical side of Army vehicle-body and support-equipment infrastructure, an area of military history that is often overlooked compared to more visible combat hardware.
For collectors, that gives this item added appeal. It represents the logistical and maintenance side of Army readiness and fits especially well in collections focused on transportation, vehicle bodies, support systems, and Cold War sustainment equipment.
What This Manual Change Covers
Because this publication is a change to TM 5-2510-202-25P, it belongs to the repair parts and support-documentation side of Army literature. In practical terms, a manual change like this is especially relevant for updated service information related to:
- equipment identification and nomenclature
- repair-parts reference
- maintenance and support documentation
- corrections or revisions to the original manual
- archival and restoration research
- collecting complete service-era manual sets
Since this is Change 1 for the August 23, 1963 issue, it is especially useful to collectors who want to pair it with the original base manual and preserve the manual as it was actually updated and used in service.
Historical Significance
The date February 1964 places this publication in the early Cold War period, when the U.S. military maintained extensive technical literature covering not only weapons and vehicles, but also the specialized support equipment required to sustain field operations. Manuals and change sheets like this reflect a period when Army documentation extended into every part of the logistical chain, including chassis bodies, vehicle support systems, transport components, and maintenance infrastructure.
For collectors and historians, this manual change is especially relevant to subjects such as:
- Cold War U.S. Army technical manuals
- military vehicle body and support equipment
- transport and logistical systems
- Army maintenance and parts documentation
- dated military paperwork and manual changes
Because it covers a specialized chassis body rather than a more common tactical vehicle or weapon system, it also adds variety to collections that already include standard ordnance or maintenance manuals.
About This Item
This listing is for Technical Manual Change 1 for TM 5-2510-202-25P covering the M295A1 Chassis Body, identified under FSN 2510-631-9395 and dated February 1964. It was issued for the August 23, 1963 printing of the original technical manual.
It is especially well suited for:
- U.S. Army technical manual collections
- Cold War logistics and support-equipment displays
- vehicle body and transport-equipment collections
- museum exhibits on military maintenance and support systems
- archive and research libraries focused on U.S. military technical publications
Because manuals were working documents, surviving examples are valued not only for their content, but also for their connection to real military maintenance and support practice.
Why This Manual Matters
Many military manuals focus only on base editions, but change sheets are a major part of how Army documentation was actually maintained in service. This item adds a layer of authenticity and completeness that a base manual alone does not always provide.
For collectors, it is a useful companion piece to the original TM 5-2510-202-25P. For researchers, it helps document the continued maintenance and parts-support history of the M295A1 Chassis Body. For museums, it adds context to the administrative and technical side of military transport support equipment that is often overlooked in favor of more visible hardware.
Ideal For
This manual is a strong fit for:
- U.S. Army technical manual collections
- Cold War logistics and support-equipment displays
- vehicle body and transport-equipment collections
- museum and archival reference libraries
- collectors of military paperwork and dated technical publications
Approx length 10", Approx width 8", Approx height .2", Approx weight .2lbs.
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