Description
Technical Manual Change 1 (TM 9-1240-262-35P) for M105, M105C, M105D, and M105F Articulated Telescopes October 1965 FSN 1240-764-1667
This Technical Manual Change 1 for TM 9-1240-262-35P updates the field and depot maintenance repair-parts and special-tools publication for the M105, M105C, M105D, and M105F articulated telescopes, and is dated October 1965.
The physical publication is the Change 1 notice only. It applies to the original TM 9-1240-262-35P dated January 31, 1963, and is not the complete base manual.
Historical Significance
The January 1963 parts manual covered the M105, M105C, and M105D articulated telescopes. Change 1 expanded the listed model coverage to include the M105F, recording the growth of the telescope family into an additional armored-vehicle application.
Parts-manual changes helped keep Army component and support-tool references aligned with equipment entering the maintenance system. This notice preserves that update history for the M105 telescope series.
Change 1 and Expanded M105-Series Coverage
The M105 served the secondary direct-fire system of the M48-series 90mm gun tank. The M105C and M105D served the corresponding system on the M60 and M60A1 105mm gun tanks.
The M105F supported direct fire for the 165mm gun in the T118E1 Combat Engineer Vehicle, later standardized as the M728. Adding this model extended the parts publication into a specialized armored-engineer application.
The telescope family used an 8-power optical system with a 7.5-degree field of view and two selectable ballistic reticles calibrated for range in meters.
What This Manual Covers
Change 1 supplies the October 1965 revisions to the field and depot maintenance repair-parts and special-tools information in TM 9-1240-262-35P. Its model line covers the M105, M105C, M105D, and M105F articulated telescopes.
The notice updates an existing parts publication. It is not a crew-level operator's guide, a step-by-step maintenance manual, or a stand-alone replacement for the complete January 1963 base manual.
Key Features
- Publication: Technical Manual Change 1 for TM 9-1240-262-35P
- Change date: October 1965
- Base manual date: January 31, 1963
- Models covered:
- M105: FSN 1240-764-1667
- M105C: FSN 1240-676-2178
- M105D: FSN 1240-980-1745
- M105F: FSN 1240-764-1668
- Manual scope: Field and depot maintenance repair-parts and special-tools update
- Physical publication: Change 1 notice, not the complete base manual
Why This Manual Matters
Change notices are part of a technical manual's official publication record. This notice documents the first update to TM 9-1240-262-35P and the addition of M105F coverage to the listed telescope models.
It is useful for building a more complete parts-manual reference set and for studying support of the M105 telescope family across tank and combat-engineer systems.
About This Manual
This is Change 1 to Department of the Army Technical Manual TM 9-1240-262-35P, dated October 1965, for the M105, M105C, M105D, and M105F Articulated Telescopes, FSN 1240-764-1667. The original base manual was issued on January 31, 1963.
The offered item is the official Change 1 update notice and does not constitute the complete base manual.
Ideal For
This technical manual change notice is a strong fit for:
- U.S. military technical-manual collectors
- Owners of the January 31, 1963 TM 9-1240-262-35P base manual
- M105-series telescope parts researchers
- M48-series, M60, M60A1, and M728 restoration reference libraries
- Military optical-instrument and fire-control historians
Approx length 8", Approx width 10", Approx height .1", Approx weight .1lbs.
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