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Parachute, Cargo Type; 34' Diameter, Model G-14 Low-Velocity Cargo Parachute NSN 1670-00-999-2658

1-2. Maintenance Forms and Records. Department of the Army forms and procedures used for equipment 
maintenance will be those prescribed by DA PAM 738-750, The Army Maintenance Management System and DA PAM 
738-751, The Army Maintenance Management System (Aviation). 
1-3. Destruction of Army Materiel to Prevent Enemy Use. Destruction methods are described in the following 
subparagraphs. 
a. General. 
(1) Objective. Methods of destruction used to inflict damage on delivery equipment should make it impossible 
to restore equipment to a usable condition in a combat zone by either repair or cannibalization. 
(2) Authority. Destruction of a parachute that is in imminent danger of capture by an enemy is a command 
decision that must be made by a battalion or higher commander or the equivalent. 
(3) Implementation plan. All units which possess air delivery equipment should have a plan for the 
implementation of destruction procedures.

(4) Training. All personnel who use or perform such functions as rigging, packing, maintenance, or storage of 
air delivery equipment should receive thorough training on air delivery equipment destruction procedures and methods. 
The destruction methods demonstrated during training should be simulated. Upon completion of training, all applicable 
personnel should be thoroughly familiar with air delivery equipment destruction methods and be capable of performing 
destruction without immediate reference to any publication. 
(5) Specific methods. Specific methods of destroying Army materiel to prevent enemy use shall be by 
mechanical means, fire or by use of natural surroundings. 
b. Destruction by Mechanical Means. Air delivery equipment metal assemblies, parts, and packing aids shall be 
destroyed using hammers, bolt cutters, files, hacksaws, drills, screwdrivers, crowbars, or other similar devices to smash, 
break, bend or cut.

WARNING 
Exercise extreme care when using petroleum products to destroy equipment by fire, as 
these materials are highly flammable.