Interactive electronic technical manuals (IETMs) are the technical manuals for their associated items of equipment. They do come on CDs, and some are available online at the Logistics Support Activity’s ETM website:

https://www.logsa.army.mil/etms/online.htm But the similarity to ETMs ends there. IETMs are designed to reduce the tedious thumbing back and forth—from text to line drawings, tables and other illustrative material common to paper TMs—by providing hyperlinks between linked information. Also, IETMs are not limited to the page layouts of past printed manuals. So information can be presented in ways that enhance user interaction. A good example is the troubleshooting section. The user clicks on the current problem and the IETM walks the user through the troubleshooting process to find the problem.

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Some IETMs are also designed to interface with the equipment itself when used with maintenance support devices. This allows electronic diagnostics and helps automate the parts requests process when repairs or replacements are needed. Some IETMs help by exporting a list of parts needed for repairs.

Getting ETMs and IETMs The LOGSA ETM website listed above gets you access to both ETMs and IETMs. To find out which IETMs are available online, enter “IETM” (without the quotes) in the PUB TITLE TEXT search box, and click SEARCH. On the ETM search results screens, the left-hand column tells you whether the document shown is a PDF file, a WebETM (a collection of related TMs), or an IETM. IETMs are updated by the equipment proponents as required and then posted to the LOGSA site. IETM CDs can be ordered by unit publication clerks through the Army Publishing Directorate just like any other TM by using their EM number.

Computers andSoftware…

What’s an IETM? ...and How Do I Get One?

maintenance support devices like this msd are the hardware interface to computerized diagnostic

systems built intoequipment.

here’s some info to help you get the most out of

your IETms.

a list of the Army’s Ietms

follows…

soldiers find me hard to understand.

why’s that?

‘cause I’m full of gray matter!

…in the end we still come out as tms.

no matter how much they reduce us to electrons…

Ietms provide the maintenance info to use with these systems.

we’re ready to interact

withsoldiers!

but when we get

converted to IETMs…

…we can interpret info from equipment sensors

and alert operators

and mechanics to problems.

we can even walk users through the diagnostic steps to

ID the real problem quickly.ETM/IETM

Conversion process

thattickles!

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Black Hawk UH-60A, UH-60L, EH-60A, UH-60Q,AND HH-60L HelicoptersAvengerSentinel, AN/MPQ-64Black Hawk, UH-60ATest set, AN/PSM-80Longbow/Apache, AH-64DMH-60K helicopterPatriotFox, M93A1,JavelinMLRSEngines, gas, turbine model T55-GA-714AVTS 1000 series testerFMTV, M1078A1/M1093A1 PatriotExtended Range Fuel System II (ERFS II) for CH-47 GBS Fixed Ground Receiver Suite, StandardAN/FSR-7, GBS Fixed Ground Receive Suite,Enhanced AN/FSR-8, GBS Transportable Ground Receive Suite, Standard AN/TSR-4, GBS Transport-able Ground Receive Suite, Enhanced AN/TSR-7Ammo carrier, M992A2MLRS M270A1 launcher and M993/M993A1carrierDispenser, Mine: M139 for Ground Volcano 5-ton;Mounting Kit, M548A1; Mounting Kit, AirVolcano UH-60A AND UH-60LHEMTT, M977A2-series Test Equipment Modernization (TEMOD)Calibration set, transfer standards Kiowa, OH-58DChinook, CH-47DAir WarriorChinook, CH-47D, Preparation for ShipmentHMMWV FOVHIMARS Launcher Chassis; HIMARS XM1140;HIMARS Resupply Vehicle; HIMARS Truck, Cargo,5-ton, w/MHE; HIMARS Resupply Trailer; HIMARSTrailer, 5-ton: M1095HIMARS (Multiple Launch Rocket System)Ammo carrier, M992A2Hercules, M88A2

TM 9-1440-AvengerTM 9-1430-SentinelTM 1-1520-Black Hawk-MDWTM 9-6625-2300-13&PTM 1-1520-Longbow/ApacheTM 1-1520-MH-60KTM 9-1430-Patriot-2LTM 3-6665-339-12&PTM 9-1425-JavelinTM 9-1425-646-13&PTM 1-2840-265-23&PTM 11-6625-VTS-1000TM 9-2320-391-14&PTM 9-1430-Patriot-3HTM 1-1560-312-23&P

TM 9-2350-FAASV

TM 9-1055-647-13&P

TM 9-1095-208-13&P

TM 9-2320-315-14&PTM 43-6625-001-14&PTM 9-6695-239-14TM 1-1520-248-23&PTM 1-1520-240-23PTM 1-1680-377-13&PTM 1-1520-241-STM 9-2320-280-14&P

TM 9-1055-1646-13&PTM 9-2350-372-14&PTM 9-2350-292-14&P

TM 11-5895-1641-12&P 0200

TM 9-2300-310-14&P 0013

TM 9-2300-310-14&P 0258

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