IMA
Responsibilities
The IMA is authorized to perform third and fourth echelon repairs. The three end results for weapons evacuated to an IMA are that the pistol will be
• Repaired (and returned to the using unit)
• Declared non-repairable (Code H)
• Evacuated to a depot maintenance activity (DMA) for fifth echelon work
Repair IMA repairers have special disassembly/assembly tools, jigs, fixtures, and other devices including power tools that enable them to perform extensive repairs on the pistol. An important tool set for an intermediate shop is the tap and die set.
Taps and dies are used to restore worn threads on parts, assemblies, and groups. They are made of extremely hard metal. By being threaded into interior threads (taps) or into exterior threads (dies); they displace deformed metal and sharpen thread edges. Taps are especially useful in restoring threads for grip screw bushings.
Code H Some unserviceable weapons the repairer will declare non-repairable. In those cases, the IMA will request disposition instructions for each piece of equipment. These instructions may be to demilitarize (destroy) the weapon at IMA level or to ship the weapon, either complete or with serviceable parts removed, to a depot facility (DMA). When a weapon is “coded out,” the disposition instructions are authorization for the using unit to order a replacement weapon.
Evacuation Except on rare occasions, all weapons evacuated from the IMA will be shipped to the DMAs at Albany, Georgia or Barstow, California. Very few defects of the pistol require fifth echelon repair. Depots mainly rebuild and refinish old weapons.
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