OPERATION DESERT STORM CHEMICAL OPERATIONS

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Subject: OPERATION DESERT STORM CHEMICAL OPERATIONS                      

Unit: 24TH ID     

Parent  Organization: XVIII CORPS 

Box ID: BX001437

Folder Seq #:        798

Document Number:          2





             r               CHEMICAL OPERATIONS CONCLUSIONS


                  ,/PROTECTIVE OVERGARMENT EFFECTIVE BUT BULKY AND DIRTY; TAKE
                   LEAD FROM BRITISH AND FRENCH


                  ,/M-17 LIGHT DECON APPARATUS IS RELIABLE BUT REQUIRES AN
                   ASSOCIATED WATER HAUL CAPABILITY


                  ,/M-lAl TANK WITH COLLECTIVE AND OVERPRESSURE NBC PROTECTION
                   SYSTEMS WAS A DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENT OVER THE M-1. NEED A
                   COLLECTIVE PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR THE M-2/M-3 BRADLEY
                   FIGHTING VEHICLE


                  ,/THE SIMPLIFIED COLLECTIVE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT WAS NOT
                   USEFUL TO MOBILE UNITS; CANNOT BE SET UP IN VANS, TENTS, OR
                   TOC EXTENTIONS


                  ,/EXPERIENCED MANY FALSE ALARMS WTH THE M-8Al ALARM.
                   USUAL CAUSE WAS LOW BATTERIES


                  ,/AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEM OF FOX VEHICLE IS VERY RELIABLE. MASS
                   SPECTROMETER NEEDS HARDENING


                  ,/NEED A STAND-OFF, AERIAL MOUNTED CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTION
                   AND IDENTIFICATION CAPABILITY

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File Room = jun96_declassified
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Box ID = BX001437
Unit = 24TH ID
Parent Organization = XVIII CORPS
Folder Title = POST ATTACK SUMMARY BRIEFING CHARTS
Folder Seq # = 798
Subject = OPERATION DESERT STORM CHEMICAL OPERATIONS
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 05-JUL-1996