EARLY FIELDING OF CHEMICAL DEFENSE EQUIPMENT

File: 120396_jul96_decls20_0002.txt
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Subject: EARLY FIELDING OF CHEMICAL DEFENSE EQUIPMENT                    

Unit: ARCENT      

Parent Organization: CENTCOM     

Box ID: BX000420

Folder Title: HISTORIANS BACKGROUND MATERIAL FILES - G3 NBC MIS 2  OF 4                                       

Document Number:        117

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        OF it')t')O ICAD AND 1000 REPLACEMENT DETECTOR CELL MODULES IS BEING
        PROCURED IN C019JUNCTION WITH A IJSMC BUY.THESE ITEMS WILL BE AVAILABLE
        IN 2OFY91. RECOMMEND 500 ICAD BE ISSUED TO LINITS INITIALLY WITH
        BALANCE OF ITEMS KEPT IN RESFRVE.THIS WOULD PROVIDE FOR AT LEAST ONE
        ic;ir QF @3t47i,4660@-
        C       REMOTE SENSING CHEMICAL. AGENT ALARM. XM21; PER REFERENCE B.
        FIVE SYSTEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR ARCENT   ITEM REQUIRED NEW EQUIPMENT
        TRAINING. REQUEST SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS AN13 INPUT ON NEW EQUIPMENT
        TRAINING/HANDOFF.PROCUREMENT OF 30 ADDITIONAL SYSTEMS TO BE-OUTFITTED
        Di') THE FOX NBC RECON VEHICLE HAS BEEN APPROVED BY ARMY. ACCELERATED
        PRODUCTION DELIVERY IS CONTINGENT ON CONGRESSIONAL APPOVAL OF FUNDING
        WILL ADVISE IF APPROVED
        0.      PERSONNEL CASUALTY DECONTAMINATION SYSTEM. SKIN DECON KIT
        (PCOS SOK). M291: THIS KIT USES ABSORPTIVE COMPOUNDS TO NEUTRALIZE
        AGENTS ON SKIN AND INDIVIDUAL EQUIPMENT. DOCTRINE FOR USE WILL BE
        PUBLISHED By SEPARATE MESSAGE. THIS ITEM PROVIDED ALTERNATIVE
        CAPABILITY/REPLACEMENT TO THE M25SAI AND M200. THE M291 IS EQUALLY
        EFFECTIVE AS THE M25BAl BUT IS NOT AS IRRITATING TO THE SKIN.
        RECOMMENDED BOI IS SAME AS M25SAI. ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR




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        REQUISITION. REQUISITION DATA; DECON KIT, SKIN; M291. NSN 4230-01-
        276-1905. CLASS II, UNIT OF ISSUE IS BOX OF PO KITS. 97.04.
        E.      NBC PROTECTIVE COVERS (NBC-PC); THIS ITEM 15 DESIGNED AS AN
        NBC PROTECTIVE COVERIN& FOR SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT. APPROXIMATELY 20
        EACH 20 X 140 FT COVERS ARE BEING PROCURER WITH A PRIMARY USE FOR CW
        PROTECTION. ADDITIONAL CONTRACTS ARE TO PROCURE 1500 HEX SHAPED
        COVERS MADE FROM THE DEVELOPMENTAL MATERIAL. PRIMARY USE WILL BE IN
    CONJUNCTION WITH CAMOUFLAGE NETS TO PROVIDE SUN SCREEN PROTECTION IN
        ADDITION TO CW PROTECTION. HEX SYSTEMS MAY BE INTERLACED TO PROVIDE
        GREATER AREA COVERAGE. AVAILABILITY OF THESE ITEMS IS PROJECTED AS
        DEC 90.
        F.      SIMPLIFIED COLLECTIVE PROTECTION SHELTER (SCPE). M20; TOTAL
        WHOLESALE STOCK IS 446 EACH EXCLUDING THE 280 SYSTEMS PUSHED TO FT
        BRAGG. 801 IS 4/BN AND LARGER HQ. ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE WITHOUT THE
        REQUIRED ASIDE OF GENERATOR AND TRANSPORT CAPABILITY. SCPE REQUIRES
        MINIMUM OF 1.5 KW POWER SOURCE. LIMIMTED OPERATOR/MAINTAINER TRAINING
        REQUIRED
        2. (U) POC IS MAJ J. ISHMAEL, DAMO-SWC-AOC, AV 223-4827.
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File Room = jul96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-29
Box ID = BX000420
Unit = ARCENT
Parent Organization = CENTCOM
Folder Title = HISTORIANS BACKGROUND MATERIAL FILES - G3 NBC MIS 2 OF 4
Folder Seq # = 3
Subject = EARLY FIELDING OF CHEMICAL DEFENSE EQUIPMENT
Document Seq # = 117
Document Date =
Scan Date =
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 = 08-NOV-1996