EFFECTS OF HIGH TEMPERATURES ON CHEMICAL DEFENSE EQUIPMENT

File: 121096_jul96_decls7_0002.txt
Page: 0002
Total Pages: 5

Subject: EFFECTS OF HIGH TEMPERATURES ON CHEMICAL DEFENSE EQUIPMENT      

Unit: ARCENT      

Parent Organization: CENTCOM     

Box  ID: BX000420

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

Document Number:        105

Folder Seq  #:          5




                                                             UNCLASSIFIED


         02 05 08010oz SEP 90        Pp                                  2402000



         BE  STABLE AND MAINTAIN THEIR POTENCY   FOR APPROXMATL@  ONE  YEAR bR.
         LONGER UNDER  DESERT CONDITIONS   (AVERAGE TEMPERATURES  OF  100.-  120

         DEG  F).' DEPLOYING tiNTTS'SHOU'LD THEREFORE USE A  ONE YEAR'SHELF   LIFE

         FOR  FURTHER PLANNING PURPOSES.   :THIS SUPERSEDES  THE 6 MONTHS POTENCY
         FOR  UNRGFRIGERATED NAAP,'@S STATED IN FM B-265.    .MEDICATIONS SHOULD
         NOT  BE STORED IN DIRECT SUNLIGH-F OR IN ENCLOSED   CONDITIONS PLACED IN

         THE DIRECT SUN. THIS INFO WAS TRANSMITTED VIA       MEDICAL CHANNELS BY

         REFERENCE A. REPLACE EXPIRING MK-1 KIT WHEN REPLACEMENTS ARE MADE

         AVAILABLE BY 32 MEDSOM. TURN-IN MK-1 KITS THROUGH MEDICAL SUPPLY

         CHANNELS TO SUPPORTING MEDSOM AS SUSPENDED STOCK. MEDSOM WILL REPORT

         SUSPENDED MATERIAL TO USAMMA FOR DISPOSITION INSTRUCTIONS.
         3.   (U)                  TIVE Cuvnd@@-rM)',@ATTLE DRESS
         OVERGARMENTS (BDO), PROTECTIVE GLOVES AND BOOTS SHOULD NOT BE

         DEGRADED IN DESERT CONDITIONS. STOCKS OF OVERGARMENTS, BOOTS, AND

         GLOVES SHOULD NOT BE STORED INDIRECT SUNLIGHT.

         4. (U) THE M256 CHEMICAL DETECTION KITS WILL CONTINUE TO FUNCTION
         PROPERLY IF THEY HAVE NOT PASSED THEIR FIVE YEAR SHELF LIFE. THE
         MZ56 KIT HAS BEEN TESTED AT TEMPERATURE   S UP TO 176 DEGREES

         FAHRENHEITE FOR A PERIOUD OF 115 DAYS WITH NO DETECTABLE DEGRADATION.

         5. (U) THE M13 DAP AND DSZ CAN BE STORED AT TEMPERATURES OF UP TO










                                   UNCLASSIFIED


                                                                      0801OOZSEP90


                                                        UNCLASSIFIED

Document 5 f:/Week-29/BX000420/HISTORIANS BACKGROUND MATERIAL FILES - G3 NBC MIS 4 OF 4/effects of high temperatures on chemical defense:12069615463132
Control Fields 17
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 4 OF 4
Folder Seq # = 5
Subject = EFFECTS OF HIGH TEMPERATURES ON CHEMICAL DEFENSE
Document Seq # = 105
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 = 06-DEC-1996