NBC M17 MASK SUPPLY STATUS ON M17A1 A2 MASKS MISC 8 90 1 91

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Subject = NBC M17 MASK SUPPLY STATUS ON M17A1 A2 MASKS MISC 8 90 1 91     

Parent Organization = MCCDC       

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Document Number =          9

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                                  UNCLASSIFIED


          Subj: CHEMICAL PROTECTIVE MASKS, M17AIs/MI?A2s
          7. Failure to fund the DMISA wolld negate our ability to rebuild
          masks and adversely impact our reconstitution plan. Under present
          policy, the T&EUs exchange machine failures on site with masks
          provided by Integrated Logistics Support Directorate (ILSD) an a
          temporary loan basis. These failures are then sent to Pine Bluff,
          rebuilt, and returned to the T&EUs for additional exchanges. Loss
          of DMISA funding would either prevent one for one exchange by the
          T&EUs or force ILSD to provide the exchanges. This would cause a
          draw down without replenishment to on hand stocks.

          (3. Under the current DMISA it costs approximately $lOE3.00 per
          mask for rebuild. We anticipate a potential requirement for
          approximately 3,000 masks per quarter. Availability of new masks
          is limited at the source of supply (PWR assets only) and we do not
          anticipate the asset posture to improve significantly until the
          M40 series mask is fielded. Best estimates for initial deliveries
          of the M40 are 2D quarter CY 91.

          9. Prepared by CW03 W. D. Hartzell, ILSD.


































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