Decontaminating Apparatus, Portable, ABC-M11

TM 746-10

4-152. Decontaminating Apparatus, Portable, ABC-

(4) Mask, CBR, ND, MK5.

M 11

b. Serviceable retrograde materiel.

(1) Cleaning and drying. Clean each mask,

a. Serviceable retrograde material.

faceforms, straps, lens, and other mask accessories

using clean, soft, nonabrasive cloth.

(1) Cleaning and drying.

Clean the

decontaminating apparatus using process C-1 and dry

(2) Preservative application.

Insert face-

using procedure D-4. Clean and dry nonmetallic items

forms, straps, and other mask accessories that are

using a clean cloth. Empty the apparatus container and

normally stowed inside the mask. Wrap each mask in

clean it.

paper-backed cellulosic cushioning material and secure

CAUTION

with tape.

Dispose of the residual DS2

(3) Unit pack. Pack each mask in a weather-

decontaminating agent and all

resistant fiberboard box and cushion and immobilize

wiping cloths in an area designated

with cellulosic cushioning material, and close with tape.

as safe by the unit commander.

(4) Packing. Pack like quantities of the same

type masks in a wood or plywood box. Immobilize

packages within the box with water-resistant fiberboard

(2) Preservative application. Coat the interior

pads. Close box and apply %-inch galvanized steel

of the container with 0.2 grams of VPI. Apply antiseize

strapping.

thread compound to the threads in the top of the

container. Assemble the spray head to the empty

c. Unserviceable,

economically

reparable

container for storage. Install a nitrogen filled cylinder in

retrograde materiel. Clean, dry, preserve, pack, and

the spray head body. Install a lead seal through the pull

mark the same as for serviceable retrograde materiel,

ring of the captive safety pin and the hole in the handle.

as specified in b above, except include condition code

Draw the wire tight and crimp the wire in the lead seal.

"F" in the marking.

Install the apparatus in the mounting bracket.

d. Serviceable materiel to be recycled. Clean, dry,

(3) Unit pack. Pack each apparatus and

preserve, and pack per b above. Mark per paragraph 3-

mounting bracket in a water-resistant fiberboard box.

Place fiberboard filler pads inside the box (top and

sides), as necessary, to restrict any movement of the

4-151. Service Kit, Portable Flame-thrower Riot

apparatus within the box. Close the box using tape on

Control Agent Disperser, M27

all seals including the manufacturer's joint (see fig 4-4).

(4) Packing.

Pack 12 apparatuses unit

a. Serviceable retrograde materiel.

packed, as specified in paragraph 4-152a(3), inside a

(1) Cleaning and drying.

Clean all

nailed wood box using an arrangement of 3 rows or 4

components of the kit by wiping with a clean, dry cloth.

each.

Position filler pads using weather-resistant

Drying procedures are not applicable for

fiberboard, as necessary, inside the box to restrict free

any of the components in the kit.

movement of the packages. Close the box and apply 3-

(2) Preservative application. Application of a

inch galvanized steel strapping.

preservative is not required.

b. Unserviceable,

economically

reparable

(3) Unit pack. Wrap each component of the

retrograde materiel. Clean, dry, preserve, pack, and

kit, except the hose, in cushioning material using single-

mark the same as for serviceable, retrograde materiel,

face corrugated paperboard. Coil the hose and secure

as specified in a, above except include condition code

using tape.

"F" in the marking.

(4) Packing. Pack all the components of the

c. Serviceable materiel to be recycled. Clean, dry,

kit inside the service kit chest in their respective places.

preserve, and pack per a above. Mark per paragraph 3-

If chest is not available, pack kit components in a wood

or plywood box. Immobilize contents with fiberboard or

cushioning material. Apply two %-inch galvanized steel

4-153. Service Unit, Flame-thrower, Truck-mounted,

straps to the chest. If boxes are used, close the boxes

ABC-M4A2

and apply %-inch galvanized steel strapping.

b. Serviceable, economically reparable retrograde

a. Serviceable retrograde materiel.

materiel. Clean, dry, preserve, and pack per a above.

(1) Cleaning and drying.

Clean all

Mark per paragraph 3-5.

component items of the service unit using cleaning

process

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