Decontaminating Apparatus

Procuring equipment protective ensembles, air monitoring devices, sampling equipment, decontamination apparatus, and supplies (disposables, tape, notebook, and so on)... 

Mil Portable Decontamination Apparatus A device containing DS-2 used to decontaminate small areas, such as the steering wheel of other equipment that military troops must touch. It is filled with one and one-third quarts of DS-2. 

M13 Portable Decontamination Apparatus The M13 is about the size of a five-gallon gasoline can and is used to decontaminate vehicles and military crew-served weapons larger than a. 50-caliber piece. 

Decontaminating Agent DS2,1-1/3 quarts can, NSN 6850-00-753-4827 Decontaminating Agent DS2, 5 gallon pails, NSN 6850-00-753-4870 Decontaminating Apparatus, Portable, 14 liters, M13, NSN 4230-01-133-4124 14 Liter Container, Fluid Filled, NSN 6850-01-136-8888... 

MOLECULAR WEIGHT - 140.9 HANDLING - Avoid inhalation, ingestion, or skin contact. Handle only in a glove box equipped with decontamination apparatus. A good military gas mask should be available. 

DS2, 1 1/2 Quart (including ABC-M11). The Mil is used to decontaminate small areas that soldiers must touch. It is a steel container with an aluminum spray-head assembly and a nitrogen gas cylinder that provides the pressure. It is filled with 1-1/3 quarts of DS2, which is sufficient to cover 135 square feet. The ABC-M11 is an equipment-mounted, standard U.S. Army decontaminating apparatus used for operator spray-down decontamination. The item is man-portable (weight of approximately 5 pounds). The ABC-M11 has been replaced by the M13. 

An improved version of the World War I orchard sprayer decontamination apparatus was fielded to provide ground and equipment decontamination. It could also be used for plain water showers for soldiers (Figure 2-39). For treatment of gas casualties, the CWS standardized the M5 Protective Ointment Kit. This kit came in a small, waterproof container and held four tubes of M5 Protective Ointment wrapped in cheesecloth and a tube of BAL (British anti-Lewisite) Eye Ointment. The protective ointment was used to liberate chlorine to neutralize vesicant agents on the skin. The BAL ointment neutralized Lewisite in and around the eye by changing it to a nontoxic compound. Over 25 million of the kits were procured for the army.26 35 105 Biological Warfare Program... 

Fig. 2-39. The 400-gal decontaminating apparatus was also used to provide water showers for the troops on Iwo Jima. Like the actual weapons, all the associated paraphernalia of chemical warfare had to go with the deployed combat forces. Useful alternative work was found for decontamination apparatuses, however, in contrast to the bombs shown in Figure 2-34. Photograph Chemical and Biological Defense Command Historical Research and Response Team, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.

There were several developments in the area of decontamination. The M13 Portable Decontaminating Apparatus, designed to decontaminate large military vehicles, was standardized in 1983 and the M280 Individual Equipment Decontamination Kit, designed to partially decontaminate a soldier s personal equipment, including gloves, hood, mask, and weapon, was standardized in 1985. Both items replaced older equipment.3... 

The M12A1 Power-Driven Decontamination Apparatus (PDDA) is used to apply decontamination solutions or hot soapy water and rinses during field decontamination operations. The M12A1 PDDA consists of a pump unit, 500-gal tank, personnel shower assembly, and M2 water heater, all of which is mounted on a 5- or 10-ton truck with drop sides (Figure 16-41). The pump assembly can deliver 50 gal of water or super tropical bleach (STB) decontaminating agent per minute at a pressure of 105 psi to the two spray wands. 

Fig. 16-41. The M12A1 Power-Driven Decontamination Apparatus (PDDA).

PDDA Power-Driven Decontamination Apparatus PDS personnel decontamination station PEEP positive end-expiratory pressure PEG300 polyethylene glycol 300 PF protection factor... 

M12 Powered vehicle-mounted multipurpose decontaminating apparatus... 

France and West Germany have pursued a more traditional approach. Both have established units of NBC defence spedahsts and attached them to their front-line forces. Both have invested in a wide array of decontamination apparatus. The French have a trailer-mounted system in service, which carries 600 litres of a decontaminant solution and uses a high pressure pump to decontaminate personnel, equipment and enclosed spaces. They also have apparatus for decontaminating terrain, the temporary decontamination of equipment and clothing, and held showers for the temporary decontamination of personnel. Equally extensive is the range of equipment possessed by the Bundeswehr. All vehicle crews are equipped to provide limited immediate decontamination of the points of contact on their vehicles. 

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