CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Section I. GENERAL INFORMATION
NOMENCLATURE CROSS-REFERENCE LIST
1-1. SCOPE.
Official Nomenclature
Common Name
a. Type of Manual. Unit Maintenance Including Repair Parts and Special
Pumping Unit
Pump unit
Tools List.
Skid-Mounted Decontaminating Apparatus
Tank unit
b. Model Number and Equipment Name. Decontaminating Apparatus:
Tank Unit
Power-Driven, Skid-Mounted, 500-Gallon, M12A1.
Personnel shower
Shower Assembly
c. Purpose of Equipment. Sprays decontaminating materials, fights fires
assembly
with water or foam, deices, cleans vehicles, pumps various fluids, and showers
Water heater.
Liquid Fuel Water Heater
personnel.
Tank drain valve
Regulating Valve
1-2. MAINTENANCE FORMS, RECORDS, AND REPORTS. Department of
Tank, Liquid Storage
Hopper assembly
the Army forms and procedures used for equipment maintenance will be those
Direct Current Motor
Fuel Pump and
prescribed by DA PAM 738-750, The Army Maintenance Management System
Ignition Drive Motor
(TAMMS).
Quick Release Clamp
Stem
1-3. DESTRUCTION OF ARMY MATERIEL TO PREVENT ENEMY USE. Pro-
1-6. CALIBRATION. No calibration is required.
cedures and materials used to destroy the decontaminating apparatus are
1-7. REPORTING EQUIPMENT IMPROVEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS (EIR).
listed in TM 43-0002-31.
If your decontaminating apparatus needs improvement, let us know. Send us
1-4. PREPARATION FOR STORAGE OR SHIPMENT. Refer to TM 740-90-1
an EIR. You, the user, are the only one who can tell us what you don't like
for administrative storage requirements. Refer to TM 38-230-1 and -2 for pre-
about your equipment. Let us know why you don't like the design. Tell us why a
servation and packing instructions.
procedure is hard to perform. Put it on an SF 368 (Quality Deficiency Report).
Mail it to us at: Commander, US Army Armament, Munitions and Chemical
1-5. OFFICIAL NOMENCLATURE, NAMES, AND DESIGNATIONS. This list-
Command, ATTN: AMSMC-MAR-A (A) Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-
ing includes nomenclature cross-references used in this manual.
5423. We'll send you a reply.
Section Il. EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION AND DATA
b. Capabilities and Features.
1-8. EQUIPMENT CHARACTERISTICS, CAPABILITIES, AND FEATURES.
(1) Sprays decontaminating materials
a. Characteristics.
(2) Firefights with water or foam
(1) Skid-mounted
(3) Deices
(2) Nonintegral
(4) Cleans vehicles and equipment
(3) Power-driven
(5) Pumps various fluids
(4) Multipurpose
(6) Showers personnel
(5) Transportable
TM 3-4230-209-20&P
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