CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION - TM-3-1040-220-34-P0006

TM 3-1040-220-34&P

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

Section I. General

Handling Deficiencies) to report damage or improper

1-1. Scope

shipment of material.

This manual is published for the use of direct and

c. Refer to TM 740-90-1, Administrative Storage of

general support maintenance personnel. It contains

Equipment, for instructions for storage of the disperser.

instructions for the performance of maintenance services

d. Refer to TM 43-0002-31, TM 9-1300-200, and FM

on the M5 helicopter or vehicle mounted riot control

5-25 for instructions for destruction of the disperser.

agent disperser. This manual is intended to be used in

Refer to TB 43-180, List of Calibration

conjunction with TM 3-1040220-12&P. Hereinafter, this

Requirements for the Maintenance of Army Materiel,

equipment will be referred to as disperser.

for information on the gages for the disperser.

f. Refer to TM 43-0139, Painting instructions for Field

1-2. Record and Report Forms

Use, for instructions for painting of the disperser

a. Department of the Army forms and procedures

used for equipment maintenance will be those prescribed

by TM 38-750.

b. Use DD Form 6 (Report of Packaging and

Section II. DESCRIPTION AND DATA

their operation are provided in TM 3-1040-22012&P.

1-3. Description

a. The M5 helicopter or vehicle-mounted riot control

c. Physical descriptions of the major units authorized

agent disperser (fig. 1-1) is used to disperse powdered

to be maintained by direct and general support

riot control agent into the atmosphere from either a low-

maintenance personnel are contained in this manual.

flying helicopter or a moving ground vehicle.

b. Descriptions of the disperser systems and Handling

Deficiencies) to report damage or improper shipment of

materiel.

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