Section III. DECONTAMINATING AND CLEANING

C 1, TM 3-1040-214-12

Agent tank

Adapter

Inlet adapter

Hose assembly

Washer

Pressure regulator

Quick-disconnect coupling half

Safety valve

Needle valve-2

Pipe and cap assembly

Safety head

Needle valve-1

Diffusion tube assembly

Pressure tank

Vent tube

Preformed packing

Coupling plug

Shutoff valve

Screw

Quick-disconnect coupling plug

Setscrew

Nut

Tube assembly

Shutoff valve handle

Figure 4-5-Continued

CAUTION

(5) Close the hinged tank clamp (Fig. 1-4)

Exercise care when disconnecting

around the pressure tank and fasten the attached

the pressure tank coupling plug from

wingnut.

pressure regulator quick-disconnect

(6) Fasten the valve shaft to the boss on the

coupling half to prevent damage to

agent tank with the clamp and wingnut.

the tube.

(5) Disconnect the quick-disconnect coupling half

4-11. Approved

Air

Compressors

and Service

(15, Fig. 4-5) from the coupling plug (14).

Units

(6) Remove and retain the pressure tank and valve

assembly.

a. Approved Air Compressors. Compressors that

have been approved for charging pressure tanks of the

(7) Install cap on the pressure tank coupling plug (4).

M3 dispersers are listed below:

c. Installation.

(1) M1A1 7 cfm power-driven reciprocating

(1) Remove the cap (Fig.

1-5) from the

compressor (TM 3-1040-203-12).

coupling plug.

(2) AN-M4 3 1/2 cfm flamethrower power-

(2) Place the tank group in a horizontal

driven reciprocating compressor (TM 3-1040210-12).

position with the quick-disconnect coupling half facing up

(3) AN-M4B 3 1/2 cfm flamethrower power-

(Fig. 1-7).

driven reciprocating compressor (TM 3-1040224-12).

(3) Align and connect the pressure tank

(4) AN-M4C 3 1/2 cfm flamethrower power-

coupling plug (14, Fig. 4-5) to the pressure regulator

driven reciprocating compressor (TM 31040-244-12).

quick-disconnect coupling half (15).

(5) AN-M4D 3 1/2 cfm flamethrower po wer-

(4) Test to see that the coupling plug is

driven reciprocating compressor (TM 31040-263-12).

engaged and locked in the quick-disconnect coupling

half. The knurled ring on the quick-disconnect coupling

b. Approved Service Unit. The service unit that

half should not slide freely when properly connected.

has been approved for charging pressure tanks for the

M3 Disperser is the M4A2 service unit flamethrower

truck-mounted (TM 3-1040-219-12).

Section III. DECONTAMINATING AND CLEANING

4-12. General

NOTE

Dispersers that have been used on a mission are

Use soap and water to clean the

partially cleaned by the operator (para 2-10).

equipment when talc is used.

Organizational maintenance personnel will disassemble

and completely decontaminate the disperser when it is

4-13. Decontaminating Solution

returned

organizational

maintenance.

Decontaminating operations on the gun group, hose

NOTE

group, and tank group are outlined below. TM 3-220

Decontaminating solution is used to

contains additional decontamination procedures.

decontaminate

equipment

that

contains agent.

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