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TM 3-4230-218-12&P
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
Section I.
General Information
Section II.
Equipment Description
Section III.
Principles of Operation
Section I.
GENERAL INFORMATION
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Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1
Maintenance Forms and Re-
cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-2
Reporting Equipment Im-
provement Recommenda-
tions (EIR's)..............1-3
a.
Type
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Nomenclature Cross Ref-
erence List . . . . . ..1-4
Destruction of Army Ma-
teriel to Prevent Ene-
my Use . . . . . . . . .1-5
Preparation for Storage
or Shipment . . . . . . .1-6
of Manual.
This manual is an operator’s and orgazanizational
maintenance manual including a Repair Parts and Special Tools List (RPSTL).
b.
Model Number and Equipment Name.
The official equipment nomencla-
ture is the Decontaminating Apparatus:
Power-Driven, Portable, Type A/E32U-
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c.
Purpose of Equipment.
The equipment is used to decontaminate
equipment, personnel and other material exposed to nuclear, biological, or
chemical contaminants.
It is used with water and also water mixed with decon-
taminating agents.
When using decontaminating agents, the injector must be
used.
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MAINTENANCE FORMS AND RECORDS.
Department of the Army forms and procedures used for equipment maintenance
will be those prescribed by DA PAM 738-750, Maintenance Management Update.
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REPORTING EQUIPMENT IMPROVEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS (EIR’s).
If your decontaminating apparatus needs improvement, let us know. Send us
an EIR.
You, the user, are the only one who can tell us what you don’t like
about your equipment.
Let us know why you don’t like the design or perfor-
mance.
Put it on an SF 368 (Quality Deficiency Report).
Mail it to us at
Commander.
US Army Armament Munitions and Chemical Command, ATTN:
AMSMC-QAD (R), Rock Island, IL 61299-6000. We’ll send you a reply.
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