NBC Contamination Survivability, Large Item Exteriors

Abstract

This Test Operations Procedure (TOP) furnishes basic nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) contamination survivability testing information to facilitate test planning. conducting, and reporting, and to achieve standardized testing of mission-essential Army materiel. It describes typical facilities, equipment, and procedures used to contaminate the external surfaces of large items of equipment, to decontaminate the items, to sample for contamination remaining on the items' exterior surfaces, to assess the resulting degradation/damage to the items, and to assess the item/operator/N BC protective gear compatibility. This TOP is intended primarily for testing the survivability of externally contaminated large items of equipment such as combat vehicles, vans, shelters, and large packages of materiel that are decontaminated at the unit/support level, using power-driven decontaminating apparatus. This TOP was prepared in response to the requirements prescribed by Army Regulation (AR) 70-75.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 17, 1998
Accession Number
ADA343603

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Personnel
  • Cameras
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Contamination
  • Databases
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Measurement
  • Nuclear Fallout
  • Performance Tests
  • Physical Properties
  • Surface Properties
  • Surface Temperature
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Test Methods

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Systems Analysis and Design