Accession Number | REL31425.012 |
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Collection type | Heraldry |
Object type | Personal Equipment |
Physical description | Cellophane, Chemicals, Metal, Paper |
Maker |
Truetech Inc |
Place made | United States of America |
Date made | 1992 |
Conflict |
Iraq, 2003-2013 |
Book of chemical agent detector paper : HMAS Darwin
Australian military forces pad of Chemical Agent Detection paper. The stapled pad of 25 detector sheets is unopened in its clear cellophane packaging. It is stored, together with a Personal decontamination kit bottle (REL31425.011) in a velcro pouch on the right hand side of the green canvas respirator case (REL31425.004). The front covering sheet of the pad reads: 'PAPER, CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTOR, VGH, ABC-M8 NSN 6665-00-050-8529 BOOK OF 25 SHEETS'. The rear covering sheet reads: 'The paper may also be used to detect liquid contamination by placing the paper in contact with the suspect surface. A color change similar to that shown on the inside front cover indicates the presence of chemical agents. NOTE: Certain G-agents give a red-brown color response which is intermediate between the typical H & G colors. DATE OF MANUFACTURE 10/92 LOT NUMBER 78-3 CONTRACTOR: TRUETECH, INC. RIVERHEAD, NY 11901'.
Issued to a crewmember aboard HMAS Darwin during the war on Iraq, 2003.