CHEMICAL AGENT RESISTANT COATING FOR DESERT SHIELD VEHICLES

File: 090496_jul96_decls8_0001.txt
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Subject: CHEMICAL AGENT RESISTANT COATING FOR DESERT SHIELD VEHICLES     

Box  ID: BX000448

Document Number:         20

Folder Title: HISTORIANS BACKGROUND MATERIALS FILES - ARCENT READING FILES 7 AUG 90                           

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Unit: ARCENT      

Parent Organzation: CENTCOM     


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   OPERATION DESERT SHIELD
   SUBJ CHEMICAL AGENT RESISTANT COATING (CARC) FOR DESERT SHIELD
   VEHICLES



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   1, TIME AND MATERIAL PERMITTINGO, ALL COMBAT AND COMBAT SUPPORT
   EQUIPMENTO TACTICAL VEHICLEST AND ESSENTIAL GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENTI
   INCLUDING APPROPRIATE KITS EXCEPT AS AMENDED BY AR 750-1 WILL BE
   PROTECTED WITH CARC TAN 686. SAND HAS BEEN REPLACED BY TAN 686 AND
   WAS AUTHORIZED TO BE USED TO EXPEDITE ATTAINMENT OF A DESERT
   CAMOUFLAGE COLOR,
   P, ALL DEPOTS AND ORIGINIAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURES WILL APPLY
   CARC TAN 686 ON ALL ITEMS CITED ABOVE THAT ARE GOING TO UNITS
   PARTICIPATING IN OPERATION DESERT SHIELD,
   3, CONTRARY TO SOME BELIEFS#, CARC SAFETY REQUIREMENTS ARE THE
ED
   A@KYD PAINT. CARC CAN BE APPLIED OVER THE OLD ALKYD COATING PROVIDED
   THAT THE SURFACE IS CURED AND CLEAN. ALKYD COATED EQUIPMENT/VEHICLES
   DO NOT HAVE To BE STRIPPED DOWN To BARE METAL;PRIOR TO APPLICATION
   CARC,
   14, UTILIZATION OF CARC TAN 686 CAN REDUCE THE INTERIOR TEMPERATURES
   OF VECHILES BY AS MUCH AS TEN DEGREES OR MORE. EXTERIOR SURFACES
   WILL ALSO BE COOLER SINCE TAN 686 WILL REFLECT SOME OF THE HEAT RAYS
   FROM THE SON.
   5, GENERAL SERVICES AGENCY HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO CHALLANGE ALL



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   REQUISTIIDNS FOR EXCESSIVE QUANTITIES OF SAND CARC,IN THAT IT