TM 3-6665-254-12
SECTION II
DESCRIPTION
5. General
Detector tubes, tickets, and paper in the ABC- M18A2 chemical agent detector kit (fig.1) are used to detect the presence
of chemical agents listed in paragraph 4 (vapors, aerosols, liquids). The presence of a chemical agent is detected by
distinctive color changes which are fully described in section IV. Some chemical agents produce direct color changes;
others require the addition of reagent solutions to effect color changes.
6.
Components of Kit
a. General. The ABC-M18A2 chemical agent detector kit when initially issued consists of the components listed in
b below. However, in use, many components are expended. As long as sufficient serviceable components remain in the
kit to perform at least five complete series of tests, the kit is considered serviceable (para 33).
b. Components of Kit. The components of the kit (fig. 2) consist of the following items which are contained in a
carrier (1):
Carrier (pencil attached) (1)
Instruction cards (2)
Detector tubes (5 clips of 25 each) (3)
Blue-band tubes (2 clips)
Red-band tubes (1 clip)
Green-band tubes (1 clip)
Yellow-band tubes (1 clip)
Sampling tubes-white band (1 clip of 25 each) (3)
ABC-M8 VGH chemical agent detector paper (1 book
of 25 papers) (4)
Inspection date record card (5)
Detector tickets (1 belt of 40 each) (6)
Color coded plastic squeeze bottles with matching
colored caps (3 each) (7)
Blue-marked- bottle of sodium hydroxide
White-marked bottle of buffered water
Green-marked bottle, empty
Aspirator bulb assembly (8)
Glass vial, green-marked, containing 14 tablets
(compound 34) (9)
Packets (straws) containing powder reagent (sodium
pyrophosphate peroxide) (14 each) (10)
Plastic container for glass vial and packets (straws) of
powdered reagent (11)
Figure 1. ABC-M18A2 chemical detector
kit.
Report cards in envelopes (5 each) (12)
Red-marked dispenser (substrate solution) (13)
c.
Discard Dates
WARNING
Do not use an outdated kit because it will give unreliable test results. A false negative
indication would give a false sense of security which may result in
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