46. DESTRUCTION PROCEDURE.
If circumstances should force abandonment of chemical warfare materiel
in the field, it is destroyed or rendered useless to prevent its use or
study by the enemy. The following methods are recommended:
_a. Flame thrower._ One or more small-arms bullets through the fuel
tanks will prevent any immediate use of the flame thrower. Additional
rounds may be put through the pressure tank. If the pressure tank is
charged, the pressure-tank valve should be opened for a few seconds,
thus permitting the contents to dissipate. This is necessary if rounds
are to be fired point-blank. The gun may be rendered useless by bending
it over a hard object. A sledge or ax will demolish valves and tubes. A
fragmentation grenade will also achieve demolition.
_b. Filling and charging apparatus._ The flexible tubing, gages, and
valves may be destroyed by blows with an ax, sledge, or other heavy
instrument. The large pressure cylinders are rendered useless by
releasing the contents and then destroying the valves by blows with an
ax or sledge. Cylinders can be stacked like cordwood in groups of five
and demolished by the detonation of four 1/2-pound blocks (2 pounds) of
TNT in their midst. The air compressor may be destroyed by a similar
procedure.
_c. Fuel._ Burn.
_d. Mixing apparatus._ Containers and filling lines may be rendered
useless by ax or sledge blows, or by small-arms fire.
_e. Thickener._ Cans of thickener should be broken open. Contents
should be thrown into a fire or into a body of water.
_f. Ignition cylinders._ Burn to destroy. Personnel should stay
several yards from the fire because the cylinders ignite with a slight
detonation.
PART THREE
MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS