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Première livraison des M1135 Stryker NBC

10th Sustainment Soldiers Embrace Capabilities of New Chemical-Detection VehicleFORT DRUM, N.Y. --- Four M1135 Strykers are now in the hands of a Fort Drum unit that specializes in unconventional warfare mission.

The 59th Chemical Company, 63rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, accepted delivery of the Stryker nuclear, biological and chemical reconnaissance vehicles, Oct. 24.

The vehicles are fitted with equipment used to detect and analyze chemicals on the ground or in the air, while keeping the Soldiers inside the vehicle safe.

"The vehicle is pressurized," said Capt. Ronald C. Kamp, 59th Chemical Company commander. "The vehicle itself is a protective shell."

Kamp said the added survivability is important because when people are trying to leave a contaminated area, the chemical-detection Soldiers are heading in.

Compared to the M93 Fox that Soldiers used in the past, the Stryker provides added armor, modern equipment, and integrated biological and chemical, detection capabilities.

"The Stryker platform is designed to fill the gap between heavy and light armor," Kamp explained. "It's not an Abrams tank, but we can stick around in the fight a lot longer than if we were in a Humvee."

When the Strykers arrived at Fort Drum in late September, they were sent to a maintenance facility to ensure they were up to specifications before going to the unit.

The 59th Chemical Company is the only unit on Fort Drum to have the vehicles.

The company will train on the vehicles for many months to ensure the Soldiers are proficient in its use and operation, but training is not expected to change in any way. "It will be enhanced," Kamp said.

Soldiers were eager to receive the equipment and start familiarizing themselves with the vehicle. "The addition of the Stryker vehicles will enable this platoon to train with the actual equipment we will deploy with to support combatant commands worldwide," said Staff Sgt. Terence M. Erb, platoon sergeant assigned to 1st Platoon, 59th Chemical Company.

"The Soldiers are very excited about learning everything there is to know about this vehicle," he added. "They are ready to embrace the change."

Some people would say that chemical Soldiers have a unique profession. "Being a part of the nuclear, biological and chemical reconnaissance crew is the embodiment of being a Soldier scientist," Kamp said.

While the unit's expertise offers much to boast about, Soldiers of the 59th Chemical Company are content with just knowing they possess a capability that can save lives.

"The 59th Chemical Company is extremely proud to offer this enhanced capability to the 10th Mountain Division, in an effort to protect its Soldiers, [non-commissioned officers] and officers who are fighting and winning our nation's wars," Kamp said.

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Chemical and Biological Protective Shelter M8E1

 

Systeme de tente transporté sur un camion blindé. Avec groupes électrogènes, système de filtration. C'est un remplacement du Chemical and Biological Protective Shelter M8 datant des année 1990.

 

 

 

 

désappointé..

Modifié le 3 février 2014 par wolfmoy

[collectionneur]

Est ce que le Fox est ce blindé allemand de lutte NBC utilisé durant la guerre du golfe de 1991 ?

[Rob1]

Yes, le M93 Fox est le Fuchs allemand.

[Serge]

Acheté par les USA et les britanniques.

[collectionneur]

Ils n'ont finalement heureusement pas eu l'occasion de servir sur le champ de bataille. Je pense avoir vu il y a longtemps un reportage sur la destruction des stocks irakiens par l'ONU avec des photos de ces engins.

Sur Army Guide Reco, la fiche sur le Fuchs 2 indique le Fuschs 1 a aussi été vendu aux Pays-Bas dans sa version NBC mais le site Tanknutdave écrit qu'il s'agit de version de guerre électronique.

Modifié le 26 février 2014 par collectionneur

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Army Developing Air-Cooled Gas Masks

Published on May 14th, 2014

Written by: Mike Hoffman

Army engineers are designing a chemical-biological protective mask that will have it’s own built in fan.

Service officials recognized how hot the current masks can make soldiers and want to offer masks that would have a fan blowing cool air on their faces when conditions get hottest. Scientists at the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center are leading the effort.

“Technology brings this relief to a Soldier through a powered air purifying respirator, which consists of a hose connected to the face mask from a blower unit and battery pack hanging off the hip or back. A typical respirator is heavy and cumbersome, adding to the weight of the equipment troops already carry,” the Army said in a statement.

The challenge is building a light respirator that requires little power, keeps out harmful chemicals and agents, and also can blow cool air on a soldier’s face.

Edgewood Chemical Biological Center’s Respiratory Protection Branch has designed an entire helmet system for the respirator that includes the mask. The Army has tested a few prototypes and found the commercial version of the M50 joint service general purpose mask to be the most comfortable to the soldier.

The Army has started a larger helmet development program. Last Fall, Army officials released two new helmet prototypes the service is testing to offer soldiers a modular design that would allow crew members to need only one helmet versus the two they currently have to keep.

The helmets came out of the Helmet Electronics and Display System-Upgradeable Protection program — a four year development effort led by the Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center.

Engineers and scientists have developed the helmet to potentially include see-through and projected heads up display technologies, better eye and face protection and improved ballistic materials.

http://kitup.military.com/2014/05/army-developing-air-cooled-gas.html