USA - TMU-28/B

TMU-28/B

A container for spraying a nervous nerve agents VX. In the arsenal of the us armed forces introduced probably from the mid-sixties. The container consists of four main components: the tank on the liquid VX, the hinge for podvěšení to the airplane, the tail section and device for the spraying of VX. In the tail section are located the electrical wiring required to ensure the function of the container.

The only user of the device was the us air force (US Air Force). Among the disadvantages of the device were the conditions under which it can be used. The Pilot of the aircraft had to fly at relatively low altitude (around 150 m) at a speed not exceeding about 550 km/h.

From TMU-28/B was derived the type of the PAU-7/B, designed for use on F-4D, whose task it was to pulverize the defoliants Agent Orange, White and Blue.

In times of Cold war, TMU-28/B, stored on the territory of West Germany, their storage seems to be the letacká base Spangdahlem lying near the border with Luxembourg and Belgium.

In November 1985, he agreed to the american Congress with the destruction of 90% of the total stocks of chemical munitions of the u.s. armed forces, in October 1992, then the decision was made to destroy the remaining stockpiles of chemical weapons. In the race TOCDF (Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility) in Utah was eventually destroyed a total of 862 containers TMU-28/B.

Carrier: F-4 Phantom II


Technical-tactical data
Total weight: 877 kg
The weight of the transported VX: 615 kg (approx 606 l)

Dimensions:
- the diameter of the body of the container: 572 mm
- the length of the container: 4 712 mm


Sources
1) Desert Chemical Depot Attachment 1 - Waste Analysis Plan, 2004
2) Kotchmann, G. With.: Flushing Techniques for Defoliant Spray Tanks, Eglin, 1970
3) http://www.hazardouswaste.utah.gov/.
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