Pondering paints.Given enough time and wear, the paint on PASGT PASGT Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops (US DoD) (personal armor system ground troops) (Kevlar) and CVC See CSC. helmets can crack, chip and peel. Sooner or later the helmets will need repainting. If you've been handed the task of painting helmets, you'll need to know what color and type of paints the Army authorizes. One option is to go to TM 10-8400-203-23, General Repair Procedures for Individual Equipment. Page 19-4.2 (Change 6) lists two NSNs for an olive drab olive drab n. 1. A grayish olive to dark olive brown or olive gray. 2. a. Cloth of this color, often used in military uniforms. b. also olive drabs A uniform made from cloth of this color. CARC CARC Canadian Arctic Resources Committee CARC Chemical Agent Resistant Coating CARC Canadian Agri-Food Research Council CARC Claim Adjustment Reason Code CARC Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission (Jordan) paint for the PASGT helmet. It's manufactured according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. MIL-C-46168. NSN NSN National Stock Number NSN Nokia Siemens Networks NSN National Storytelling Network NSN NATO Stock Number NSN New Substances Notification (CEPA) NSN National Student Number (NZ) NSN Never Say Never 8010-01-055-2319 brings one gallon of paint, and NSN 8010-01-144-9875 brings four gallons. It's a solvent-based paint that uses silica-type flattening agents. But it has some drawbacks: It contains hazardous air pollutants, and the dried finish easily mars. Page 4-8 (Change 6) of the same TM lists a forest green paint, NSN 8010-01-123-9278, for use on the CVC helmet. Don't bother to order it, though, because it's a terminal item. A BETTER OPTION FOR PAINTING THE PASGT AND CVC HELMETS TO USE ONE OF THE NEWER, ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] CARC PAINTS. THERE ARE TWO TYPES. BOTH ARE MANUFACTURED ACCORDING TO MIL-DTL-64159. THEY CARRY THE FED-STD-595 COLOR NAME A color name is a noun, noun phrase that refers to a specific color. The color name may refer to human perception of that color (which is affected by visual context), or of an underlying physical property (such as a specific wavelength of visible light). GREEN 383 AND COLOR NUMBER 34094 AND BOTH ARE WATER-DISPERSIBLE PAINTS WHOSE MAJOR SOLVENTS ARE FREE OF HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS. ONLY ONE DRAWBACK: TYPE II COSTS MORE THAN TYPE I This paint uses silica-type flattening agents. It withstands harsh weather fairly well, but the dried finish is prone to moderate marring. Type 1 FED-STD-595 FED-STD-595 Type Kit NSN color name color number size 8010-01-492- Green 383 34094 1 3 pints 6637 Green 383 34094 1 3 quarts 6648 Green 383 34094 1 3 gallons 6639 Green 383 34094 1 15 gallons 6640 This paint uses polymeric beads for flattening agents. It does an outstanding job of resisting harsh weather, and it has a non-marring dried finish. Type II FED-STD-595 FED-STD-595 Type Kit NSN color name color number size 8010-01-493- Green 383 34094 2 3 pints 3168 Green 383 34094 2 3 quarts 3169 Green 383 34094 2 3 gallons 3170 Green 383 34094 2 15 gallons 3171 |
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