Description
The M1 smoke pot is a cylindrical sheet-metal container, ? inches in diameter by 9 inches high, filled with 9 1/2 to 11 pounds type C HC smoke mixture and provided with an ignition device. A movable outer cover, which protects the contents during storage and shipment, is clamped to the top of the pot by a metal clamp and sealed with adhesive tape. A nonremovable inner cover with a hole in its center covers the filling. A plastic cup containing a starter mixture is embedded in the filling directly under the hole in the inner cover. A match head is centered in the hole in the inner cover, in contact with the starter mixture. A scratcher block in a paper envelope is packed between the outer and inner covers.
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Source(s)
TM 3-300, Ground Chemical Munitions (1956)
