Description
The M5 smoke pot is a cylindrical sheet-metal container, 8 1/2 inches in diameter by 9 1/2 inches high, filled with approximately 30 pounds of type C HC smoke mixture and 1 pound of fast burning smoke mixture and provided with an ignition device. The bottom of the container is tapered to a diameter of 8 1/4 inches to permit stable stacking.
The pot is covered by a nonremovable outer cover with a circular tear strip. Two binding posts, which are mounted on the outer cover, are connected internally by two lead wires to two electric squibs. (Pots produced before August 1954 have only one internal squib.) A carrying handle is mounted on the outer cover. An inner cover with a circular hole in its center covers the filling. A plastic cup containing a starter mixture is embedded in the top of the filling under the hole in the inner cover. A match head which is centered above the starter mixture is accessible when the tear strip is removed. A scratcher block in a paper envelope is packed between the inner and outer covers.
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Source(s)
TM 3-300, Ground Chemical Munitions (1956)
