scope:

This specification covers 2 types of gas-particulate filter sets rated at 340 cubic meters per hour (cmh) (200 cubic feet per minute (cfm)) for use in collective protection configurations (see 6.1):

• Type I - Filter set, gas-particulate, 340 cmh (200 cfm) for Advanced Integrated Collective Protection Systems (AICPS). • Type II - Filter set, gas-particulate, 340 cmh (200 cfm) for land based Collective Protection Equipment (MCPE), for shipboard Collective Protection Systems (CPS), and for the fan filter assembly of the transportable CPS.

Beneficial comments (recommendations, additions, deletions) and any pertinent data which may be of use in improving this document should be addressed to: Technical Director, U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, ATTN: AMSSB-REN-SS, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5424 by using the self-addressed Standardization Document Improvement Proposal (DD Form 1426) appearing at the end of this document or by letter.

Each filter set consists of a separate gas and particulate filter. This specification should be used in conjunction with MIL-PRF-51526 on particulate filters for the purchase of gas-particulate filter sets. No separate specification for gas filters is available.

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