How Special Paint On The Hood Of The World War II Jeep Protected Soldiers' Lives
“In order to provide for the detection of liquid vesicants, the
following procedure is adopted,” the European Theater of Operations
document reads. “When the national symbol is located in a position
visible to the driver, the space between the points of the star will be
painted with paint, liquid vesicant detector, M5, to form a circle
around the star.”
“In the presence of a vesicant spray attack,”
the document continues, “the detector paint will give warning by
becoming discolored from its normal brown to red,” going on to say that
the paint does not work if the vesicant is a vapor.
The document
continues, saying that if the star symbol isn’t visible, a two-square
foot blotch of paint should be painted on an area that the driver can
see, and that the paint has to be renewed twice a year or “whenever it
becomes checked and chalky.” The paint should be cleaned with a brush
and water, and it should be kept away from leaded fuel, the document
states.
(Jalopnik.com)
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