Chemical Warfare Agent Detection Kits: Deadly Battlefield Chemistry 

"I'm very aware of what this looks like" Spoken like a man who knows his audience.

One of the most interesting channel I have found....a hidden gem in an haystack

This channel is going to get caught up by the algorithm one of these days and absolutely explode. You are punching way above your weight class with the quality of these videos and sooner or later all of that work is going to pay off.

In US military parlance the booklet of paper was called M8 Detector paper. Ours was labeled as such on the front and we were instructed to wipe objects in the environment to test for nerve agents. We also had a "streamlined" version about the size of a deck of playing cards called the 256 kit. It was clumsy to use in gloves as well.

Some time ago, during my Soviet army service, I had an experience with Soviet equipment for chemical agents detection. The kit consisted of metal box with webbing straps, air pump, flashlight, instructions and, mainly, a set of pre-filled and sealed glass tubes. In order to detect agents, you must break both ends of a test tube, insert it to air pump and make some strokes. I think it is a rare case when Soviet equipment was more effective: you would got results much quicker and without much fiddling. BTW, the air pump had two sockets for test tubes (if memory serves me well), so testing takes less of valuable time. Of cause, the kit can contain only a limited amount of test tubes, and these tubes has a limited shelf life. In Russian, the kit is abbreviated as ВПХР (Войсковой прибор химической разведки), or "army's chemical detection gear". There are some reviews and tests in RU-vid, but I'm afraid these reviews are in Russian.

I can't believe this channel hasn't been in my life forever. Premonition maybe. My ex happened that way.

You should do a video on the Soviet version - VPXR (Войсковой прибор химической разведки). Similar concept but a different approach. The kit comes in a metal box rather than a fabric bag. If you know where to look they can still be readily obtained for not much money even today. The kit can be used to test for contamination of air, water, and soil samples. It can also test for surface contamination of equipment, vehicles, etc. Like all such kits it relies on a chemical reaction to detect contaminants. As we all know the temperature at which chemical reactions occur is important. Since this is a Soviet kit the designers acknowledged that it may have to be used during a Siberian winter so heating elements are included to ensure the tests are conducted at the correct temperature. Those of you who are familiar with Soviet era military manuals will be unsurprised to learn that the manual for this kit includes not only instructions on how to use it but also a detailed description of all of the individual parts and their function. Chapter 1 is an overview of the kit and a detailed description of all the parts. Chapter 2 gives general techniques for working with the device. Chapter 3 covers determination of toxic substances. Chapter 4 maintenance of the device during operation. Chapter 5 possible malfunctions of the device and how to eliminate them. Chapter 6 deals with correct storage of the device. From personal experience I would say the Soviet kits were built to a better quality than their NATO counterparts. I still have a couple of these kits left over from my activities during the Cold War. (Don't ask....)

Thoroughly enjoying the milsurp stuff, I love that musky mildew smell.

I wasn't actually done, but......😅 Great interesting video!

'Toxic' by Dan Kaszeta is a very good book for those wanting to know more about the history of nerve agents.

Commercial insecticides will sometimes test out as nerve agent. So will banana oil.

Looks like a chemistry kit that's fun for the whole family!

Hugs and Godspeed!

When I was in the USAF in 1975 I was selected to be trained as NBC (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) Decontamination Technician. We had test strips like litmus paper which would turn colors for different chemical agents. If memory serves yellow indicated nerve agent and red indicated blood agent. I don't remember the other colors. One odd thing is that the strips would turn yellow if exposed to Lysol brand cleaner. There was.something which would make the test strips react as it exposed to blood agent but I do not recall what. To use the test strip you would pop the top of the plastic tube, extract a strip and wave it in the air. It was easy to do even when wearing full chemical gear. FYI, my son who fought in the gulf war.(Desert Shield/Storm) says that they did have to don chemical gear because Sadaam did deploy chemical agents on coalition troops even if it has never officially been admitted by coalition governments.

I love your presentation - YOUR FUNNY

I am interested in the naming format "L#","A#" comes from as we has a similar naming convention in Australia, for example the FAL assault rifles, that Australia used in the 1980s when I was in the army reserve was called a SLR L1A1...?

So I guess you have to go through all the tests to determine there is no threat and then you can remove your gas mask.

Watch the Flechette video and think you might could grow when focusing more on one topic and then maybe get some collaborations for example whit the military history crowed as i think they are also decently networked.

Mmmm😊

All that stuff that our taxes keep financing on daily basis.