The chemical depot company establishes and operates installations to handle chemical warfare supplies in accordance with general supply principles outlined in FM 100-10. Its duties fall generally into two categories: a. Supply. This involves reception, classification, storage, surveillance, issue, and shipment of chemical warfare supplies and equipment. b. Filling. The company prepares fillings for certain chemical warfare weapons and munitions, and fills some types of munitions not normally filled in the zone of interior. Depending upon the situation, these may include chemical land mines, chemical cylinders, chemical bombs, and airplane smoke tanks. Considerable quantities of bulk chemical agents are transferred from large containers to smaller drums. 2. ASSIGNMENT.
DesignationFM 3-65
EditionDec 1944
StatusSuperseded
Pages80
FunctionCBRN
EchelonCompany
CollectionHistoric
Public domain (U.S. Government work)