USMC 100473: "LVTP5A1 Fire Suppression system"

Item Description
Title
USMC 100473: "LVTP5A1 Fire Suppression system"

Citation information
USMC 100473: "LVTP5A1 Fire Suppression system". United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

USMC History Division inventory no
BY

Marine Corps Library Number
0000-16

Additional identifiers
VC-9

MIRC inventory no.
USMC 100473

Decade
1960

Date
1968

Description
This narrated film reports on the testing and development of an improved Fire Suppression System for Landing Vehicles Tracked in 1968. Narrated diagrams detail the destructive power of explosively induced gasoline fires in the troop compartments of LVTs, and the many proposed solutions. Live tests of explosions in LVTs depict successful tests of suppression system triggered by a wire grid in the LVTs hull. Demonstrations also show the response time of the release of an air and freon mixture. Multiple explosion tests also show the increased safety of foam-baffled fuel tanks. The film culminates in total system response tests, incorporating each of the preceding safety measures in tests at Camp Pendleton with the assistance of the West Coast Branch of the USMC Landing Force Development Center and the Base Explosive ordnance Disposal Team. The film's narration emphasizes how this successfully tested fire suppression system could be adapted for other LVTs and other combat vehicles to increase vehicle survivability.

Location(s)
Camp Pendleton (Calif.)

Military Grid Reference
11SMS63907530

Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)

Genre
Equipment tests

Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository

Original color
Color

Original audio
Sound

Original gauge
Film: 16mm

Original generation
Reversal: Positive

Original physical length
400

Original aspect ratio
1.37:1 (Academy)

Original media type
Motion pictures (visual works)

Language
English

Contributing organization
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections


Digital collection name
United States Marine Corps Films


Rights information
Public Domain. For further information please contact Moving Image Research Collections, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.

Digital media type
Moving Image

Date digital file created
06/05/2018

Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.

Digital runtime
10:33

Digital file type
video/H264