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TM 3-250 Storage, Shipment, Handling and Disposal of Chemical Agents and Hazardous Chemicals Dated: 1969
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This TM 3-250 Storage, Shipment, Handling and Disposal of Chemical Agents and Hazardous Chemicals Technical Manual Dated: 1969, is an original Cold War-era U.S. Army technical publication covering one of the most specialized support and safety subjects in military logistics and chemical defense. For collectors of military manuals, Chemical Corps material, Cold War training literature, and U.S. Army technical publications, it is an important period document from an era when chemical-agent accountability, hazardous-material control, and military handling procedures were treated as serious operational responsibilities.
Issued in 1969, this manual reflects the U.S. Army’s effort to provide formal technical guidance for the management of chemical agents and hazardous chemicals within a military system. Manuals in this category were part of the broader body of Cold War technical literature used to support storage practices, transportation oversight, controlled handling, and disposal policy for sensitive materials. That makes this manual especially relevant to collectors and researchers interested in the administrative, logistical, and safety side of military chemical operations rather than just the weapons or delivery systems themselves.
What TM 3-250 Covers
As indicated by its title, TM 3-250 is centered on the military treatment of:
In historical terms, this places the manual within the broader subject areas of:
Because of its focus, this manual is especially useful as a historical and technical reference. It documents how the Army organized and taught the controlled management of sensitive materials during the late 1960s, a period when chemical defense and hazardous-material oversight remained a real part of military planning.
Historical Significance
The date 1969 places this manual in the late Cold War and Vietnam-era Army, when U.S. military doctrine continued to address chemical threats, hazardous material control, and the safe movement and management of dangerous military substances. This was a period when technical manuals were central to standardizing procedures across the force, and a publication like TM 3-250 reflects that effort in a very direct way.
For collectors and historians, this manual is significant because it covers a less commonly seen side of Army technical literature. Many manuals focus on weapons, vehicles, or field operations. TM 3-250 instead documents the support, control, and regulatory side of military chemical and hazardous-material management. That gives it strong historical value for anyone studying:
About This Manual
This listing is for TM 3-250 Storage, Shipment, Handling and Disposal of Chemical Agents and Hazardous Chemicals Technical Manual Dated: 1969.
It is especially well suited for:
Because manuals were working documents, surviving examples are valued not only for their content, but also for what they reveal about real military procedures, terminology, and institutional priorities of the period.
Why This Manual Matters
TM 3-250 adds depth to any collection centered on U.S. Army technical literature because it covers a side of military history that is often overlooked. It is not just about weapons or field gear. It documents the logistical and procedural framework behind how the Army handled hazardous materials and chemical-agent-related responsibilities during the Cold War.
For collectors, it is a strong stand-alone manual with clear historical relevance. For researchers, it provides period terminology and administrative context. For museums, it helps explain the support and control systems that existed behind broader Chemical Corps and hazardous-material operations.
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Approx length 10", Approx width 8", Approx height .25", Approx weight .2lbs.
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