Vietnam War: Forest Fire as a Military Weapon - Paperless Archives

More documents

Recommendations

Info

SECRET CLIMATE FF-HUSB FROSTFREE WINTER; HUMID, SHORT BURN SEASON All equatorial and frostfree tropical climates having 1-4 "B" months and low yearly (-) values. Examples are: Precipitation No. of Months Yearly Humidity Values Location Pattern "H" "O" "B" (+) (-) Phuket, Thailand Humid 8 0 2 +329 -18 Paramaribo, Sur. Humid 10 0 2 +351 -5 Lagos. Nigeria Humid 8 0 2 +235 -6 Port of Spain. Trin. Monsoon 6 2 2 +313 -5 Recife, Brazil Monsoon 6 1 3 +264 -18 Havana. Cuba Humid 7 0 3 +208 -11 Nassau, Bahamas Monsoon 6 0 4 +237 -12 Key West, Florida Monsoon 5 1 4 +151 -17 Cairns, Australia Humid 7 0 2 +253 -4 Hanoi, N. Vietnam Humid 7 0 2 +266 -4 Temperature: Not limiting. Precipitation: Limits plant growth for a short period, especially under monsoon patterns. Major vegetation tp: Evergreen tropical hardwood forest; blends with semi-deciduous forest under monsoon climate. Many areas of man-made secondary forest and savana types. Understory vegetation: Woody plants are tree seedlings, vines, and scattered shrubs. Amount: Usually low in dry weight. Moisture content: High yearlong. Litter layer: Only current leaf fall. Rapid chemical and biological breakdown of woody material. Total available fuel weight on a good burning day: 0.1l1 pounds per square foot. Burn days: Short dry period in most years, but a few rainy days are apt to occur any month. Desiccation needs: Must remove forest canopy and kill understory vegetation for successful burning. Use either foliar sprays or an application of pellets to the soil. j Foliar sprays: Apply a defoliant spray at least 6 months ahead of planned burning date. Wait at least 6 weeks and apply a repeat spray on the exposed understory. On each date, apply the following mixture per acre: 8 Ibs., a.e., of a 1: mix of 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T plus 2 Ibs., a.e., of picloram ester, both combined in { diesel oil to make a total mixture of 5 gallons. Soil application: Apply 20 lbs., ae., of picloram pellets per acre. S S~SECRET a
SECRET Dates for example location (Hanoi, Fig. B2): I. Apply first spray in June and second spray in August. Or i. Apply pellets in April. 2. Burn in December or January, or in February. IS I i ~SECRET s
Page 1:
VIETNAM WAR Forest Fire as a Milita
Page 4 and 5:
Forest Fire as a Military Weapon A
Page 6 and 7:
OF7 A iD5S Hil'---0 __ = IIIII- _w
Page 8 and 9:
SECRET FOREST FIRE AS A MILITARY WE
Page 10 and 11:
SECRET INDEX (Continued) Page Weath
Page 12 and 13:
SECRET FOREST FIRE AS A MILITARY WE
Page 14 and 15:
SECRET detailed and timely intellig
Page 16 and 17:
SECRET I I I i it FI.I FIG. 2 I I B
Page 18 and 19:
I SECRET I I I I I S....... '•FIG
Page 20 and 21:
SECRET FI.I TYIAIRONFR BEOR FIG.FIG
Page 22 and 23:
SECRET REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCCESSFUL
Page 24 and 25:
I I SECRET heating adjacent unburne
Page 26 and 27:
I SECRET FUEL TYPE 8o e1 82 83 84 I
Page 28 and 29:
I SECRET I ii 11 I S~FIG. 17 | GRAS
Page 30 and 31:
I I SECRET I I FIG. 18 SHRUB TYPE I
Page 32 and 33:
Relative Humidity SECRET Table 2 "S
Page 34 and 35:
I U I I I I I SECRET I FIG. 21 CONI
Page 36 and 37:
S~SECRET A I. B O I I I IB. IN O LE
Page 38 and 39:
I I SECRET I- I I I I I I I FIG. EV
Page 40 and 41:
SECRET In developing recommended pr
Page 42 and 43:
U SECRET The yearly sums of (+) val
Page 44 and 45:
I Fireclimate Classification SECRET
Page 46 and 47:
SECRET TABLE 5 KEY TO IDENTIFICATIO
Page 48 and 49:
SECRET SHumid, long bum season (HUL
Page 50 and 51:
I SECRET Table 6 Surfac,,/Volume Ra
Page 52 and 53: I SECRET FIG. 29 AVAILABLE FUEL WEI
Page 54 and 55: SECRET 100 80 FIG. 31 FLAME HEIGHTS
Page 56 and 57: I SECRET I Table 7 Precipitation Ef
Page 58 and 59: I SECRET FIG. 32 EQUILIBRIUM MOI$TU
Page 60 and 61: •Sunshine: SECRET Solar radiation
Page 62 and 63: I I SECRET I Ii I II I g I FIG. 34
Page 64 and 65: Technique"s for Kdlin, D•rming an
Page 66 and 67: SECRET I t '4Pi I I FIG. 35 * AERIA
Page 68 and 69: SECRET FIG.36 EFFECTS OF OVERSTORY
Page 70 and 71: SECRET FIG. 37 TYPICAL EFFECT OF CO
Page 72 and 73: I .SECRET Use of Systemic Desiccant
Page 74 and 75: SECRET 6. Effectiveness of foliar s
Page 76 and 77: SECRET Example of a Desiccation Pla
Page 78 and 79: SECRET If a lighted match is droppe
Page 80 and 81: SECRET 0 0 ----- 0" E I- -- z -- o
Page 82 and 83: SECRET The advantages of multiple i
Page 84 and 85: SECRET DISCUSSION The deliberate in
Page 86 and 87: 1 SECRET U MINH FOREST FIRES PROLOG
Page 88 and 89: SECRET Spread Analysis: Spread to K
Page 90 and 91: SECRET HEADQUARTERS US ARMY ADVISOR
Page 92 and 93: I SECRET MACV-IVC-2 24 May 1968 SUB
Page 94 and 95: SECRET NAVAL GUNFIRE MISSIONS DATE
Page 96 and 97: SECRET Rach Gia - Kien Giang Hourly
Page 98 and 99: SECRET APPENDIX B Pertinent Incendi
Page 100 and 101: SECRET Major vegetation type: Tropi
Page 104 and 105: SECRET FIG. B2 CLIMATE FF-HUSB HANO
Page 106 and 107: SECRET Soil appiicat ion: Apply 20
Page 108 and 109: SECRET CLIMATE FF-NHLB FROSTFREE WI
Page 110 and 111: SECRET CLIMATE FF-DRYL FROSTFREE WI
Page 112 and 113: SECRET CLIMATE MI-HUYL MILD WINTER;
Page 114 and 115: SECRET FIG. B6 CLIMATE MI-HUYL NEW
Page 116 and 117: SECRET Soil application: Apply 15 p
Page 118 and 119: SECRET CLIMATE MI-HULB MILD WINTER;
Page 120 and 121: SECRET FCa. W8 CLIMATE MI-HULB RHOD
Page 122 and 123: SECRET FIG. B9 CLIMATE MI-NHSB AUST
Page 124 and 125: SECRET Dates for examl ocationAU.s
Page 126 and 127: SECRET CLIMATE MI-DRYL MILD WINTER;
Page 128 and 129: * climates& j SECRET CLIMATE CL-HUY
Page 130 and 131: SECRET FIG. 512 CLIMATE CL-HUYL COL
Page 132 and 133: SECRET Dates for example location (
Page 134 and 135: SECRET t (IIMATI (L HILD ('(X)I WIN
Page 136 and 137: SECRET (1lMAU- (L NH.% 41()1. *INTI
Page 138 and 139: I SECRET (IIM-AIF ( Hl•Nt1 ( Wl W
Page 140 and 141: SECRET FIG. 816 CLIMATE CL-NHLB GRA
Page 142 and 143: SECRET FIG. 817 CLIMATE CL-DRYL LAS
Page 144 and 145: Foliar sTray: Apply per acre: SECRE
Page 146 and 147: Warm continental climates SECRET CL
Page 148 and 149: SECRET FIG. B19 CLIMATE SC-HUSB MT.
Page 150 and 151: SECRET Dates for cxampre location (
Page 152 and 153:
SECRET CLIMATE SC-NHYL SHORT COLD W
Page 154 and 155:
SECRET FIG. B21 CLIMATE SC-NHYL PAR
Page 156 and 157:
SECRET FIG. 522 CLIMATE SC-NHSB SAN
Page 158 and 159:
SECRET FIG. 823 CLIMATE SC-NHLB REN
Page 160 and 161:
SECRET Foliar Žpxa: Apply per acre
Page 162 and 163:
SECRET CLIMATE LC-HUSB LONG COLD WI
Page 164 and 165:
SECRET Foliar spray: Apply during t
Page 166 and 167:
"SECRET CLIMATE LC-NHLB LONG COLD W
Page 168 and 169:
SECRET CLIMATE VC-HUYL VERY COLD WI
Page 170 and 171:
I SECRET FIG. 827 CLIMATE VC-HUYL D
Page 172 and 173:
SECRET "CLIMATE VC-NHSB VERY COLD W
Page 174 and 175:
SECRET I Publiction-,: Protect EMOT
show all

Vietnam War: Forest Fire as a Military Weapon - Paperless Archives

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?