Survival Kit

© Brooke Clarke 2010 - 2023

This is a survival kit that was issued after the Korean conflict (timeline).  It was used during the same time period as the SDU-5/E Distress Strobe Light, the PRC-25 & PRC-77 radios, and other survival equipment.  Note that our understanding of medicine has advanced since this kit was designed and today the contents would be different.

Bag

Part 1

1. Sealed Plastic Bag
2. Plastic Container
3. Adhesive Plaster
4. Matches
5. Bouillon Cubes
6. Oxytetracycline Tablets - (Wiki) - was the second of the broad-spectrum tetracycline group of antibiotics to be discovered.
7. Sweet Chocolate Ration Bar
8. Dextro-AmphetamineSulfate Tablets - (Wiki) - a psychostimulant drug which is known to produce increased wakefulness and focus in association with decreased fatigue and decreased appetite
9. APC Tablets - All Purpose Capsule (Excedrin:  Aspirin, Paracetamol, and Caffeine. Paracetamol = acetaminophen = Tylenol Wiki: Excedrin)
10. Bacitracin Opthalmic Ointment - (Wiki) - very effective topical antibiotic
11. Chloroquine (Wiki) & Primaquine (Wiki)  Phosphates Tablets - drugs used in the treatment or prevention of malaria
12. Bandage, Absorbent, Adhesive
    
13. Aluminum Foil ( Fold to make container for heating fluids or cooking.)
14. Soaped Tissues, Wrapped
    
15. Sewing Kit
16. Fishhooks and Line
17. Fraass Surgical Mfg. Co. Inc. (then FRAASS Survival Systems) - Kit List

Part 2

Survival Mirror

	2395605 Light Directing Device, Larry L. Young, Application Dec 7 1943, issued Feb 26 1946 - You move the mirror so that the "+" on your face (12) overlaps the "+" in the back of the mirror.  Then the image of the Sun is where the "+" is pointing (7).
	2412616 Signaling mirror, Richard S Hunter, NASA, App: 1945-04-20, W.W.II, Pub: 1946-12-17, - faster actions because of wider field of view.
	2557108 Signaling mirror, Richard S Hunter, App: 1946-12-04, W.W.II, Pub: 1951-06-19, - Wider field of view = faster and easier to track moving plane.

M-186 Pocket Flare Gun

The chamber is threaded 7/16-20 and the flare has that thread.  May be the same as a tear gas pocket pen gun?
If you know of a source for flares (new old stock or used spent) let me know.
Very similar to a tear gas gun.

YouTube: Mk 79 Pen Flare Pistol (6:16) Small Pistol Primer - Fireworks handheld star pen gun (10:20) 209 Shotgun Primer -

1608359 Fountain pen and attachment, Biason Sergio M, Nov 23, 1926, 42/51, 42/1.9, 42/69.1 -
1173464 Pocket-firearm, Leo Louis Rogers, Edmund C Moore, Feb 29, 1916, 42/53, 42/1.9, 30/123 -
1663834 Fountain-pen-shaped pistol, Goss Byron C, Mar 27, 1928, 42/1.8, 42/1.9 -
1664049 Firearm, Eeginald F. Sedgley, Mar 27, 1928,
1681172 Novelty pistol, Cocho Frederick S, Aug 21, 1928, 42/1.9 -
1684049 ?
1752178 Fountain-pen gun, Huguenin Fernand L, Mar 25, 1930, 42/2, 42/1.9 -
1760674 Pistol, Von Frantzius Peter, May 27, 1930, 42/1.8, 42/1.9 -
1772070 Gas gun, Darley William S, Aug 5, 1930, 42/2, 42/1.9, 42/1.8 -  Pen format
1772656 Gas-cartridge-firing device, Abbott Scott M, Aug 12, 1930, 42/2, 42/1.9, 42/1.8 -
1775178 Pistol, Von Frantzius Peter, Sep 9, 1930 - tear gas pen(See: http://militaryradio.com/spyradio/misc_clan.html) 
1897992 Gas Gun, Adrian S Ailes, Lake Erie Chemical Co, Feb 21 1933 - Pen format
2350717 Signaling device, George Blair, Jun 6, 1944, 42/2, 102/346, 42/70.8, 102/336, 42/1.15 -  
2375314 Flashless discharger and flare, Herbert E Mills, Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Co, 1945-05-08 - looks like a CO2 cartridge to loft the flare
2436751 Discharger, Comiskey Frederick K, Hammell Kemper M, Eureka Williams Corp, Feb 24, 1948, 102/342, 42/51, 42/1.15 - signal flare 
2757474 Pen type tear gas gun, Williams Don C, Aug 7, 1956, 42/1.8, 42/1.9, 42/69.1 -
2844902 Fountain pen pistol, Gaylord Jr Sol Harry, James Tollinger, Gaylord Prod Inc, Jul 29, 1958, 42/1.9 -
2880543 Pistol, Von Frantzius Peter, Hercules Gas Munitions Corp, Apr 7, 1959, 42/1.8, 42/76.1, 42/1.9 -  
3044360 Flare gun, Lang Anton G, Stefan Russell O, Filed: Dec 1, 1960, Pub:  Jul 17, 1962, 89/1.1, 102/342, 42/1.15 - the flares are larger in diameter than the body of the launcher.  Uses a .22 CB blank as the propellant.  There is no barrel in the launcher.  This may be the patent for the M-186? - 100 yards up
3102477 Rocket signal device, Russell O Stefan, Anton G Lang, 1963-09-03, - possibly higher altitude than 3044360
3378944 Flare launching device, Lamp Edward F, Robert Mainhardt, MB Associates, Apr 23, 1968, 42/1.15, 42/2 -
    3698320 Telescopic Rocket
    3702090 Sheet igniter, Charles T Hoard, MB Associates (Tracor Aerospace), 1972-11-07, 89/1.813; 89/1.816; 89/27.3 -  to ignite a 2-dimensional array of rockets
    3710720 High Energy minimum lethality weapon system
    3717068 Rocket Launcher
    3717069 Rocket Launcher
    3728809 Projectile launcher baton
    3762329 Lethal expandable projectile
    3771152 Intrusion Detector, MB Associates (Tracor), Nov 6, 1973,  - electrostatic field type
    3797359 Multi-flechette weapon
    3802108 Smooth bore gun adapter
    3815502 Lethal expandable projectile
    3855920 Personnel Distress Signal
    3962865 Rocket motor construction
    4002122 Microjet fuse, Bert B. Gould, MB Associates, (Tracor Aerospace), 1977-01-11 102/202; 102/202.14 -
    4029223 Bus Loader - wheelchair
3707794 Concealed single shot firing mechanism, Livingston R, Rocha J, Us Army, Jan 2, 1973, 42/1.9, 42/69.1, 42/1.14, 42/106, 42/52, 42/1.8, 42/1.16 - disguised in tripod leg
4490935 Pen gun, Joseph Plachy, Jan 1, 1985, 42/1.09, 401/195 - 
5062230 Pen gun, Robert J. Braverman, Isaak M. Shklyarov, R. J. Braverman Corp., Nov 5, 1991, 42/1.09 -   YouTube: Forgotten Weapons -
9328985 Single shot firearm, Alexander R. Malcolm, Altor Corp (web page), 2016-05-03, - Cites 42 prior art patents - this has the look and feel of a zip gun (Wiki)

	Number	Priority	Pub	Inventor	Assignee	Title
	US19328A	na	1858-02-09	J.F. Thomas		cane-guns
	US29676A	na	1860-08-21	A. Davis		cane-guns
	US398595A	na	1889-02-26	S.H. Emmens		Gun and Projectile for the same
	US628142A	1897-11-18	1899-07-04	Eric Herman Ericson		Cane-gun.
	US1059405A	1912-02-16	1913-04-22	Horace M Sprague	Simplex Arms Mfg Co	Folding pistol.
	US1262060A	1917-05-24	1918-04-09	Brown & Bigelow		Toy gun.
	US1320493A	1919-11-04	1919-06-18	S. Pelc & F. Pelc		Cane-Gun
	US1608359A	1926-01-30	1926-11-23	Sergio M Biason		Fountain pen and attachment
	US1664049A	1928-03-27	1927-12-31	Reginald F. Sedgley		Firearm (pen gun)
	US1681172A	1928-04-05	1928-08-21	Frederick S Cocho		Novelty pistol (pen gun)
	USRE17571E	1930-01-21	1928-03-27	Reginald F. Sedgley		Firearm (pen gun) (1664049)
	US1752178A	1928-09-24	1930-03-25	Fernand L Huguenin		Fountain-pen gun
	US1897992A	1932-04-06	1933-02-21	Adrian S Ailes	Lake Erie Chemical Company	Disabling gas firing weapon
	US2195711A	1933-06-05	1940-04-02	Clarence A Williams		Hand weapon
	US2444920A	1947-01-13	1948-07-13	Jr George B Davis		Firing mechanism
	US2521083A	1948-03-05	1950-09-05	Nasello Roy		Toy gun and cocking mechanism therefor
	US2634535A	1950-08-07	1953-04-14	Arnold L Parker		Policeman's club and cartridge firing mechanism
	US2741872A	1953-09-04	1956-04-17	Joseph A Sigg		Multiple action toy gun
	US2844902A	1954-08-12	1958-07-29	Jr Sol Harry Gaylord, Tollinger James	Gaylord Prod Inc	Fountain pen pistol
	US3172118A	1956-12-31	1965-03-09	Caro Charles J De Robert W Henning	Olin Mathieson	Cocking means for the firing pin of an explosively actuated tool
	US3241259A	1964-07-29	1966-03-22	James M Mcbride		Multiple cartridge gas club
	US3385601A	1965-05-19	1968-05-28	William R Black	Outers Lab Inc	Billy club with hand guard and personnel immobilizing agent
	US3583088A	1968-03-14	1971-06-08	Gert Buck, Erwin Niessner, Rudiger Van Acken	Messrs Buck Kg	Handgun firing mechanism and safety therefor
	US3609901A	1968-03-25	1971-10-05	Zbrojovka		Operating mechanism for explosion-operated devices
	US3619930A	1968-07-08	1971-11-16	Richard Rinker		Firing mechanism with a pivoted finger piece mounted on a pivoted trigger link
	US3707794A	1963-04-16	1973-01-02	J Rocha,  R Livingston	US Army	Concealed single shot firing mechanism
	US3729853A	1967-11-24	1973-05-01	J Critcher	AAI Corp	Underwater pistol
	US4016666A	1976-05-06	1977-04-12	Finn Charles		A  Clipboard incorporating weapon
	US4447977A	1982-02-01	1984-05-15	Holmgren Steven		A  Multi-faceted firing device
	US4489515A	1983-03-21	1984-12-25	Numbers Jody L		Concealable firearm
	US4490935A	1980-11-03	1985-01-01	Joseph Plachy		Pen gun
	US4722148A	1985-06-14	1988-02-02	Hylton R. Walker	Aserma Mfg	Firearm (4-barrel pistol)
	US5062230A	1990-11-05	1991-11-05	Robert J. Braverman, Isaak M. Shklyarov	R. J. Braverman Corp.	Pen gun
	US5062231A	1991-02-08	1991-11-05	Robert J. Braverman, Isaak M. Shklyarov	R. J. Braverman Corp.	Duel profile pen gun
	US5105569A	1990-04-03	1992-04-21	Richard A. Straitiff		Single shot pistol
	US5271312A	1990-12-14	1993-12-21	Bryant L. Lishness, Paul A. Scirica	Colt's Manufacturing Company Inc.	Locating spring and plunger assembly for a firearm
	US5388361A	1994-03-22	1995-02-14	James E. Alexander		Nightstick with shell-firing mechanism
	US20040088897A1	2002-11-12	2004-05-13	Braverman Robert Joseph	http://pengun.com/	Dual profile pen gun
	US20060048425A1	2004-09-08	2006-03-09	Frickey Steven J		Forwardly-placed firearm fire control assembly
	US7506467B2	2003-11-26	2009-03-24	Maldonado Ferreira Lopes		Childproof and accident-proof rotating percussion handgun
	US7739821B1	2007-05-15	2010-06-22	Wayne Eugene Hamme		Folding pistol
	US7905042B2	2008-07-07	2011-03-15	Matthew Morman Carmel		Handheld single shot firearm

AFM 64-15 Survival Uses of the Parachute, 1956 (pdf)

FM 21-76-1 - covers some of how to use this survival kit.
What's needed is the FM that was used around 1956, if you know what it was - Let me know

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