The primary goal is to provide users with a highly efficient, rugged aerosolparticle concentrator/collector that can be mounted onto either a civilian ormilitary vehicle. By mounting only the rugged shock‐mounted concentrator onthe vehicle’s roof, ancillary equipment such as low volume samplers andbioanalyzers can be placed in a controlled environment within the vehicle whilethe concentrator performs the primary objective of external collection. Inaddition, a vehicle‐mounted unit can also be rapidly deployed to differentlocations and can provide continuous sampling along a road or border while thevehicle is in motion