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Blister Gas, Mustard Gas, Phosgene, and an assortment of Gases were used during WWI. As the name implies, Blister gas reacted in contact with the skin and caused very nasty blisters on exposed flesh.
It is a Vesicant, or chemical compound that causes chemical burns particularly to the skin, eyes, and nose with severe pain and irritation. These gases can have a delayed type of effects, and reaction can be from 2 hours to 48 hours from exposure. Lewisite is very quickly acting.
The most common types were Sulphur Mustard and Nitrogen Mustard Gases. Lewisite, a heavy metal arsenic type, was not used in WWI and the British developed an anti-Lewisite treatment in the 1940s. Phosgene is a nettle agent, or corrosive type similar to acids. Most of these Gases are heavier than air, so will settle in the bottom of trenches, dugouts, and shell holes.
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Blister Gas, Mustard Gas, Phosgene, and an assortment of Gases were used during WWI. As the name implies, Blister gas reacted in contact with the skin and caused very nasty blisters on exposed flesh.
It is a Vesicant, or chemical compound that causes chemical burns particularly to the skin, eyes, and nose with severe pain and irritation. These gases can have a delayed type of effects, and reaction can be from 2 hours to 48 hours from exposure. Lewisite is very quickly acting.
The most common types were Sulphur Mustard and Nitrogen Mustard Gases. Lewisite, a heavy metal arsenic type, was not used in WWI and the British developed an anti-Lewisite treatment in the 1940s. Phosgene is a nettle agent, or corrosive type similar to acids. Most of these Gases are heavier than air, so will settle in the bottom of trenches, dugouts, and shell holes.
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Part of a War-time anti-gas outfit.
Issued to everyone in a combat zone.
Asphyxiant gases just plug up your lungs and make it hard enough to breathe that, generally, you die from it. These include Chlorine, as used in the early part of the First War.
Blister gases were developed later. If you get them on your skin, they will eat away at you, give nice big suppurating blisters. Even a mild case will give you nice welts and raw spots. If you inhale the stuff, it does the same thing to your bronchia, nose, sinuses and lungs.
On hitting gas, first thing you did was cover your eyes, nose and mouth, breathe through the mask. One whiff of the stuff and you gave yourself a shot of Atropine; there would have been a single injection in your kit. Once you have had the Atropine, you should be able to breathe easier; it opens out the bronchial passages. Then you got into as much cover as you could (I suspect this is where your Cover comes in) and cleaned the gas off your skin, clothing, weapon and anything else that was contaminated.
Fortunately, gas was used very little in the Second War, at least in the West. The Russian Front was a whole different set of rules, as the USSR had never signed the Conventions and refused to admit the legality of the Hague Convention of 1899/1900 which the Imperial Government had signed.
Hope this helps.
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Issued to everyone in a combat zone.
Asphyxiant gases just plug up your lungs and make it hard enough to breathe that, generally, you die from it. These include Chlorine, as used in the early part of the First War.
Blister gases were developed later. If you get them on your skin, they will eat away at you, give nice big suppurating blisters. Even a mild case will give you nice welts and raw spots. If you inhale the stuff, it does the same thing to your bronchia, nose, sinuses and lungs.
On hitting gas, first thing you did was cover your eyes, nose and mouth, breathe through the mask. One whiff of the stuff and you gave yourself a shot of Atropine; there would have been a single injection in your kit. Once you have had the Atropine, you should be able to breathe easier; it opens out the bronchial passages. Then you got into as much cover as you could (I suspect this is where your Cover comes in) and cleaned the gas off your skin, clothing, weapon and anything else that was contaminated.
Fortunately, gas was used very little in the Second War, at least in the West. The Russian Front was a whole different set of rules, as the USSR had never signed the Conventions and refused to admit the legality of the Hague Convention of 1899/1900 which the Imperial Government had signed.
Hope this helps.
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Google the phrase "gas cape". A poncho like chemical protective garment and predecessor to the NBCW suits common in armies today.
This item was usually packed in the respirator pouch (along with the respirator) carried by commonwealth troops. Probably got frequently ditched(along with the respirator)in the field as excess baggage by the PBI who had to tote it
This item was usually packed in the respirator pouch (along with the respirator) carried by commonwealth troops. Probably got frequently ditched(along with the respirator)in the field as excess baggage by the PBI who had to tote it
The early gs caps and hoods were cotton impregnated with linseed oil. They worked great but unfortunately few survived as once the linseed oil dried on the folded up capes they were impossible to open. It was the linseed oil caps, hoods and sometimes boots that were included with the larger gas mask carriers normally seen worn like a large woman's purse until the cape shown was introduced with the smaller almost square gas mask carrier.
