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The chlorine gas gave them pains in the chests and burning sensation in there throats and killed them in 48 hours. The weather had to be just right or it would not be as affective or not work at all. After the first attack troops were supplied with masks of cotton pads soaked in urine but it was not working so they went to a new kind of gas mask they were anti-phyxiation respirators. The gases had 1,976 deaths and 16,457 non- fatalities.

The mustard gas was one of the most lethal of all the poisonous chemicals used during the war. It killed 4,086 and 16426 non-fatal deaths. The victims had blisters, the eye’s became vary sore and then the became to vomit. It also caused internal and external bleeding and attacked there bronchial tubes, stripping of the mucous. It takes 4 to 5 weeks for the victims to die of mustard gas poising.



The crew that was needed to operate the machineguns was four to six. In theory the the gun can fire 400-600 small caliber rounds per minute. The early machineguns would rapidly overheat. They could cool them down is by water and air cooled all the guns were bolt action. Even with the guns air and water cooled the machineguns would still overheat

The flamethrower used pressurized air and carbondioxid or nitrogen it belched forth a stream of burning oil can reach 18 meters. It was good for short distant. There are other models that can go farther like the kind that can go on tanks. Some models need two people to use it there are kinds the can go right on your back and needs one person to use. The flamethrower did a lot of damage.

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