tear gas was first used in ww1 on august 1914.
tear gas was first used in ww1 on august 1914.
when was tear gas first used in ww1?
august 1914
several different gas agents were used. tear gas was first employed in august 1914 by the french, but this could only temporarily disable the enemy. in april 1915, chlorine gas was first used by germany at the second battle of ypres. exposure to a large dose could kill, and those not killed could suffer permanent lung damage. but the gas was easy to detect by scent and sight. phosgene, first used in december 1915, was the most lethal killing gas of world war i; it was 18 times more powerful than chlorine and much more difficult to detect.
trench warfare
after the fighting, american investigators found over 400 bullets embedded in the tivoli hotel. years after the events of january 1964, a number of u.s. army historical documents were declassified, including southcom's figures for ammunition expended. the official account has it that the u.s. army fired 450 .30 caliber rifle rounds, five .45 caliber pistol bullets, 953 shells of birdshot and 7,193 grenades or projectiles containing tear gas. also, the army claims to have used 340 pounds of bulk cn-1 chemical (weak tear gas) and 120 pounds of cs-1 chemical (strong tear gas). the same account said that the canal zone police fired 1,850 .38 caliber pistol bullets and 600 shotgun shells in the fighting, while using only 132 tear gas grenades. according to the panamanian deni, out of the 1,850 .38 caliber bullets that the canal zone police allegedly fired directly into the crowd, only six panamanians were fatally wounded. of the remaining 2,008 bullets, shells and rounds, the 7,193 tear gas grenades or projectiles, the additional 460 pounds of tear gas, only 15 panamanians were fatally wounded.
martyrs' day (panama)