Chemical Weapons of World War 1

World War Stories - World War 1 is remembered as one of the brutal Wars in the modern times that used Chemicals as Weapons.  Today's Modern Warfare follows the blueprint of World War One and it gives a great destruction to many lives before and today.  Military leaders should start rethinking of the brutality of this weapon it could bring the civilian population.  So here are the list of chemicals used as weapons during World War 1.


source: http://www.cbwinfo.com/History/WWI.html

Top Chemical Weapons Introductions in World War I

Introduced by Germany	Year	Introduced by the Allies
Dianisidine salts*	1914	Ethyl bromoacetate
	1915
Xylyl bromide	January
	March	Chloroacetone
Chlorine	April	Ethyl chlorosulfonate
Methyl chlorosulfonate Monochloromethyl chloroformate	June
Bromoacetone	July
	September	Perchloromethyl mercaptan
	December	Ethyl iodoacetate Phosgene
	1916
	January	Acrolein
Trichloromethyl chloroformate	May
Chloropicrin	July	Chloropicrin Cyanogen chloride Hydrogen cyanide
	1917
Phenylcarbamine chloride	May
Dichloroethyl sulfide	July
Phenyl dichloroarsine	September
	1918
	(Unknown date)	Dimethyl sulfate Bromobenzyl cyanide
Diphenylcyanoarsine	March
*Dianisidine salts, usually dianisidine chlorosulfonate, were incorporated into the TNT charges of German artillery shells to save TNT and provide an effect comparable to that from the fumes of Allied Lyddite-filled shells. One of those effects was said to be violent sneezing.

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Chemical Weapons Introduced in World War I with their Code Names

Chemical name#	Military code names			CAS Registry Number#
	British/US	French	German*
Acrolein		Papite		107-02-8
Benzyl bromide		Cyclite	T-Stoff	100-39-0
Benzyl iodide		Fraisinite		620-05-3
Bromine			Brom	7726-95-6
Bromoacetone	BA		B-Stoff (White Cross)	598-31-2
Bromobenzyl cyanide		Camite	(White Cross)	5798-79-8
Bromomethyl ethyl ketone		Homomartonite	Bn-Stoff (White Cross)	816-40-0
Chlorine		Bertholite	Chlor	7782-50-5
Chloroacetone		Tonite	A-Stoff (White Cross)	78-95-5
Chloropicrin	PS	Aquinite	Klop (Green Cross)	76-06-2
Cyanogen bromide		Campilite	E-Stoff	506-68-3
Cyanogen chloride		Mauguinite		506-77-4
Dibromomethyl ether		Bibi		4497-29-4
Dichloroethyl sulfide	HS	Yperite	Lost (Yellow Cross)	505-60-2
Dichloromethyl ether		Cici		542-88-1
Dimethyl sulfate			D-Stoff	77-78-1
Diphenyl chloroarsine	DA		Clark I (Blue Cross)	712-48-1
Diphenyl cyanoarsine	CDA		Clark II (Blue Cross)	23525-22-6
Ethyl bromoacetate			(White Cross)	105-36-2
Ethyl chlorosulfonate		Sulvinite		625-01-4
Ethyl dichloroarsine			Dick (Blue Cross)	598-14-1
Ethyl iodoacetate	SK			623-48-3
Hydrocyanic acid		Forestite		74-90-8
Methyl chlorosulfonate		Villantite	C-Stoff	812-01-1
Methyl dichloroarsine			Methyldick (Blue Cross)	593-89-5
Monochloromethyl chloroformate				22128-62-7
Perchloromethyl mercaptan		Clairsite		594-42-3
Phenylcarbylamine chloride			K-Stoff	622-44-6
Phenyl dichloroarsine				692-28-6
Phosgene	CG	Collongite	(Green Cross)	75-44-5
Thiophosgene		Lacrimite		463-71-8
Trichloromethyl chloroformate		Surpalite	Perstoff (Green Cross)	503-38-8
Xylyl bromide			T-Stoff (White Cross)	35884-77-6
#The chemical names used here are from the early part of the 20th Century and do not necessarily meet modern standards. The CAS Registry Numbers for the correct chemical structures are supplied as an alternative to listing several names for each compound.
*The Germans gave agents code names and also grouped them by use with the use indicated by colored crosses on artillery rounds: Weisskreuz White Cross, irritants affecting the eyes and other moist tissues; Blaukreuz Blue Cross, affecting the upper respiratory; tract Grünkreuz Green Cross, affecting the lungs; Gelbkreuz Yellow Cross, attacking any exposed surfaces.

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