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CWM Slides
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What is Chemical Warfare Materiel (CWM)?
  • Army Definition - An Item Configured As A
    Munition That Contains A Chemical Substance
    Intended To Kill, Injure, Or Incapacitate
  • The United States established a program to
    develop and produce chemical munitions when it
    entered World War I in 1917
  • Following World War I, the United States
    continued to develop chemical warfare agents and
    train troops in the use of chemical warfare
    materiel
  • These training programs were expanded during
    World War II
  • Development continued with the capture of German
    chemical warfare agents and later into the Cold
    War period of United States history.
  • The types of chemical warfare materiel
    encountered at Formerly Used Defense Sites
    include nerve agents, mustard, lewisite, and
    phosgene
  • Due To Hazards, Prevalence, And Military Use
    Chemical Agent Identification Sets (CAIS) Are
    Also Considered Chemical Warfare Materiel

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Examples of CWM
K951/952 Ampule, Packing Material and Cardboard
Container
3 oz HD Mustard Bottle
4.2 Chemical Mortar
115 LB M-70 bomb
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Protective Clothing
Decontamination
Examples of CWM Training
Chemical Warfare Agent Identification
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Chemical Agent Identification Sets
  • Chemical agent identification sets (CAIS), also
    known as war gas identification sets, were
    produced for use by all branches of the military
    between the 1930s and the 1960s to train Soldiers
    in the safe identification, handling, and
    decontamination of chemical agents
  • The sets consist of small quantities of various
    chemical agents placed in glass ampoules, vials,
    and bottles, then packed in metal shipping
    containers or wooden boxes
  • The purpose of CAIS was to train Soldiers to
    identify chemical warfare agents in the field
  • In the past, one of the standard and approved
    procedures for disposing of CAIS was burial.

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Three Major Varieties of CAIS
  • 1. Instructional Sniff Set
  • Contained Agent Impregnated Charcoal
  • Intended For Use Indoors
  • Instructed Military Personnel In Recognizing The
    Odors Of Chemical Agent
  • Contained Small Amounts Of Chemical Agent

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Three Major Varieties of CAIS
  • 2. Agent In Sealed Pyrex Tubes
  • Designed For Outdoor Use
  • Agent Was Pure Or In Solution
  • Gas Tubes Were Detonated Creating An Agent Cloud
  • Contained More Agent Than The Sniff Set

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Three Major Varieties of CAIS
  • 3. Bulk Mustard in 3½ Ounce Bottles
  • Used In Decontamination Training
  • Contained Relatively Large Quantities Of Pure
    Mustard

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Chemicals Found In CAIS
  • Mustard (H, HD, HS)
  • Nitrogen Mustard (HN1, HN3)
  • Lewisite (L)
  • Phosgene (CG)
  • Chloropicrin (PS)
  • Chloroform
  • Adamsite (DM)
  • Chloroacetophenone (CN)
  • Sarin (GB)
  • Cyanogen Chloride (CK)
  • Tabun (GA) Simulant
  • Triphosgene

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Examples of CAIS
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