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Old 02-04-2008, 01:53 AM   #23 (permalink)
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Levinstein mustard

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Originally Posted by spidge View Post
Supposedly these were chemical ordnance at Barra!

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Assuming they are mustard gas containers they would be 1 ton bulk cylinders filled American manufactured mustard - referred to as Levinstein mustard. I've made the assumption they are. The americans used little or no protection for their chemical weapons. They left them out in the fashion shown. This was noted by a delegation from the RAAF chemical warfare headquarters in Melbourne (Arm 6) in mid 1943.
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