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CWM Slides
What is Chemical Warfare Materiel (CWM)?
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Army Definition - An Item Configured As A Munition That Contains A Chemical Substance
Intended To Kill, Injure, Or Incapacitate
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The United States established a program to develop and produce chemical munitions
when it entered World War I in 1917
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Following World War I, the United States continued to develop chemical warfare
agents and train troops in the use of chemical warfare materiel
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These training programs were expanded during World War II
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Development continued with the capture of German chemical warfare agents and
later into the Cold War period of United States history.
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The types of chemical warfare materiel encountered at Formerly Used Defense Sites
include nerve agents, mustard, lewisite, and phosgene
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Due To Hazards, Prevalence, And Military Use; Chemical Agent Identification Sets (CAIS)
Are Also Considered Chemical Warfare Materiel
Examples of CWM
K951/952 Ampule, Packing
Material and Cardboard
Container
4.2” Chemical Mortar
3 oz HD Mustard Bottle
115 LB M-70 bomb
Examples of CWM Training
Protective
Clothing
Chemical Warfare Agent Identification
Decontamination
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.
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
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
Three Major Varieties of CAIS
3. Bulk Mustard in 3½ Ounce Bottles
 Used In Decontamination Training
 Contained Relatively Large Quantities Of
Pure Mustard
Chemicals Found In CAIS
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Mustard (H, HD, HS)
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Nitrogen Mustard (HN1, HN3)
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Lewisite (L)
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Phosgene (CG)
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Chloropicrin (PS)
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Chloroform
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Adamsite (DM)
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Chloroacetophenone (CN)
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Sarin (GB)
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Cyanogen Chloride (CK)
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Tabun (GA) Simulant
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Triphosgene
Examples of CAIS