was poison gas used at the battle of the Somme in 1916?

Question

i have always read up on the battle of the somme in 1916, but i never see anything about the use of poison gas in the battle.

Answer 1

From the website cited below

18 July 1916 Gas cases arriving freely. A new variety "like thousands of dud shells" the effect is not immediate therefore many men did not put on their smoke helmets. After 15-30 mins however the effects were very palpable and the usual signs were noticed. Dr R Pryron visited and thinks the gas is probably Oxychlorine and Carbonal (Phosgene) or Chloroforminate and Methyl Chlor (Palite)

Phosgene or Mustard Gas? From the descriptions I have read, Phosgene takes effect very quickly. The effect of Mustard Gas are described as "not apparent for up to 24 hours". In the book The Somme - The Day-By-Day Account by Chris McCarthy, Arms & Armour Press, 1993, ISBN-0-86288-088-2 no such gas attack is reported.
Attack on Guinchy and Guillemont. Heavy casualties amoungst Field Ambulance units, "very heavy blow - some of my best men gone".

Answer 2

The British small box respirator was first introduced to British soldiers in April 1916 - a few months before the Battle of the Somme. By January 1917, it had become the standard issue gas mask for all British soldiers. By now, the mask had an appearance on what we would assume a gas mask to have and its value can be seen in the number of fatalities the British suffered as a result of poison gas - 8,100 - far fewer than the total British deaths of the first day of the Somme.

Answer 3

The Somme; Phosgene/chlorine blend. comments of adult adult males being taken down it sluggish after inhalation, in assessment to mustard gas it somewhat is greater on the spot. Chlorine become used in the blend to help carry the phosgene greater certainly. Phosgene doesnt bring about as lots coughing so greater of the gas is inhaled. Belleau wood; Mustard gas (Chloroethyl sulfide) numerous money owed of yellow colored gas on battlefield. Meuse-Argonne Offensive; the two Mustard gas and Phosgene.

Answer 4

Chemical warfare is warfare (and associated military operations) using the toxic properties of chemical substances to kill, injure or incapacitate an enemy.

Chemical warfare is different from the use of conventional weapons or nuclear weapons because the destructive effects of chemical weapons are not primarily due to any explosive force. The offensive use of living organisms (such as anthrax) is considered to be biological warfare rather than chemical warfare; the use of nonliving toxic products produced by living organisms (e.g., toxins such as botulinum toxin, ricin, or saxitoxin) is considered chemical warfare under the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention. Under this Convention, any toxic chemical, regardless of its origin, is considered as a chemical weapon unless it is used for purposes that are not prohibited (an important legal definition, known as the General Purpose Criterion).

About 70 different chemicals have been used or stockpiled as Chemical Weapons (CW) agents during the 20th century. Chemical weapons are classified as weapons of mass destruction by the United Nations, and their production and stockpiling was outlawed by the Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993. Under the Convention, chemicals that are toxic enough to be used as chemical weapons, or may be used to manufacture such chemicals, are divided into three groups according to their purpose and treatment:

Schedule 1 – Have few, if any, legitimate uses. These may only be produced or used for research, medical, pharmaceutical or protective purposes (i.e. testing of chemical weapons sensors and protective clothing). Examples include nerve agents, ricin, lewisite and mustard gas. Any production over 100 g must be notified to the OPCW and a country can have a stockpile of no more than one tonne of these chemicals.
Schedule 2 – Have no large-scale industrial uses, but may have legitimate small-scale uses. Examples include dimethyl methylphosphonate, a precursor to sarin but which is also used as a flame retardant and Thiodiglycol which is a precursor chemical used in the manufacture of mustard gas but is also widely used as a solvent in inks.
Schedule 3 – Have legitimate large-scale industrial uses. Examples include phosgene and chloropicrin. Both have been used as chemical weapons but phosgene is an important precursor in the manufacture of plastics and chloropicrin is used as a fumigant. Any plant producing more than 30 tonnes per year must be notified to, and can be inspected by, the OPCW.

Answer 5

Mustard Gas.
Hitler was a victim of this gas in W W 1

Answer 6

First off, I do not know. The gases used during the war were chlorine and phosgene.