White Cross (Chemical Warfare)
From Handwiki White Cross (Weiẞkreuz) is a World War I chemical warfare agent consisting of one or more lachrymatory agents: bromoacetone (BA), bromobenzyl cyanide (Camite), bromomethyl ethyl ketone (homomartonite, Bn-stoff), chloroacetone (Tonite, A-stoff), ethyl bromoacetate, and/or xylyl bromide.
During World War I, White Cross was also a generic code name used by the German Army for artillery shells with an irritant chemical payload affecting the eyes and mucous membranes.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ "Chemical Weapons in World War I". http://www.cbwinfo.com/History/WWI.html. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
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Categories: [Lachrymatory agents]
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