Chlorine-arsine warfare agent

Chlorine-arsine warfare agent (CLARK) belongs to the group of blue cross warfare agents .

• CLARK 1: diphenylarsine chloride
• CLARK 2: diphenylarsine cyanide
• CLARK 3: Diphenylaminarsine cyanide

The classes of substances were developed into weapons during the First World War and used in the form of gas grenades.

Clark 1, 2 and 3 are mask breakers . The respiratory filters in the gas masks at that time offered no protection, the warfare agents irritate the airways and lead to vomiting .

See also

• List of chemical warfare agents

Individual evidence

1. ^ Günther W. Gellermann: The war that did not take place. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Koblenz 1986, ISBN 3-7637-5804-6 , p. 24
2. ↑ Florian Schmaltz: Warfare agent research in National Socialism: on cooperation between Kaiser Wilhelm Institutes, the military and industry , Wallstein Verlag , Göttingen 2005, ISBN 3-89244-880-9 , p. 222