Mask breaker

Mask crusher are mainly in the First World War used nose and throat warfare agents , which with simultaneous application of chemical agents (so-called the. Stained Shooting ) by a strong irritating effect on the respiratory system cause the persons concerned, the gas mask decrease and thereby subjected to the action of the actual warfare agents are. For this purpose, substances ( adamsite , diphenylarsine chloride , diphenylarsine cyanide , diphenylaminarsine cyanide and pyridine ) were used that could not be retained by the usual protective mask filters. Modern NBC protective mask filters hold back the substances that were used in the past.

The use of particulate filters , which in particular hold back only the smallest solid particles or fine dust, is of no use against gaseous mask-breaking agents.

Other warfare agents

• Blue cross
• White cross
• List of chemical warfare agents

literature

• R. Haas: blue cross warfare agents. Chemical behavior and human toxicological significance of diphenylarsine compounds Chemical reactions and human toxicological significance; Umweltmed Forsch Prax 1 (1996)