Fog Acid Barrel
A smoke acid barrel device, also known colloquially as a camouflage smoke barrel , is used in the military to protect itself from attacks with fog. Fog acid barrel devices are thrown into the water by airplanes or ships and then generate fog acid .
The principle of operation is similar to that of a smoke grenade . The barrel consists of three parts: an acid barrel, a jet pipe and a compressed air bottle. The acid in the barrel is pressurized with the compressed air and the mist can be directed accordingly using the jet pipe. Mostly chlorosulphonic acid is used, which reacts with water to form sulfuric and hydrochloric acid ( mist acid ) with a lot of smoke . The resulting acids are very corrosive, which is why they can severely damage the respiratory tract, in addition to metals and organic substances.
Fog acid barrel devices were used by air protection fog departments (LS fog departments ). There were stationary, mobile and fully motorized units. Camouflage fog barrels were used during World War II to protect the Rhine bridges from air raids .
literature
- Air Force Service Regulations:
- L.Dv. 789/1 The fog machine Nb 80/2
- L.Dv. 789/2 The barrel fogger 41
- L.Dv. 789/3 The pump fogger 42
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c The air raid units of the Luftwaffe . In: Erich Hampe (Ed.): The civil air defense in the Second World War . Bernard & Graefe, 1963, p. 345–361 ( bund.de [PDF; accessed October 29, 2018]).
- ^ A b Consequences of the war: Another explosive device found in Koblenz ( memento from November 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), press release of the state government of Rhineland-Palatinate from November 24, 2011
- ↑ Horst Kuhnes: Dangerous bombs in the Rhine. In: Westdeutsche Zeitung . November 24, 2011. Retrieved October 29, 2018 .