Expansion in Production of Selected CW Items, World War II

Apparatus, demustardizing (3 gal.). Apparatus, decontaminating, P-D.. .. Agent, demustardizing, bleach (tons).. Impregnite (Protective clothing) (tons) Impregnite (Shoe) Ml (tons). 

Source Weekly Report for Chief of Staff, CWS Munitions on Hand as of December 12, 1941. 

The service assembled 114 maintenance repair sets for chemical equipment at Edgewood Arsenal between August 1942 and July 1945. These sets consisted essentially of special tools needed for hand-tool repair of flame throwers, collective protectors, air compressors, and portable decontaminating apparatus, as well as gas mask repair tools and test equipment. No single item of field equipment supplied by the CWS proved more useful to the chemical officer in the field than did this set. 

The CWS was also responsible for procurement in appreciable quantities of 374 chemicals in World War II. A few of these, such as toxic agents, decontaminating agents, and napalm, were end items. The others 

While procurement of most chemicals was usually a simple commercial transaction, in the case of some half-dozen real complications arose. This half-dozen included hexachlorocthane for smoke mixture, thermite, barium nitrate, barium chromate, magnesium for incendiary bombs, and chlorine.  

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Table 8—Expansion in Production of Selected CW Items, World War II...

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