French Army

Calcium hydride, unlike the metallic hydrides already mentioned, is a commercial possibility, and under the name of Hydrolith has been used by the French Army in the field for the inflation of observation balloons. Its use for this purpose is governed by French patent No. 327878, 1902, in the name of JauberL... 

Since the above experiments the author has found that there is a patent for the use of lime m conjunction with caustic soda and silicon, which, under the name of Hydrogemte, has been employed by the French Army for inflating observation balloons in the field... 

Apart from its unique property of burning quickly at relatively low confinement it is not prone to detonation. Under normal conditions the maximum rate of explosion is about 500 ms In the absence of moisture, gunpowder in also extremely stable. It has been documented that until World War I it was the practice of the French Army to preserve any batches of gunpowder that had proved especially good. These were used in time train fuses and it was claimed that some batches so preserved dated from Napoleonic times. 

After graduation, Houdry began work at the family plant but was soon drafted into the French army to serve in World War I. He was seriously wounded at the battle of Juvincourt in 1917 while overseeing the repair of damaged tanks. For his service in the war, he was awarded the croix de guerre. 

Brombenzyl cyanide (CA)—also called a-bromobenzyl cyanide, o-bromotolunltrlle, bromobenzylnitrlle, and a-bromophenylaceto-nitrile--was the most powerful lacrlmator used In World War I (see Table 4-1). It was Introduced by the French army and adopted as the standard U.S. lacrlmator In 1918. It was temporarily abandoned because of its reactions with metal and instability in storage.3 10 Interest in it revived when a need arose for a chemical that was more persistent than CS and CN in enclosed areas, such as rooms and earthen tunnels. In this connection, vapors of CA from ground contamination are lacrlmatory for 15-30 d.6... 

Small arms using Minie s bullets were adopted by the French Army about 1849 and used as late as die Crimean War (1853—1856), although at that time some rifled weapons started to be used... 

Probe oder Bleiblocleansbachung Methode in Ger). The French method of conducting the test is slightly different and is described as Coefficient d utillisation pratique (abbr CUP) ou Epreuve de travail sp6cifique in Vol 1, pp IX X and in Vol 3, p C3 0.- Official test of the French Army is given as " Travail specifique relatif, test 13 , under Essais d Explosifs... 

BTZ. A series of French army missiles developed by the Bureau Technique Zbrowski in Brunoy, Seine et Oise, France. Among them are BTZ 412-0 l(Ogre I), BTZ 4ll-0l(Lutin), and BTZ 420-0 l(Naine Bebe)... 

Chatellerault Machine Gun(Fusil-mitrailleur Modele 1924, in Fr). A weapon also called automatic rifle, adopted in 1924 by the French Army. It used 7.5mm rimless cartridges and its magazine capacity was 30 cartridges. 

The Hague Conference did not prevent some nations from discussing the use of chemical weapons, and at least one country, France, experimented publicly with gas. The French Army tested a grenade filled with... 

Uses As lacrimator in hand bombs for police work. Was used in 1914 by the French Army as a filler for gas-rifle grenades,... 

During the period of political unrest and the beginning of the Second World War, Jean Montreuil elected to join the French army and participate in the Campagne de France. Throughout his life, Jean carried a lasting impression of this difficult experience, which contributed greatly in molding many features of his character, such as respect for others and a sense of responsibility and discipline. 

I have been here since 1955. I am at home in Alsace from my childhood. Some of my childhood friends were killed during World War II, either in the French army or in the German army. Strasbourg is a border region between France and Germany. 

According to German authorsr the French had actually manufactured a quantity of these gas-rifle grenades before the outbreak of the World War, and 30,000 were taken into the field by the French Army in August, 1914, and used during that summer. The French deny this and assert that the band bombs filled with ethylbromacetate were used for police purposes only, Hoa ever, regardless of whether or not... 

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