Inch WP Chemical Mortar Shells

2-Inch WP Chemical Mortar Shells on an assembly line, Pine Bluff Arsenal, Arkansas, 

Metal Products, Inc. The committee then requested the Chief, CWS, to furnish accurate figures on how many were killed and wounded by these premature explosions or bursts.  

Other factors that had a possible bearing on premature bursts were poor packaging and storage of chemical shells. See Pritchard, Kleber, and Birdsell, Chemicals in Combat, 

The term stacking the detonators referred to the practice of holding the detonator in place by means of metal prongs raised from the surface of the slider. These prongs sometimes abraded the delicate mechanism and caused a tough surface subject to corrosion. Cemented detonators, on the other hand, left the slider smooth and the cement coating itself was a protection against corrosion. 

Report of Malfunctions, Abstract preceding Table of Contents. 

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