Little Available Knowledge on World War I Experimental Ordnance

2 Little Available Knowledge on World War I Experimental Ordnance 

The ordnance document base at Huntsville, Alabama, contained insufficient and erroneous information on World War I-era experimental chemical projectiles. Incomplete data led to the assumption that all chemical ordnance was liquid filled. Initially, experts used a melting box to heat a frozen shell (the first shells were found in January) to determine if it was chemical. Much information exists that numerous solid toxics were tested on the site rendering a test for fluids (in our opinion) futile, as well as dangerous due to the pressure increases. 

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