Testing, chemical warfare items

CWM items retrieved from range-clearing operations, research and test sites, and burial sites are classified as recovered chemical warfare materiel (RCWM). Of the more than... 

Chemical warfare materiel (CWM) encompasses diverse items that were used during 60 years of efforts by the United States to develop a capability for condncting chemical warfare. Non-Stockpile CWM (NSCWM) is materiel not included in the current U.S. inventory of chemical munitions and includes buried materiel, recovered materiel, components of binary chemical weapons, former production facilities, and miscellaneous materiel. NSCWM that had been buried on former military sites is increasingly being dug up as the land is developed for other purposes. Other NSCWM may be found on or near the surface at former research facilities or test and firing ranges. 

To link the chemical warfare organizations of Canada and the United States, a joint U.S.-Canadian Advisory Committee was established. Membership of the committee was subsequently broadened to include Great Britain. This three-power committee eliminated much duplication of effort, established uniform test procedures, and accelerated co-operative work on such items as toxic gases, flame throwers, and smoke munitions. 

CWTC Item 756, Standardization of Plant, Impregnating, M2, 23 JuJ 43. (2) Chemical Warfare Board Project No. 289, Field Test of Plant, Impregnating, Ml, 20 May 43. (3) Noyes, Chemistry, pp. 206-07. 

Chemical Warfare Board Project No. 298, Test of Mobile Water Suspension Impregnating Plant, 31 Aug 43. (2) CWTC Item 863, Military Requirements and Military Characteristics for a Mobile Impregnating Unit, 3 Dec 43. (3) CWTC Item 993, Military Requirement and Military Characteristics for a Kit for Conversion of Mobile Laundry Units for Impregnation, 5 May 44. See also Item 1090, 7 Jul 44, same title. 

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