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White Cross gases include irritant materials but are
not highly lethal. They are virtually tear gases with different levels
of strength. |
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Adamsite is a type of White Cross gas. It can act as
a tear gas but can cause much more serious injuries to the victims. |
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Blue Cross gases injure victims by decreasing the
oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood. The chemicals bond with the red
blood cells slowly to strangulate the victims. |
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Arsine is a type of Blue Cross gas. It attacks the
liver, the kidneys and the blood stream. |
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Green Cross gases are suffocating gases like chlorine.
They irritate the soft mucous membranes of the respiratory tract and
can be very lethal. |
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Chlorine is a type of Green Cross gas. It was outdated
even before World War II and was thus not used. |
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Diphosgene is a type of Green Cross gas. It is similar
to chlorine but is more persistent. |
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Carbonyl Chloride is a type of Green Cross gas. It is
similar to phosgene and diphosgene. |
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Yellow Cross gases have the most dangerous surface
effects. They are commonly known as "blister gases." |
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Distilled Mustard is a type of Yellow Cross gas. It is
very persistent. |
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Nitrogen Mustard is a type of Yellow Cross gas. It
produces severe blisters and burns of the skin. |
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Lewisite is a type of Yellow Cross gas. It has the same
effects with nitrogen mustard but may also cause pneumonia. |
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Tabun is the first of the German nerve gases. Tabun
is the first poison gas that actually attacks the nervous system. By
the war's end Germany had stockpiled a large amount of Tabun. |
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Sarin is the second of the German nerve gases. The gas
is more powerful than the most poisonous gas known but very difficult
to mass-produce. |
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Soman is the third of the German nerve gases. It was
discovered in 1944 and was too late to be developed into a weapon of
war. |
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Clostridium Botulinum was one of the many species of
bacteria explored for their potential as a biological weapon. The
toxin produced by the bacteria is one of the most poisonous substance
knwon to man. |