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APPENDIX II.

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R.A.F. GAS WEAPON POSITION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

(Position on 8.2.1941)

Authorised Reserve.

CHARGED

STOCKS. !

EMPTY.

RATE OF RECEIPT OF EMPTY WEAPONS FROM

PRODUCTION.

DISTRIBUTION OF CHARGED

WEAPONS.

STATIONS.

h.. PARKS.

CENTRAL STORAGE,

A.

MUSTARD.

Bombs.

30 lb. Mark I

116,000

43,250

22

Nil.

4,600

6,000

Remainder.

Ready for

30 lb. Mark II

121,000

Will not be charged till

68470

Approximately

2,000 a week.

gas warfare

starts.

250 lb.

82,500

10,650

5.595

Nil.

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issue at 36 hours notice.

Whole stock.

580

1,150

Remainden

Ready for issue at 36

hours notice.

Spray Tanks.

250 lb. S.C.I.

3,000

200

38

500 lb. S.C.I.

6,000

1, 680

455

Nil.

Approximately

200

346

300 a week.

1,000 lb. S.C.I.

4,000

454

6

Approximately

20 a week.

B.. PHOSGENE.

250 lb. Bomb.

(15,000 in-

1,500

SEE ABOVE UNDER MUSTARD.

cluded in

figure for

reserve of

Mustard charged

bombs shown

above.)

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200, further 1,000 being distributed, hampered by

snow.

102, further

50

100 being

distributed..

Total stock.

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