Landships II

CharlieC wrote:

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What colour were German gas detection panels and what colour did they go when exposed to gas?

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I don't know - and if nobody else does, we may have to assume they were the same as British WW2 mustard-gas detecting paint patches on aircraft (early war) and public post boxes. That was light yellow-green or chartreuse () turning pink on gas exposure depending on concentration and life left in the paint. http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=84&t=29415 mentions the colours.

There were 'gas detection brassards' in use during WW2 (American and I think British) so any detailed discussion of those might offer some more insight. The Russians at the same time had a hand-sized pump detector kit with numerous reagents for testing for different gasses. I guess there are many possibilities and nothing seen in a quick look is exactly on the button. But in the absence of further info I think mustard gas detection would be the most likely and the same reaction/colours as the British used later.

-- Edited by Rectalgia on Monday 5th of April 2010 11:06:02 AM

28juni14 wrote:

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Gas panels ???  

....the FK96 n/A was fitted with gunner seats immediately in front of the splinter shield .   When on the march,  the hinged  top part of the shield was folded down forward.  The inside of this shield portion was fitted with padded seat-backs for the gunner's riding comfort.

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Good heavens, yes - Ralph Lovett has several pictures of that feature in http://www.lovettartillery.com/7.7cm_leichte_Feld_Kanone_%28l.F.K.%29_1896_n_A.html, about 1/3 of the way down the page**1. http://www.patriotfiles.com/forum/showthread.php?s=ec98a791728e178ffbb8bc678ec21307&t=109907 mentions the axletree seats but not the headrest feature.

Still and all it raises the question, were the equivalents of WW2-type detection patches ever used in WW1? The detector paint might well be a between-wars development but treated cloth (as later used in gas-detection brassards) would seem a reasonable development during WW1. We know about the bells, gas rattles and sirens but were there early detection systems to go with them? I can find no trace until the 1930s. I guess things simply happened too quickly during the course of WW1 for any such refinement, but who knows? Not I.

[Edit] **1 And shown even more clearly on this one at Nar Nar Goon - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LHM-7,7-cm-Feldkanone-96-nA-1.jpg, though partly hidden by the placards.


-- Edited by Rectalgia on Tuesday 6th of April 2010 05:49:13 AM