SMOKE AGENTS AND DEVICES AND SMOKE-PRODUCING SUBSTANCES

The author deals with the history and development of smoke agents and smoke generating devices. The book is based extensively on agents and equipment of World War II vintage. Reference is made to aerial spraying and laying of smoke screens from ships, but the emphasis is on the use of smoke by the ground forces. Chapter I gives a brief history of the use of smoke since the First World War. Chapter II and III go into the properties of aerosols as used in smoke screens and fogs and the chemical nature of various smoke-producing substances. Chapter IV deals with smoke generating equipment hand grenades, smoke pots, artillery and motor shells, aerial bombs, and smoke machines and generators. Chapter V covers the tactical application of smoke with special sections on the use of smoke in connection with night vision devices, interference of radar stations, protection from light radiation of a nuclear explosion, and protection from bacteriological weapons.