Description
The projectile body was made of seamless drawn steel tubing 0.51 centimeter (0.20 inch) thick with forged-steel welded hemispherical ends. It could be identified by the projections at each end, which were 4.29 centimeters (1.69 inches) in diameter and approximately 2.54 centimeters (1 inch) long. A central tube ran the length of the projectile which was welded into place at both ends. A steel plug (coupling plug) was welded into the tube to divide it into the section used to receive the burster tube and the section used for filling the projectile. The projectile filling passed from the tube into the projectile through four holes located near the filling end of the projectile. There were also two vent holes. After filling, the projectile was sealed by screwing a tapered plug into the filling hole. .
The common agent filling was phosgene. Chlorine and chloropicrin were used alone and also as a mixture. Mustard was attempted. During World War I, titanium tetrachloride (FM) was a common smoke filling in the Livens projectile, with a total fill weight of 13.61 kilograms (30 pounds). Other materials that have been reported as possible filling agents were magnesium arsenide, cyanogen chloride, and diphosgene.
Functioning
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Source(s)
Old Chemical Weapons Reference Guide (1998)
