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Originally posted by Brad Mills
So would this have been used post Normandy?
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Brad, this paint was manufactured May '44, so it was still a requirement at that stage in the war for us, but we kept stocks of WMD to use against the Japs. I don't think there was an expectation that we would encounter the Japs using Chlorine or Mustard Gas, but rather the chance that our stuff would blow back on us. In fact, in all theatres in '39-'45, the only Aust Army casualties from chemical weapons occured in training on the Australian Mainland! Mustard and Chlorine Gas munitions were stored for the RAAF at 3 separate locations not 10km from where I live, in fact some was acidentally dug up in the 90's, causing a bit of a local stir. Two of these locations have been cleaned up and are open to authorised access, one of which is a regular stop on MV club trips in the area: