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In the First World War chemical weapons were used on a large scale; Prentiss1 estimated that about 66 million chemical shells (accounting for 125,000 tonnes of toxic chemicals) were used. Towards the end of the conflict the normal materials used in detonators became scarce, in particular on the German side, and had to be replaced by low quality materials — hence the increased percentage of “duds”.
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De Bisschop, H.C. (1997). Old Chemical Weapons in Belgium: Do We Need Alternative Destruction Technologies?. In: Schulte, N.T. (eds) Dismantlement and Destruction of Chemical, Nuclear and Conventional Weapons. NATO ASI Series, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1276-7_35
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