2aguy
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You're lying. Even in MOPP 4, there's no way to keep the fine CS powder off your skin. Part of the training requires everyone to break the seal of the pro-mask for 10 seconds and then re-establish the seal, thus exposing the entire head to CS powder. The burning irritation affects the mouth, nostrils, lungs, eyes and tear ducts and every portion of skin it comes in contact with. You can't avoid further exposure when taking off your MOPP gear because the fine powder becomes airborne again.Yes...I have, in both an open and enclosed environment.....they could have brought in tear gas sprayers and just kept it on him........
I'm sorry. I am not buying your "experience". Tear gas in an open environment like used in a riot is to make people leave the area. All he had to do was move. Also, how do you know he didn't have a gas mask?
I was in the infantry...we did nuclear, biological and chemical weapons training in basic........the Drill sergeants liked to test our mask donning ability...if you didn't panic your mask would clear out the CS as you breathed.......it still burned the skin......
And that was in the open the gas house was much less fun....
We did the training in basic, and had the gas chamber every time we went to GTMO for refresher training. Not once did it burn my skin. I think you are just an Army wimp.
We were also used to the masks because we trained with them constantly when underway and wore firefighting equipment with masks about every three to four days.
That's what everyone knows who actually went through US Army NBC training and isn't just fibbing about it.
You are confused. You should have paid better attention. CS is a gas, not a powder. It is not an irritant to the skin, but the mucous membranes. I will await your apology.
CS gas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is both...it also comes in a tablet........the Drill Sergeants...had CS tabs in a can that they lit with fire......we had to stand in the enclosed room as he explained how our masks worked....then he gave the order to unmask........he said breath in gentlemen.....then he opened the door and made us run to get the fumes off of us.....we had snot and tears and burning skin.....