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Chlorine, Mustard Gas, and Phosgene were all used. Chlorine irritates mucous membranes and causes suffocation, Mustard Gas causes blistering anywhere it contacts the body (externally or internally), and Phosgene destroys the pulmonary alveoli causing suffocation.

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Mustard Gas, Tear Gas, Phosgene, and Chlorine.

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Zyklon B, but it was used in WW2.

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The common name of a common poisonous gas is mustard gas, and it was used mostly in World War I.

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For the most part poison gases were sent against enemy forces via canisters in artillery shells.

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Mustard gas was a poisonous gas used.

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