the obsolete type of the chem. weapon, which was being
intended for the defeat of kinetic energy and area contamination by
the toxic substances. For the first time g. were used
(1917) by Eng, army in 1st world
war 1914-18. G. consisted of short it was trunk with the
diameter 18 - 20 sm they were
charged by the mines, which contained 13-14 kg of the chem. toxic substances. They were
established on the base plates, dug in into the earth. Shooting
was produced by the volleys simultaneously from several of hundred g.
to the distance to 1,2 km .