A forage cap is a small military cap with a visor and a round flat crown to be worn with undress uniforms. The Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RCEME) cap badge has changed many times since the Corps’ inception. CF Green service dress forage cap with badge is shown at the left. In May …
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Cap, Forage, Provost
A forage cap is a small military cap with a visor and a round flat crown to be worn with undress uniforms (a uniform worn on other than formal occasions). The Canadian Provost Corps School was formed at Camp Borden, Ontario in the late 1940s, and by 1948 there were at least ten Provost Companies, including five Militia Provost Companies, …
Calculator, Water Contamination
The Radiac Calculator No. 1 6665-110060 (1952-1956) was produced by Blundell Rules Limited of Luton England. If the radioactivity exposure rate (roentgens/hr.) is known at a given time after a nuclear explosion, the calculator predicts the exposure rate at any other time. It also estimates the dose to personnel who are in the area at …
Antidote, Nerve Gas, Auto-Injector
An antidote is a drug that neutralizes the effects of another drug or a poison. Autoinjectors are often used in the military to protect personnel from chemical warfare agents Atropine is the most common drug used to combat nerve gases. The Smithsonian Institution reports both the Egyptians and Greeks used atropine, although it was not until 1901 pure atropine was made …