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Today is December 23 ,1940. I just recived my gasmask today and i am learning what and how it is used. Gas masks are used to prevent harmful causes of gases in the ari such as mustard gas. Mustard gas was just discovered and used by the Germans in September 1917, 23 years ago. It is one of the most lethal of all the poisonous chemicals. It is almost odourless and took twelve hours to take effect. The gas mask had been invented only about 15 years ago. Before the gas mask we had to use rags filled with disgusting urin to keep from being exposed to the harmful smell of the gases.

Dear diary, Today is December 24 1940. Im starting to learn more about trenches. So far i had to practice in the trenches and it is difficult. There are rats, body lice , and catchiong diseses is easy. One thing i make sure to always do is to follow orders and never disobay.When disobaying you are risking execution. Between the trenches there is a area called "no mans land". It had already been deformed from shellfire. Personally I love trenches. They are very usful in batte for traveling around the field and very dangerous. They are Dangerous because their ae many things that can kill you in a trench during battle.

Dear diary, Today is December 27, 1940. Today I am continuing to learn more about the machine gun. The machine cause is a fully automatic weapon. It weighs somwhere from 32 - 60 kg. The machine gun fires 400-600 bullets per minute. This weapon is a good weapon for killing a large amount of people and it is bad for usage for a longer period of time. The machine gun does overheat very quickly sometimes in 2 mins. There is one of two ways to fix this overheating. Water cooling and if needed air cooling.