Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In the third part of our series on British and Canadian NBCW/CBRN gear, we examine a number of NBCW/CBRN suits and how they protect soldiers from nuclear, biological, and chemical threats:

-British CD Suit No.1 Mk.I
-British NBC Suit No.1 Mk. IV
-Canadian Chemical Warfare Protective Clothing Overgarment

CBRN Series:

Part I - M256A1 Chemical Agent Detection Kit: youtube.com/watch?v=DViWRTxz6PQ&pp=ygUTbTI1NmExIGRldGVjdG9yIGtpdA%3D%3D

Part II - Canadian Cold War Gas Masks: youtube.com/watch?v=W-80h4Cj_XU&pp=ygUrY2FuYWRpYW4gY29sZCB3YXIgZ2FzIG1hc2tzIG91ciBvd24gZGV2aWNlcw%3D%3D

0:00 Introduction
0:51 How CBRN Suits Work
1:46 Early CBRN Suits
2:20 British CD Suit No.1 Mk.I
4:30 British NBC Suit No.1 Mk.II/III
5:05 British NBC Suit No.1 Mk.IV
6:52 Canadian Chemical Warfare Protective Clothing Overgarment
8:31 Personal Hygiene in CBRN Suits
10:36 CBRN Equipment Carriers
10:52 Outro

SOURCES:

Canadian Armed Forces Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Warfare Publication - Defensive Clothing and Equipment, 1960, Department of National Defence, Ottawa
JSP 410 - Survive to Fight, Edition II, Command of the Defence Council, Ministry of Defence, 1990
rsdl.com
chemm.hhs.gov/antidote_nerveagents.htm
https://talesfromthesupplydepot.blog/2021/09/03/nbc-suit-no-1-mk-2-smock/
https://talesfromthesupplydepot.blog/2021/09/10/nbc-no1-mk-2-trousers/
https://talesfromthesupplydepot.blog/2017/07/20/nbc-suit-mk-iii-part-1-smock/
https://talesfromthesupplydepot.blog/2017/07/21/nbc-suit-mk-iii-part-2-trousers/
publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2019/isde-ised/id31/Id31-83-1970-eng.pdf