Chemical Warfare Agents
A chemical agent is a substance which is intended for use in military operations to kill, seriously injure or incapacitate people because of its physiological effects. Excluded from this definition are riot control agents, herbicides, smoke and flame.
- Nerve Agents
- GA (Tabun)
- GB (Sarin)
- GD (Soman)
- GF
- VX (methylphosphonothioic acid)
- Blister Agents
- HD - sulphur mustard (Yperite)
- HN - nitrogen mustard
- L - Lewisite
- CX - phosgene oximine
- Choking Agents
- CG phosgene
- DP diphosgene
- Cl chlorine
- PS chloropicrin
- Incapacitating Agents
- Riot Control Agents
- Chemical Agent Summary Table
References
- MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF CHEMICAL CASUALTIES HANDBOOK - ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL DEFENSE - Second Edition - September 1995
- NATO HANDBOOK ON THE MEDICAL ASPECTS OF NBC DEFENSIVE OPERATIONS PART III - CHEMICAL
- Chemical Agent MSDS [Material Safety Data Sheets] Edgewood Research, Development and Engineering Center
- Chemical Warfare Agents FOA Briefing Book on Chemical Weapons
- Soviet Georgia: "Bloody Sunday." Medical Mission
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