CB military symbol


Chemical, biological — and sometimes radiological — warfare agents were assigned what is termed a military symbol by the U.S. military until the American chemical and biological weapons programs were terminated. Military symbols applied to the CB agent fill, and not to the entire weapon. A chemical or biological weapon designation would be, for example, "Aero-14/B", which could be filled with GB, VX, TGB, or with a biological modification kit - OU, NU, UL, etc. A CB weapon is an integrated device of agent, dissemination means, and delivery system.
Military symbols can sometimes reflect the name of where a chemical agent is manufactured. For example, chloropicrin has the symbol PS, which was derived from the British town in which it was manufactured during the First World War: Port Sunlight.

Chemical agents

Blood agents

Choking agents

Blister agents

Tear agents

Vomiting agents

Psycho agents

Nerve agents

Experimental agents

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Biological agents

Mycotic biological agents

Bacterial biological agents

Chlamydial biological agents

Rickettsial biological agents

Viral biological agents

Biological vectors

Biological toxins

Others

Simulants

Radiological agent

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