Chemical, biological (CB) — 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 (in 1990 and 1969, respectively). 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 (1) agent, (2) dissemination means, and (3) 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.[1]
Chemical agents[edit]
Blood agents[edit]
- AC – hydrogen cyanide[2]
- CK – cyanogen chloride[3]
- SA – Arsine[4]
Choking agents[edit]
- BBC – bromobenzyl cyanide
- CL – chlorine
- CG – phosgene[5]
- DP – diphosgene[6]
- KJ – stannic chloride
- NC – 80% chloropicrin, 20% stannic chloride
- PS – chloropicrin
Blister agents[edit]
- H – mustard gas
- HD – distilled mustard gas[7]
- T – O-Mustard
- Q – sesquimustard
- L – Lewisite[8]
- HL – mustard-lewisite mixture[9]
- HT – mustard-T mixture[10]
- HQ – mustard-Q mixture
- HN – nitrogen mustard[11]
- ED – ethyl dichloroarsine[12]
- MD – methyl dichloroarsine[13]
- PD – phenyl dichloroarsine[14]
- CX – Phosgene oxime[15]
Tear agents[edit]
- CA – camite
- CN – mace
- CNB – mace-benzene mixture
- CNC – mace-chloroform mixture
- CND
- CNS – mace-chloropicrin-chloroform mixture
- CS – CS gas
- CS1 – micropulverized CS
- CS2 – microencapsulated CS
- CR – CR gas
- CH –
Vomiting agents[edit]
- DA – diphenylchlorarsine
- DC – diphenylcyanoarsine
- DM – Adamsite
Psycho agents[edit]
- BZ – 3-quinuclidinyl benzilate[16]
- SN – sernyl (PCP)
- K – lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) [EA 1729]
Nerve agents[edit]
- GA – tabun [EA1205][17]
- GB – sarin [EA1208][18]
- GB2 – sarin as a binary agent from mixing OPA (isopropyl alcohol+isopropyl amine) + DF [EA5823]
- GD – soman [EA1210][19]
- GF – cyclosarin [EA1212][20]
- GE – ethyl sarin
- GH – O-isopentyl sarin [EA1221]
- GS – S-butyl sarin [EA1255]
- GV – (dimethylaminoethyl phosphorodimethyl amidoylfluoridate) [EA5365]
- VE – VE nerve agent [EA1517]
- VG – Amiton (O,O-diethyl-S-[2-(diethylamino)ethyl] phosphorothioate) [EA1508]
- VM – Edemo [EA1664]
- VS – (O-Ethyl S-2-(diisopropylamino)ethyl ethylphosphonothiolate) [EA1677][21]
- VP – (3-pyridyl 3,3,5-trimethylcyclohexyl methylphosphonate) [EA1511][22]
- VR – VR nerve agent (O-isobutyl S-(2-diethaminoethyl) methylphosphothioate)
- VX – VX nerve agent [EA1701][23]
- TZ – Saxitoxin
Experimental agents[edit]
Material Testing Program EA (Edgewood Arsenal) numbers:
- EA 1152 - Diisopropyl fluorophosphate (DFP)
- EA 1205 - Tabun (GA)
- EA 1208 - Sarin (GB)
- EA 1210 - Soman (GD)
- EA 1212 - Cyclosarin (GF)
- EA 1221 - O-isopentyl sarin
- EA 1255 - S-butyl sarin
- EA 1285 - Tetraethyl pyrophosphate (TEPP)
- EA 1298 - Methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), an analogue and active metabolite of MDMA
- EA 1475 - Methylenedioxymethamphetamine
- EA 1476 - A dimethylheptylpyran variant ("red oil")
- EA 1508 - VG
- EA 1517 - VE
- EA 1653 - LSD in tartrate form[24]
- EA 1664 - Edemo (VM)
- EA 1677 - VS, a "V-series" nerve agent
- EA 1701 - VX
- EA 1729 - LSD in free base form
- EA 2092 - Benactyzine
- EA 2148-A - Phencyclidine (PCP)[25]
- EA 2233 - A dimethylheptylpyran variant
- Eight individual isomers numbered EA-2233-1 through EA-2233-8
- EA 2277 - BZ ("Substance 78" to Soviets)
- EA 3148 - A "V-series" nerve agent, Cyclopentyl S-2-diethylaminoethyl methylphosphonothiolate ("Substance 100A" to Soviets)
- EA 3167 - A BZ variant
- EA 3443 - A BZ variant
- EA 3528 - LSD in malleate form
- EA 3580 - A BZ variant
- EA 3834 - A BZ variant
- EA 5365 - GV
- EA 5823 - Sarin (GB) as a binary agent from mixing OPA (isopropyl alcohol+isopropyl amine) + DF
Biological agents[edit]
Mycotic biological agents[edit]
- OC - Coccidioides mycosis
Bacterial biological agents[edit]
- N - anthrax
- TR - anthrax
- LE - plague
- UL - tularemia (schu S4)
- TT - wet-type UL
- ZZ - dry-type UL
- SR - tularemia
- JT - tularemia (425)
- HO - cholera
- AB - bovine brucellosis
- US - porcine brucellosis
- NX - porcine brucellosis
- AM - caprine brucellosis
- BX - caprine brucellosis
- Y - bacterial dysentery
- LA - Glanders
- HI - Melioidosis
- DK - diphtheria
- TQ - listeriosis
Chlamydial biological agents[edit]
- SI - psittacosis
Rickettsial biological agents[edit]
- RI - rocky mountain spotted fever
- UY - rocky mountain spotted fever
- OU - Q fever
- MN - wet-type OU
- NT - dry-type OU
- YE - human typhus
- AV - murine typhus
Viral biological agents[edit]
- OJ - yellow fever
- UT - yellow fever
- LU - yellow fever
- FA - Rift Valley fever
- NU - Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus
- TD - Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis virus
- FX - Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis virus
- ZX - Eastern equine encephalitis virus
- ZL - smallpox
- AN - Japanese B encephalitis
Biological vectors[edit]
- AP = Aedes aegypti mosquito
Biological toxins[edit]
- X - botulinum toxin A
- XR - partially purified botulinum toxin A
- W - ricin toxin
- WA - ricin toxin
- UC - staphyloccocal enterotoxin B
- PG - staphylococcal enterotoxin B
- TZ - saxitoxin
- SS - saxitoxin
- PP - tetrodotoxin
Others[edit]
Simulants[edit]
- MR - molasses residuum
- BG - Bacillus globigii
- BS - Bacillus globigii
- U - Bacillus globigii
- SM - Serratia marcescens
- P - Serratia marcescens
- AF - Aspergillus fumigatus mutant C-2
- EC - Escherichia coli
- BT - Bacillus thuringiensis
- EH - Erwinia hebicola
- FP - fluorescent particle
Radiological agent[edit]
- RA -
References[edit]
- ^ Foulkes, C.H. (31 Jan 2012). "GAS!" — The Story of the Special Brigade. Andrews UK Limited. p. 193.
- ^ FM 3-11.9 Potential Military Chemical/Biological Agents and Compounds, p. II-32.
- ^ FM 3-11.9 Potential Military Chemical/Biological Agents and Compounds, p. II-34.
- ^ FM 3-11.9 Potential Military Chemical/Biological Agents and Compounds, p. II-36.
- ^ FM 3-11.9 Potential Military Chemical/Biological Agents and Compounds, p. II-10.
- ^ FM 3-11.9 Potential Military Chemical/Biological Agents and Compounds, p. II-12.
- ^ FM 3-11.9 Potential Military Chemical/Biological Agents and Compounds, p. II-38.
- ^ FM 3-11.9 Potential Military Chemical/Biological Agents and Compounds, p. II-50 to II-51.
- ^ FM 3-11.9 Potential Military Chemical/Biological Agents and Compounds, p. II-54.
- ^ FM 3-11.9 Potential Military Chemical/Biological Agents and Compounds, p. II-48 to II-49.
- ^ FM 3-11.9 Potential Military Chemical/Biological Agents and Compounds, p. II-41.
- ^ FM 3-11.9 Potential Military Chemical/Biological Agents and Compounds, p. II-59.
- ^ FM 3-11.9 Potential Military Chemical/Biological Agents and Compounds, p. II-60 to II-61.
- ^ FM 3-11.9 Potential Military Chemical/Biological Agents and Compounds, p. II-57.
- ^ FM 3-11.9 Potential Military Chemical/Biological Agents and Compounds, p. II-63.
- ^ FM 3-11.9 Potential Military Chemical/Biological Agents and Compounds, p. II-65.
- ^ FM 3-11.9 Potential Military Chemical/Biological Agents and Compounds, p. II-15.
- ^ FM 3-11.9 Potential Military Chemical/Biological Agents and Compounds, p. II-18.
- ^ FM 3-11.9 Potential Military Chemical/Biological Agents and Compounds, p. II-21.
- ^ FM 3-11.9 Potential Military Chemical/Biological Agents and Compounds, p. II-24.
- ^ Hoenig, Steven L. (2007), Compendium of Chemical Warfare Agents, Springer, pp 106-109, ISBN 978-0-387-34626-7
- ^ US 3903098
- ^ FM 3-11.9 Potential Military Chemical/Biological Agents and Compounds, p. II-27.
- ^ Ketchum, James S.; Aghajanian, George K.; Bing, Oscar H.L. (July 1, 1964). "The Human Assessment of EA 1729 and EA 3528 by the Inhalation Route". dtic.mil. Defense Technical Information Center. Archived from the original on June 3, 2018. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
- ^ Johnson, Kelli (February 29, 2016). "Assessment of Potential Long Term Health Effects on Army Human Test Subjects of Relevant Biological and Chemical Agents, Drugs, Medications and Substances". dtic.mil. Defense Technical Information Center. Archived from the original on June 2, 2018. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
Bibliography[edit]
United States Army Chemical School. Potential Military Chemical/Biological Agents and Compounds (PDF) (Report). FM 3-11.9.