Biuletyn Wojskowej Akademii Technicznej (Feb 2020)

Chemical weapon in the 20th and 21st centuries. Part 3. Organophosphorus chemical warfare agents used until the year 1970. V-group

  • Marcin Kloske,
  • Zygfryd Witkiewicz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0013.9736
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 68, no. 4
pp. 139 – 163

Abstract

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The article contains the knowledge about the V-group of organophosphorus chemical warfare agents, named nerve agents, used since their discovery until the year 1970. Group V is the second consecutive collection of CW agents and it contains a number of chemical substances, which were considered up to the year 2018, to be the most toxic chemical compounds included in the arsenal of chemical weapons. Keywords: organophosphorus toxic agents, chemical weapon, II World War, post-war period, Cold War

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