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- CB_military_symbol abstract "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 evolved out of the First World War from the British in part for secrecy, and to simplify reference to chemicals by something other than a chemical name. These symbols were sometimes applied as marking on weapons to indicate the agent contents. Military symbols constantly changed and had transitory definitions. For example, mustard gas was assigned the military symbol originally HS for \"Hun Stuff\". Later in the First World War the S in HS signified mustard gas that had about 25% solvent added to it. This was only in England, as HS was adopted as the military symbol by the United States - signifying crude mustard. In the Second World War the purity of mustard gas was improved through distillation, and this purified chemical warfare agent was designated HD. When it was mixed with a thickener (Agent VV), it was given the symbol HV. Today mustard gas is indicated by the single capital letter H, but HD is still in common use.Military symbols can also 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. Another device in assigning military symbols is in honor of the person that had devised the agent, such as Agent TZ (saxitoxin), which was derived after the name of its principal investigator, Dr. Edward Shantz.Numbers are occasionally added to military symbols to reflect particular preparations. With riot control agents a 1 signifies micropulverized (e.g., CS1), and a 2 signified microencapsulated (e.g., CS2). With biological agents a 1 signifies a wet-type agent (e.g., UL1), and a 2 signifies a dry-type agent (e.g., UL2). Binary chemical weapons are signified by adding a 2, as in binary sarin (i.e., GB2).Other formulations have their own designation. When the Tear Agent CS is formulated in a solvent it is signified by CSX. When agents are thickened with the addition of a polymer a T is usually added to the beginning of the symbol (e.g., thickened soman is TGD). The tear agent Mace, or Agent CN, had been formulated in several solvent forms, indicated by CNB (with benzene), CNC (with chloroform), and CNS (with chloropicrin and chloroform). Mixtures of agents have been identified with either a hyphen (e.g., CN-DM), or combining letters of the two agents (e.g., HD mixed with L is HL). Furthermore, one strain of the biological agent Tularemia has the symbol SR (lethal Schu strain), while another strain has JT (incapacitant 452 strain).Military symbols for agents change from time to time for administrative reasons as well. To preserve secrecy, tularemia's symbol UL1 and UL2 was changed to TT and ZZ at one time, and then later to SR. During the Second World War cyanogen chloride's symbol was changed from CK to CC - when it became apparent that CC marked munitions might be mistaken for CG (phosgene), the symbol was changed back.The following designations are, or have been, used by the United States:".
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- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink 3-Quinuclidinyl_benzilate.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Adamsite.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Aedes_aegypti.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Agent_VV.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Ammunition.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Anthrax.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Arsine.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Aspergillus_fumigatus.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Bacillus_atrophaeus.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Bacillus_thursidius.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Benzene.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Binary_chemical_weapon.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Biological_agent.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Botulinum_toxin.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Bromobenzyl_cyanide.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Brucellosis.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink CR_gas.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink CS_gas.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Category:Chemical_warfare.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Category:Military_terminology.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Chemical_nomenclature.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Chemical_weapon.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Chlorine.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Chloroform.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Chloropicrin.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Cholera.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Cyanogen_chloride.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Cyclosarin.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Dimethylheptylpyran.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Diphenylchlorarsine.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Diphenylcyanoarsine.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Diphosgene.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Diphtheria.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Distillation.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Dysentery.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink EA-3148.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink EA-3167.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink EA-3443.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink EA-3580.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink EA-3834.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Eastern_equine_encephalitis_virus.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Edward_Shantz.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Enterotoxin_type_B.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Erwinia_hebicola.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Escherichia_coli.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Ethyldichloroarsine.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink GV_(nerve_agent).
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Glanders.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Hydrogen_cyanide.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Isopropyl_alcohol.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Isopropylamine.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Japanese_encephalitis.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Lewisite.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Listeriosis.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Lysergic_acid_diethylamide.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Mace_(spray).
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Melioidosis.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Mescaline.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Methyldichloroarsine.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Methylphosphonyl_difluoride.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Molasses_residium.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Mosquito.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Murine_typhus.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Nitrogen_mustard.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Nuclear_weapon.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Phencyclidine.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Phenyldichloroarsine.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Phosgene.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Plague_(disease).
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Polymer.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Port_Sunlight.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Psittacosis.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Q_fever.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Ricin.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Rift_Valley_fever.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Riot_control.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Rocky_Mountain_spotted_fever.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Sarin.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Saxitoxin.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Serratia_marcescens.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Smallpox.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Solvent.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Soman.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Strain_(biology).
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Sulfur_mustard.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Tabun_(nerve_agent).
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Tetrodotoxin.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Thickening_agent.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Tin(IV)_chloride.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Tularemia.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink Typhus.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink United_Kingdom.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink United_States.
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink VE_(nerve_agent).
- CB_military_symbol wikiPageWikiLink VG_(nerve_agent).