XM736 8-inch projectile
The XM-736 8-inch projectile was a binary howitzer round that was designed to carry the nerve agent VX.[1] After the suspension of the testing in 1982, models indicated the shell could be unstable in flight due to the liquid properties of VX.[2] However, instabilities were not observed during earlier testing, and it is unknown if instabilities in the shell were ever found.[2]
References
- ^ Adams, Robert W. "CHEMICAL WARFARE IN FUTURE MILITARY OPERATIONS", Command and Staff College, United States Navy, via Globalsecurity.org, April 6, 1984, accessed January 3, 2009.
- ^ a b D'Amico, William P., Jr. "Comments on the Flight Stability of the XM736 8-Inch Binary Projectile", (Abstract/Citation), October 1982, accessed January 3, 2009.
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- 2nd Chemical Battalion
- U.S. Army Chemical Corps
- U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center
- U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD)
- U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity
- Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives
- Chemical mortar battalion
- Anniston Army Depot
- Anniston Chemical Activity
- Blue Grass Army Depot
- Deseret Chemical Depot
- Edgewood Chemical Activity
- Hawthorne Army Depot
- Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System
- Newport Chemical Depot
- Pine Bluff Chemical Activity
- Pueblo Chemical Depot
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- Umatilla Chemical Depot
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- 3-Quinuclidinyl benzilate (BZ)
- Chlorine
- Methylphosphonyl difluoride (DF)
- Phosgene
- QL
- Sarin (GB)
- Mustard gas (HD)
- VX
- BLU-80/B Bigeye bomb
- M1 chemical mine
- M104 155 mm projectile
- M110 155 mm projectile
- M121 155 mm projectile
- M125 bomblet
- M134 bomblet
- M138 bomblet
- M139 bomblet
- M2 mortar
- M23 chemical mine
- M34 cluster bomb
- M360 105 mm projectile
- M426 8-inch shell
- M43 BZ cluster bomb
- M44 generator cluster
- M55 rocket
- M60 105 mm projectile
- M687 155 mm projectile
- XM736 8-inch projectile
- MC-1 bomb
- M47 bomb
- Weteye bomb