| Characteristics of Some CWA's | ||||||||||
| General Name | Sarin |
VX |
Hydrogen Cyanide |
Cyanogenic Chloride |
Phosgene |
Mustard Gas |
BZ |
CN |
CS |
DM |
| Lethal Agent | Lethal Agent | Lethal Agent | Lethal Agent | Lethal Agent | Lethal and | Incapacitating | Riot control | Riot Control | Riot Control | |
| Military classification | Nerve gas | Nerve gas | Blood gas | Blood gas | Lung irritant | Incapacitating Agent (Vesicant) | Agent (Psycho Chemical) | Agent | Agent | Agent |
| Manner of | Gas,aerosol, | Aerosol or | ||||||||
| Dispersion | spray | spray | ||||||||
| Weapon of | Every type of weapon | Large bombs | Large bombs | Mortar | All types of | Hand grenades | All types of weapons | |||
| Dispersion | Large bombs | weapons | ||||||||
| Time for first | Inhalation 5" | A few minutes | 4-6 hours | 4-6 hours | 15-60 " | Immediately | ||||
| symptoms to | Skin 30-60" | or later | or later | |||||||
| be seen | ||||||||||