What kinds of chemical weapons are there?

1, chemical weapons can be divided into three basic types according to the way of drug dispersion:

(1) explosive dispersion-type toxic agent is dispersed in the form of aerosol or droplets by explosion. There are mainly chemical shells, aerial bombs, rockets, mines and so on.

(2) The thermal dispersion type uses the heat source or high-speed hot air flow generated by the chemical reaction between initiating explosive devices and gunpowder to evaporate and sublimate the toxic agent, forming toxic smoke (aerosol) and toxic fog. There are mainly grenades, shells filled with solid drugs and poisonous fog bombs filled with liquid drugs.

(3) Spray-type uses high-pressure airflow to spray out the solid powder poison and low-volatile liquid poison in the container, poisoning the air, ground and weapons and equipment. Main toxic smoke cans, aerosol generators, drug distribution vehicles, air distributors and spray ammunition.

2. Chemical weapons can be divided into infantry chemical weapons, artillery chemical weapons, missile chemical weapons and aviation chemical weapons according to equipment objects. They are suitable for small-scale, close-range attacks or setting up chemical obstacles; Quickly carry out a raid; Concentrated chemical attack and deep chemical attack; And flexibly carry out long-distance, deep and large-scale chemical attacks.

Extended data:

Compared with conventional weapons, it is characterized by:

Strong toxic effect

Chemical weapons mainly rely on the toxicity of chemical agents to play a fighting role. Chemical warfare agents are mostly highly toxic or super toxic poisons. Its lethality is far greater than that of conventional weapons. According to the comparative statistics of the battlefield in World War I, the killing effect of chemical warfare agents is 2 ~ 3 times that of high-explosive bombs. With the development of modern chemical weapons, the toxicity of toxic agents has reached dozens or even hundreds of times that of World War I, so a large number of similar poisoned patients can be caused under the conditions of chemical warfare.

There are many ways of poisoning.

Conventional weapons mainly rely on projectiles or shrapnel to directly kill people. Chemical weapons may cause poisoning directly or indirectly through inhalation, contact and ingestion of toxic agents.

Long duration

Conventional weapons only cause damage at the moment of explosion or when shrapnel (projectile) flies out. The killing effect of chemical weapons will not stop immediately after poisoning. Its duration depends on the characteristics of cwa, the attack mode and scale, and the weather and terrain conditions.

Wide killing range

After the chemical attack, the poison vapor or aerosol (primary cloud) diffuses with the wind, which makes the efficacy of the poison far exceed the release point. So its killing range is many times larger than that of conventional weapons.

Poisoned air can penetrate into fortresses, trenches, tunnels, buildings, and even armored vehicles, planes, and ship cabins, thus exerting its killing effect. In other words, it is obvious to use chemical weapons in areas and targets where conventional weapons have certain protective capabilities.

More effective. This proliferation "search" capability of chemical weapons does not require highly accurate means of delivery. Therefore, the use of chemical weapons is more likely to attack small targets with uncertain precise positions than conventional weapons.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-chemical weapons