Chemical weapon in the 20th and 21st centuries. Part 2. Nerve agents ‒ G group

Abstract

The aim of this publication is to review the state of the art in the field of chemical weapons. It contains the knowledge about the G group of chemical compounds that are part of the phosphorous-organic combat paralytic and seizure poisonous agents from their discovery to 1970. G group compounds are also referred to as G series compounds, G compounds, G-gases, G gases, are a subgroup of paralytic-convulsant combat poisonous agents that inhibit acetylcholinesterase. The paper contains basic data on this group of compounds, still considered as an important component of chemical weapons. Keywords: phosphororganic chemical agents, chemical weapon, II World War, post-war period, Cold War