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][2][3] After the suspension of the testing in 1982, models indicated the shell could be unstable in flight due to the liquid properties of VX.[4][5] However, instabilities were not observed during earlier testing, and it is unknown if instabilities in the shell were ever found.[4][6][7]
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.
- ↑ MIL-P-51458. PROJECTILE, 8 INCH, VX-2, XM736 WITHOUT CANISTER, NM, XM28, LOADING, ASSEMBLYAND PACKING (NO S/S DOCUMENT). 26-JUN-1979
- ↑ Dr. Forrest R. Frank -Staff Associate House Committee on International Relations. Binary Chemical Munitions and the Proliferation of Chemical Warfare Capability. 1983
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ D'Amico, William P.; Mermagen, William H.; Mark, Andrew; Clay, Wallace H.; U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory; U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (1975). In-flight payload temperature measurements for the XM736 binary projectile. Ballistic Research Laboratories. Memorandum report ;no. 2560. Aberdeen, Maryland: Aberdeen Proving Ground.
- ↑ William P. D'Amico, Jr. Simulant Reaction Temperature Measurement via Telemetry for the XM736 at Charge 9. MEMORANDUM REPORT ARBRL-MR-03021 (Supersedes 1 MR No. 639). US ARMY ARMAMENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMAND - BALLISTIC RESEARCH LABORATORY. ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MARYLAND May 1980
- ↑ Dr. Robert J. Rutman, University of Pennsylvania. Binary Chemical Weapons: Details, Difficulties, and Dangers. United States Congress House. Committee on Appropriations. 1982