Editing Nerve agent (section)

===G-series===
[[File:GA-3D-balls-by-AHRLS-2011.png|left|thumb|200x200px|Chemical form of the nerve agent [[Tabun (nerve agent)|Tabun]], the first ever synthesized.]]
[[File:Nerve agent G series.svg|thumb|400x400px|The G series of nerve agents.<ref>{{cite book | chapter-url = https://ke.army.mil/bordeninstitute/published_volumes/chemwarfare/Ch5_pg155-220.pdf | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130217100615/https://ke.army.mil/bordeninstitute/published_volumes/chemwarfare/Ch5_pg155-220.pdf | archive-date = 17 February 2013 | url-status = dead | first1 = Frederick R. | last1 = Sidell | first2 = Jonathan | last2 = Newmark | first3 = John | last3 = McDonough | name-list-style = vanc | chapter = Chapter 5: Nerve Agents | title =  Medical Aspects of Chemical Warfare| pages = 155–219 }}</ref>]]
The ''G-series'' is thus named because German scientists first synthesized them. G series agents are known as non-persistent, meaning that they evaporate shortly after release, and do not remain active in the dispersal area for very long. All of the compounds in this class were discovered and synthesized during or prior to [[World War II]], led by [[Gerhard Schrader]] (later under the employment of [[IG Farben]]).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Costa |first1=Lucio G |title=Organophosphorus Compounds at 80: Some Old and New Issues |journal=Toxicological Sciences |date=1 March 2018 |volume=162 |issue=1 |pages=24–35 |doi=10.1093/toxsci/kfx266 |doi-access=free|pmid=29228398 |pmc=6693380 }}</ref>

This series is the first and oldest family of nerve agents. The first nerve agent ever synthesized was GA ([[Tabun (nerve agent)|Tabun]]) in 1936. GB ([[Sarin]]) was discovered next in 1939, followed by GD ([[Soman]]) in 1944, and finally the more obscure GF ([[Cyclosarin]]) in 1949. GB was the only G agent that was fielded by the US as a munition, in rockets, [[aerial bombs]], and [[artillery shell]]s.<ref name = "FM 3-8"/>

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