During my years in the Army, I always feared Sarin and the other nerve agents the most. The effects of sarin, tabun and soman, all part of the G-series of nerve agents and the other numerous V-series nerve agents are horrible. We learned the symptoms starting from the head and going down the body so we could recite them. Even the CDC lists them: headache, contracted pupils and watery eyes, runny nose, drooling, tightness of the chest, rapid breathing, nausea or vomiting, lose of bladder and bowels control, convulsions, and muscle twitching of the exposed area (CDC 2013). Just not a pleasant way to "go out".
We did learn that fire burns the nerve agent, rendering it harmless. So artillery shells that exploded with a fire filled explosion were
We did learn that fire burns the nerve agent, rendering it harmless. So artillery shells that exploded with a fire filled explosion were