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Smoke screen
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A smoke screen is smoke released to mask the movement or location of military units such as infantry, tanks, aircraft, or ships.
Soldiers advancing under the cover of a smoke screen during a training exercise
Soldiers advancing under the cover of a smoke screen during a training exercise
A French Legionnaire moving through a smoke screen generated using a smoke grenade
A French Legionnaire moving through a smoke screen generated using a smoke grenade
A British Army Challenger 2 deploying a smoke screen using a smoke generator installed in its rear
A British Army Challenger 2 deploying a smoke screen using a smoke generator installed in its rear
A JGSDF Toyota Mega Cruiser with a smoke generator installed in its rear compartment
A JGSDF Toyota Mega Cruiser with a smoke generator installed in its rear compartment
White phosphorus munition
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White phosphorus munitions are weapons that use one of the common allotropes of the chemical element phosphorus. White phosphorus is used in smoke, illumination, and incendiary munitions, and is commo
Smoke screen
…usually consists of HC smoke mixture (hexachloroethane/zinc) or TA smoke mixture (terephthalic acid). Another type of smoke grenade is filled with white phosphorus (WP), which is spread by explosive action. The phosphorus catches fire in the presence of air, and burns with a brilliant yellow flame, while producing…
US Air Force Douglas A-1E Skyraider dropping a 100-pound (45 kg) M47 white phosphorus bomb on a Viet Cong position in South Vietnam in 1966
US Air Force Douglas A-1E Skyraider dropping a 100-pound (45 kg) M47 white phosphorus bomb on a Viet Cong position in South Vietnam in 1966
Air burst of a white phosphorus bomb over the USS Alabama during a test exercise conducted by Billy Mitchell, September 1921
Air burst of a white phosphorus bomb over the USS Alabama during a test exercise conducted by Billy Mitchell, September 1921
A USAF Security Police Squadron member packs an 81 mm white phosphorus smoke-screen mortar round during weapons training, 1980.
A USAF Security Police Squadron member packs an 81 mm white phosphorus smoke-screen mortar round during weapons training, 1980.
A Senior Airman of the United States Air Force inspects 70 millimetres (2.75 in) white phosphorus marker rockets at Osan Air Base, South Korea, in 199
A Senior Airman of the United States Air Force inspects 70 millimetres (2.75 in) white phosphorus marker rockets at Osan Air Base, South Korea, in 1996.