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Originally Posted by vienna
Unless I am greatly mistaken, WP is classified internationally as a chemical weapon and has been so formally classed for over two decades and informally for a lot longer. I also recall WP is part of a group of chemical weapons scheduled to be fully banned and destroyed by pending international treaties. Has anything changed in recent time?...
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It's classified as a conventional weapon, specifically a bursting incendiary. However, it's use as a offensive weapon is outlawed by international law, and can only be used as ILLUM or Smoke.
I saw it used numerous times in Iraq by U.S. Forces and by the French in Afghanistan via artillery as a offensive weapon. They were fond of calling it a 'Killer Junior'.