What does WPG stand for?

White Phosphorus Grenade

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Science, medicine, engineering, etc.

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Samples in periodicals archive:

White phosphorus grenades were withdrawn from use in the British Army in 1997, although old duffers like me still refer - incorrectly - to their replacements with the old term, WP.

Sorry, but sometimes we HAVE to use white phosphorus; A SOLDIER'S ...

But the third and worst cause of the current stench lies in the revelation that the United States occupation forces have resorted to the indiscriminate use of white phosphorus grenades in their clumsy attempts to crush the Iraqi insurgency.

No better than Saddam..? Indiscriminate phosphorus bombs. Torture. ...

White phosphorus grenades marked our front and flanks.

A German shepherd named Suzie turned out to be a surprisingly ...