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> is a little pedantic, they used agent orange to kill foliage to kill people...

Is a wheel a weapon because a tank uses it? I wouldn't consider the difference pedantry.

It does look like the general consensus is agent orange is not a chemical weapon, or at least was not used as one.

tanks have very much run over people to kill them. a wheel can very much be used as a weapon.

"Can be used as a weapon" applies to nearly everything, and ceases to have any meaning. Even on a tank, they aren't considered a weapon, only the whole take together is the weapon, or the cannon alone.

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