Basic terms
Identifying name for ordnance items, (ex; cartridge, 81mm, M43A1)
Nomenclature
Brown Band
Low Explosives
CBU
Cluster Bomb Unit
Heavy metal body, small cylindrical
Frag (Land Mine Apers)
Types of Batteries
- Wet cell
- Dry cell
- Thermal cell
The spiraling grooves in the gun tubes that create the spinning of the rounds
Rifling
Yellow Triangles
US scatterable mines
EMR
electromagnetic radiation
Plastic to metal junction, two piece construction, may be a time setting ring, may have a wrench slot.
Proximity VT (Projectile Fuze)
- A device for storing an electrical charge
- Made of two metal plates with an insulator in between
- Provide the firing charge
Capacitors
A device that prevents ordnance from being fired accidentally. Prevention of conditions which can cause injury or death to personnel or damage or loss of equipment or property
Safety
US Double Yellow Band
Thermal-Insulated Bombs
HERO
Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance
Made entirely out of brass, or have one or two brass rings on lower body, visible vent holes, multipiece construction.
Powder Train Time PTTF (Projectile Fuze)
PIBD Mechanical (spit-back) fuze most commonly used in what?
HEAT rockets and rifle grenades
Action taken by EOD to render safe, disassemble, neutralize or dispose of ordnance, in which the EOD soldier observes the safeties first
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Procedure
US Stencil Markings/Bands: Yellow
High Explosives
RPG
Rocket Propelled Grenade
May have a visible weld around nose, LIME GREEN.
Bursting Smoke (Rocket)
The total volume of sound produced
Acoustic Intensity
soft metal band near the base that centers the round in the bore, creates the spin from rifling, and prevents the escape of gasses
Rotating band
Soviet Projectile Bands: White
Illumination
FAE
Fuel Air Explosive
MK 80 series, 250-2000 lbs, cigar shaped, 3" fuze wells in nose and tail.
General Purpose Low Drag GPLD (Bomb)
- A stop or catch that prevents motion
> Positive block
- Its removal unlocks a movable part
> Centrifugal force does this
Detent