Ordnance Identification
Cylindrical shape (uniform), break or seam at the nose or tail, lightweight material.
Illum (Rifle Grenade)
IED
improvised explosive device
Yellow Triangles
US scatterable mines
Forward motion of free moving fuze parts caused by the deceleration of the ordnance in flight.
Creep
1. Be especially watchful on paths in areas previously held by enemy forces
2. Same as booby trap
Trip (2)
2 piece construction, will have a bulls eye on nose, has a digital time viewing window, will also typically have a button to set the time.
Electronic Time ET (Projectile Fuze)
APDS
Armor Piercing Discarding Sabot
US Overall Body Color: Black
Armor defeating/AD Capabilities
A safety pin held in place while the fuze is in a gun barrel or launch tube. It is released upon firing.
Bore riding pin
Bucket of wet sand. Leather apron, asbestos gloves, and face shield
WHITE PHOSPHORUS (WP)
Most have arming vanes that are driven by wind flow.
Impact (Bomb Fuze)
CBRNE
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive
US Double Yellow Band
Thermal-Insulated Bombs
Sustained acceleration
A certain amount of acceleration is measured by a fuze for a set time. If the acceleration is not achieved for the prescribed period of time, the fuze will not arm.
Explosive or CBRNE that is dropped from an aircraft
Bomb
Designed to carry multiple small payloads.
Dispenser
APT
Armor piercing tracer
Soviet: ПГ
PG - Heat Recoilless
the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, water, or air utilized to arm or fire a fuze.
Pressure
1. Observe proper wait time (usually an hour)
2. Approach 45 degrees from the rear
3. Do not break 90 degree plane of the plastic to metal junction
4. Observe EMR and STATIC
Proximity / Variable Time
Almost exclusively in heat round
Point Initiated Base Detonating PIBD (Projectile Fuze)
RAP
Rocket Assisted Projectile
Soviet Projectile Bands: Black
Smoke
Pressure created by a rocket motor that can be used to start and delay the arming of a fuze.
Typically found in Fin stabilized rockets.
Gas pressure
Failure of ordnance of function in a NORMAL OR EXPECTED MANNER
malfunction