103 Ordnance Types and Characteristics Flashcards
- 1 Discuss ordnance types for the following warfare communities.
a. Surface, including Mine Warfare
b. Subsurface
c. Aviation
d. Expeditionary
e. General, i.e. CADS/PADS, components, etc.
a) Surface ships ordnance includes
1. Vertical Launch Systems (VLS) weapons: Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAMS), Standard Missiles (SM-2; SM-3 and SM-6); Vertical Launch Anti-Submarine Rockets (VLA); and Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM). TLAMS are attack missiles. SM-2 and SM-6 are anti-air missiles that can also be used for anti-ship attacks. ESSM are self-defense anti-missile missles. VLA are anti-submarine weapons.
2. Other Missiles: Rolling Airframe Missiles (RAM), NATO Sea Sparrow Missile (NSSM) and Harpoon the major non-VLS weapons. RAM and NSSM are self-defense anti-missile missiles. Harpoon is an anti-ship missile. Additionally, the PCs are armed with Griffin short range anti-ship missiles, and the LCS will be armed with a naval strike missile.
3. Guns: CG and DDG are armed with Five-inch guns that fire a variety of shells including high-explosive and lamination. The DDG 1000 has a 155mm gun. Additionally, all ships have 30mm, 25mm, 20 mm and/or 50 cal secondary guns.
4. Mines: The Navy has two types of in-service mines, the Quickstrike mine (Marks 62, 63 and 65) and the Submarine Launched Mobile Mine (SLMM) (Mark 67). The Quickstrike is a family of shallow-water, aircraft-laid mines. Quickstrike versions Mark 62 and Mark 63 are converted general purpose, 500-pound and 1,000-pound bombs. The Mark 65 is a 2,000-pound mine, which utilizes a thin-walled mine case, rather than a bomb body. The SLMM is a shallow water mine, consisting of a modified MK37 torpedo with a mine target detection device.
5. Other: CG and DDG carry tube launched MK-54 torpedoes as well as sonobuoys. Many larger ships also have NALCA counter-measures as well as chaff and flares.
b) Submarines are armed with MK48 torpedoes and TLAMs. Harpoon missiles will soon be re-introduced to submarines. In addition to these major weapons, submarines also are armed with acoustic countermeasures and MK 63 SLMM.
c) Naval aviation ordnance includes guns (25mm, 20mm and 50 cal), bombs (Joint Direct Attack Munition [JDAM] in 500, 1000, 2000 pounds as well as small diameter; Laser JDAMs in similar sizes as the JDAMs Cluster Bombs, Joint Standoff Weapon [JSOW], and BLU-109/B hardened penetration bombs); air-to-air missiles (AMRAAM, AIM-9 Sidewinder, and AIM-7 Sea Sparrow) air-to-ground missiles (Harpoon, Long Range Anti-Ship Missile [LRASM], Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile [JASSM], Standoff Land Attack Missile – Extended Range [SLAM-ER], Maverick, Hellfire, HARM and AARGM) MK 54 torpedoes dropped from H-60s, Quickstrike mines, rockets as well as chaff and flairs.
d) Most expeditionary ordnance to support Seabees, EOD and security forces is small arms such as 50 cal, 40mm grenades, 25mm, 20mm, 7.62mm (M60/M240B), 5.56mm (M-16/M-4), 9mm, 12-gauge shotgun, AT4 84mm anti-tank weapon as well as several more exotic anti-tank rifles and missiles. The US Army is generally the source of this ammunition.
e) Cartridge Actuated Devices (CADS), Propellant Actuated Devices (PADS), and Aircrew Escape Propulsion Systems (AEPS) are small explosives that release precise explosive or propellant energy to perform controlled work functions in a variety of applications, including fire extinguisher systems, emergency escape systems, stores release/jettison systems and cargo hook cable cutting systems. These devices have small net explosive weights (NEW) and can often be transported by US Mail and Federal Express.
- 2 Explain the similarities and differences of the following listed Ordnance subjects with those Ordnance Systems listed above in Objective 103.1:
a. SMART Guidance Systems
b. End effect of munitions
c. Safety considerations
d. Potential interoperability
a) The guidance systems on several missiles are similar for example SM-6s uses the airframe of the SM-2 missile, with the active radar homing seeker from the AIM-120. However; most missiles have different systems as do bombs. LASER Guided bombs, JDAMS (GPS guided) and LASER JDAMS, have different guidance systems. The different guidance kits do fit on the same bomb bodies.
b) Most munitions have high explosive warheads; however, GBU bombs include sub-munitions. Further, some air-to-air munitions are proximity warheads rather than hit-to-kill weapons. However, the net explosive weight (NEW) (measure of explosiveness: one pound of NEW is equal to one pound of TNT) of the weapons outlined above various greatly.
c) Most modern weapons are “insensitive” and have similar safety considerations.
d) Most LGB/JDAM/LJDAM can be used by Navy, USMC and Air Force aircraft. Additionally, most air-to-air weapons are interoperable with other services. However only significant interoperable munitions between surface and aviation platforms is 50 cal; 20, 25 and 30 mm small arms ordnance.
103.3 Discuss Aviation, Surface, Sub-surface, and Marine Corps/Expeditionary Ordnance requirements in the PACFLT AOR.
All types of ordnance outlined above are required to various levels to support PACFLT plans. Refer to each plan to identify requirement levels.
- 4 Explain the following ordnance identification means including:
a. DODIC / NALC
b. NSN/NIIN
c. COG
d. Nomenclature
e. Color Coding
Cataloging assets encompasses the analysis, coding validation, and the updating of information systems with technical inventory data. Cataloging also defines the technical characteristics and inventory management requirements for conventional ordnance material, resulting in the assignment, maintenance, and deactivation of National Stock Numbers (NSNs), Department of Defense Identification Codes (DODICs), or Navy Ammunition Logistics Codes (NALCs). NAVSUP P-724 3.1.1
a. DODIC / NALC
Acquisition/Program Managers initiate requests for NSN and a DODIC/NALC. In ordnance, certain end items and major assemblies fall into generic groupings, in terms of their close physical and functional relationships and interchangeability. For management convenience, these groupings are assigned DODICs or NALCs, which may embrace one or more NSNs.
For example, a 5-inch 38-caliber projectile has the assigned DODIC D249, which includes distinct NSNs, differing solely in the color of their explosive bursts. Similarly, a 16-inch .50 caliber projectile may have several stock numbers dependent on the dye color upon impact; however, these stock numbers are grouped under the single DODIC D862.
DODIC is a four-character alphanumeric code consisting of one letter followed by three numbers (i.e., A072) assigned to a generic description within a Federal Supply Classification (FSC). Whenever the same DODIC is used as a suffix on two or more NSNs, the items are interchangeable as to function, issue, and use. DODICs are assigned by the DLIS. Items that are assigned a DODIC are normally common items used by more than one military service. NAVSUP AMMO assigned four-digit NALC consisting of alpha and numeric codes. The NALC is similar to a DODIC, except for its assignment by NAVSUP AMMO vice DLIS. OPNAV M 8000.16 12.3.2.
b) NSNs must be assigned to all ammunition items that are centrally managed or procured for system stock. NSN and DODIC are established by DLA Logistics Information Service (DLIS). The NSN is made up of the following sub-units: 1) Federal Supply Classification (FSC). A four-digit code comprising the item’s FSG and class (e.g., 1305, 1310, 1315, 1320 etc.). 2) NATO Code. A two-digit number code that identifies the NATO country assigning the stock number and/or that indicates the item is produced by a country other than the country assigning the stock number. For ordnance, this code is almost uniformly “00” or “01”, which indicates U.S. production and cataloging cognizance. 3) NIIN. A nine-digit non-significant number that uniquely identifies an item of supply. The NIIN includes the NATO code and is the primary sequencing element of the NSN. Many catalogs, documents, and listings are in NIIN sequence.
NSNs are assigned to all items of supply that are centrally managed or procured for supply system stock. New items entering the supply system are generally processed in time to permit assignment of NSNs by DLIS prior to their shipment from producers or suppliers. In circumstances where NSN assignment is delayed and it is necessary to assign a temporary or expedient means of identification, a NICN may be assigned by the NAVSUP AMMO. Frequently, NICNs are assigned to items for which contractor delivery must be expedited prior to completion of the stock numbering process. They are also assigned to items undergoing development or evaluation or to items awaiting disposal or other action under conditions where the NSN cannot be determined. NICNs are temporary, pending NSN assignment, and therefore are not included in the DLIS files. However, those that are assigned by NAVSUP AMMO are included in the OIS-W and reflected in the Navy Stock List NAVSUP P-803. OPNAV M-8000.16 12.3.1.1.e
c) For supply and financial management purposes, Navy material items are grouped into basic
logistics categories that may include all, or segments of, a number of classes of material. Cognizance symbols are two-digit numeric and alpha codes. The numeric code designates the stores account, Navy stock account, or APA of the item. The alpha code is used to designate the cognizant inventory manager who exercises Navy-wide technical management responsibilities over specified categories of material. The 13-digit NSN is the standard means of identifying items in the NSS. The Navy cognizance symbol usually precedes the NSN when used in Navy publications or documents.
The two-digit cognizance symbol that indicates the broad category of the ammunition
item (2T, 8T, or OT), and the ICPs or IMs, as appropriate, having technical and inventory control.
d) Item Name and Description; nomenclature of the item, noun name, modifiers, MK and Mod,
series/type, etc.
e)
- 5 Identify the capabilities and conventional ordnance types applicable to the following combatant platforms:
a. CVN
b. CG
c. DDG
d. LCS
e. FFG
f. WMSL/WHEC
g. PB
h. SSGN
i. SSN
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- 6 Identify the capabilities and conventional ordnance types applicable to the following amphibious platforms:
a. LHA
b. LHD
c. LPD
d. LSD
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- 7 Identify the capabilities and conventional ordnance types applicable to the following aviation platforms:
e. F/A-18
f. F-35
g. AV-8
h. EA-18
i. MH-60
j. AH-1
k. P-3/EP-3
l. P-8
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103.8 Identify the capabilities and conventional ordnance types applicable to the units of the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC)
Most expeditionary ordnance to support Seabees, EOD and security forces is small arms such as 50 cal, 40mm grenades, 25mm, 20mm, 7.62mm (M60/M240B), 5.56mm (M-16/M-4), 9mm, 12-gauge shotgun, AT4 84mm anti-tank weapon as well as several more exotic anti-tank rifles and missiles. The US Army is generally the source of this ammunition.
