ASE-9 Weaponeering

Question 1

4 Types of Munitions

Answer 1

General Purpose (GP)
Fragmentation
Cluster Bombs
Penetration

Question 2

Blast

Answer 2

Caused by tremendous dynamic overpressures generated by the detonation of a high explosive.

This effect is most desired for walls, collapsing roof, and destroying or damaging machinery.

Question 3

Fragmentation

Answer 3

Caused by the break-up of the weapon casing detonation.

Effective against troops, vehicles, aircraft and other soft targets.

Question 4

Cratering

Answer 4

Achieved by us a GP bomb with a delayed fuzing system.

Most desirable for interdiction of lines of communication and area denial operations (runways, roads, etc.).

Question 5

Penetration

Answer 5

Accomplished by shaped charges or kinetic energy penetrators.

Effective damage mechanism for tanks, assault guns, armored personnel carriers, and other armored targets.

Question 6

Incendiaries

Answer 6

Produce intense, localized heat designed to ignite adjacent combustible target materials.

The sharp cutoff of casualty-producing mechanisms outside the incendiary pattern allows delivery close to friendly troops, usually parallel to the forward line of battle with minimum risk.

Question 7

General Purpose

Answer 7

MK-80 series most popular.