Bomb, Guided Missiles, Sub-munitions, Maritime Ord Flashcards
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Name the 5 bomb components
- Case or Body
- Tail Unit
- Main fill / Filling plug
- Suspension Lugs / Carrying band
- Fusing system / Booster charge / Exploder System
What categories of bomb are there?
- HE / Enhanced Blast
- Chemical
- Incendiary
- Volumetric FAE/TBE
- Practice
What does “enhanced blast” for HE bombs mean?
Adding metal powder to HE explosive increases the blast effect. The use of Aluminium is common ie Tritonal but other metals and chemicals are increasing the power of explosives and volumetric blasts.
What are the types of HE bombs?
- General Purpose (GP)
- Medium Capacity (MC)
- High Capacity (HC)
- Deep Penetration (DP)
- Armour Piercing (AP)
- Semi Armour Piercing (SAP)
- Fragmentation (Frag)
- Anti Submarine (AS)
What are the charge to weight ratios for bombs?
- GP - 33-60%
- MC - 50%
- HC - 75-80%
- DP - 50%
- AP - 11-20%
- SAP - 20-30%
- Frag - 20%
- AS - 60-75%
What does a Kopfring attachment do?
Prevent excess land penetration and ricochet on sea targets
What does a Stabo attachment do?
Prevent skipping during dive bombing
What does a Dinort attachment do?
Provides stand off for the bomb to increase fragmentation.
What are the 4 types of bomb long delay fuses?
- Chemical
- Material creep
- Clockwork
- Electrical
What are the 5 types of anti withdrawal devices for long delay? (COKEA)
- Clawed Foot
- Offset groove and ball
- Knife Edge
- Electrical contact
- Anti removal sleeve
What is the function of an Airburst Fuse?
To function the device at a pre-selected time or distance before impact.
How can you identify a Hydrostatic Fuse?
- Water ingress ports or non-return valves
- Depth setting mechanisms
- May be constructed in 2 parts
What is the difference between a fuse and pistol?
A pistol contains no explosive content
What are the common tail fin assemblies on the 80 series?
- Low Drag (Non-Retarded)
- Slick
- Snake Eye (undeployed)
- Ballute (undeployed)
- High Drag (Retarded)
- -Snake eye (deployed)
- -Ballute (deployed)
- -Parachute
What are the following countries bomb design features during WW2? -British -American -German -Soviet -Japanese
- British -Separate cone and drum tail unit attached by a screw or clip attachment American -Tails units were light construction, open, square boxed shaped and secured by a single nut.
- German -Tail unit is of crucifix parallel fins on a cone style tail. -leading edges cut off at 45 degrees -All fusing was transverse
- Soviet -May resemble british, american or german tail units in shape, with additional fins and cones on drum stlye tails.
- Japanese -Open fin cone type tail unit. -Single suspension lug (Army fold down, Navy rigid.)
What are the sub-munition categories?
Blast
Fragmentation
Mines (Apers and AV)
Incendiary
HEAT
Illumination
Smoke
Chemical
Propaganda Leaflets
Combination of these
What are the 2 types of runway cratering sub munitions?
- Non-assisted - Uses twin/tandem charges to first make a hole and the second a heaving charge to make a crater.
- -Assisted - Uses kinetic energy to penetrate the runway. Usually rocket assisted.
What are the 2 types of ADW sub-munition dispensers?
- -Retained (case remains with air craft)
- -Released (case is released and functions after it has left the aircraft)
What are the 4 main guided missile components?
- -Guidance
- -Warhead
- -Control
- -Propulsion
What are the main roles of the control section on a guided missile?
- Provide weapon steering
- Provide power and cooling for other sections.
What are the 3 guidance systems on guided missiles?
- -Homing (IR, Radar, Laser)
- -Command (wire, radio, beam riding)
- -Pre-set (Inertial, Celestial, GPS, Terrain comparison)
What are the classification of missiles?
- -AAM (Air to Air)
- -ASM (air to Surface)
- -SAM (surface to Air)
- -SSM (Surface to Surface)
What does the SAD on missiles do?
Link between the fuze and warhead
Provides safety break before weapon launch
Arms the weapon after launch
A self destruct device (SD)
What are the two types of missile propulsion and their subcategories?
Airbreating
- Ramjet
- Turbo-jet
Propellant
- Solid
- Liquid
