History Of Ammunition & Weapons

Question 1

Contents of gunpowder

Answer 1

Salpetre
Sulphur
Charcoal

Question 2

Propellants

Answer 2

Single based (nitrocellulose)
Double based (nitrocellulose-nitroglycerine)
Triple based (nitrocellulose-nitroglycerine-Picrite)

Question 3

Ammunition definition

Answer 3

All material used in discharging all types of firearms or any weapon that throws projectiles, shot, shrapnel, bullet, cartridges and the means of igniting and exploding them, as primers and fuzes chemicals, bombs, grenades, mines and pyrotechnics are also ammunition.

Question 4

Inventor of gun powder

Answer 4

Black Berthold (Schwartz)

Question 5

Corned gunpowder 1429

Answer 5

Resulted in the dev of a cast iron cannon in 16th century.

Question 6

Cannon projectile types

Answer 6

Cast shot, grape shot, chain shot

Question 7

Henry Shrapnel 1784

Answer 7

Invented first form of frag projectile.

Question 8

Carcass round 1672

Answer 8

First form of incendiary round.

Question 9

Rifling variations

Answer 9

• Studded Rifling
• hexagonal
• lead coated

Question 10

First Weapon System with Rifling

Answer 10

Armstrong Gun 3-110lb

Question 11

Obturation Definition

Answer 11

Sealing gap between projectile and breech allowing for gas to propell projectile through the barrel.

Question 12

1st recorded metal cannon

Answer 12

Pot de feu - used during 100 year war.

Question 13

Colonel Boxer

Answer 13

Invented the Boxer Fuze

Question 14

Crecy Bombard

Answer 14

1st recorded use of artillery in England 1346.

Question 15

Breech Loading

Answer 15

Conceptial in 14th century
Developed in 19th century

Creates a gas seal behind projectile and propellant.

Question 16

Interrupted Screw 1845

Answer 16

Breech with half section of thread closed and rotated to achieve a seal.

Question 17

Phases of Development of artillery

Question 18

Hydraulic Trunnions Recoil System 1897

Answer 18

First used by French 75mm field gun to raise and lower gun for firing