ID Projected Munition Projectile Flashcards
- What are the 11 types of projected projectiles?
HE, Ejection, Bursting Smoke, Incendiary, Chemical, HEAT, RAP/HERA, HEP, AP/APDS/APFSDS/APCSDS, APHE, Practice
- What are the key ID features for Projected Projectile HE?
Heavy metal one piece construction
Shaped like a bullet
Welded base cover (most US munitions)
Color codes and marking apply.
Rotating Band and or cartridge crimp
- What is the general safeties of projected projectile HE?
HE MOVE FRAG
- What types of fuzing apply to projected projectile HE?
PD, BD, VT, ET, MT, PTTF
- What are the key ID features for projected projectile Ejection?
Bases are pressed on or screwed on
If base is screwed on you have spanner holes
If base is pressed on you will have shear pins and twist pins
- What is the general safeties of projected projectile ejection?
HE MOVE FRAG EJECTION
- What types of fuzing apply to projected projectile ejection?
VT, ET, MT, PTTF
- What are the specific safety for different types of ejection munition?
C/S or C/S2: FIRE CHEM
ILLUM: FIRE
WP and PWP: WP FIRE
- What are the key ID features of projected projectile bursting smoke?
One piece construction
Sea foam green color/Use color codes
May have burster adapter
US projectiles have milled or solid base plate
- What is the general safeties of projected projectile bursting smoke?
HE FRAG MOVE WP FIRE
- What types of fuzing apply to projected projectile bursting smoke?
PD, BD, VT, ET, MT, PTTF
- What are the key ID features for projected projectile chemical?
Use color code (green bands for persistent, non-persistent, binary agents)
May have a filler plug of adapter
- What is general safeties of projected projectile chemical?
HE MOVE FRAG CHEM
- What types of fuzing apply to projected projectile chemical?
PD, BD, VT, ET, MT, PTTF
- What is key ID features of projected projectile HEAT? What types of fuzes can be used?
Break of seam near the major diameter Two dissimilar metals at the break in the major diameter Will have stand off May have spanner holes at the break May have cap housing a PE crystal Can be spin or fin stabilized
BD
PIBD
VT
- What is safety requirement of projectile HEAT with BD fuze?
HE FRAG MOVE JET
- What is safety requirement of projectile HEAT with PIBD fuze?
HE FRAG MOVE PE/Lucky JET EMR STATIC
- What is key ID features of projected HERA/RAP projectile?
High Explosive Rocket Assisted
Rocket Assisted Projectile
Two piece construction, Nose fused, Rocket nozzle, rotating band, HE projectile connected a rocket motor
- What is general safeties of projected HERA/RAP projectile?
HE MOVE FRAG EJECTION (thermal ejection)
- What types of fuzing apply to projected HERA/RAP projectile?
PD, VT, ET, MT
- What is key ID features of projected AP projectile?
Short blunt ogive
Normally one piece construction
May have ogive windshield for ballistics
May have a hole (smaller than a quarter) for tracer
- What is key ID features of projected APDS projectile?
Sub caliber AP Core alone proceeds to target
Full caliber SABOT carrier imparts velocity and spin, discarded
May have a hole (smaller than a quarter) for tracer
- What is general safeties of AP/APDS/APFSDS/APCSDS? How do they defeat armor?
None
Kinetic energy (speed and pressure)
No explosives
No fuzes
- What is the key ID feature of APHE?
Hammer rings on the ogive
One-piece construction
May have windshield
May contain tracer element
If hole in base is size of half dollar or larger, this is a provision for BD fuze
