Section Two Flashcards
What’s class of bombs are used against targets such as reinforced concrete structures and bridges?
Penetration
What is the primary target for shaped charge munitions?
Heavily armed targets
Even though kinetic energy penetrator munitions contain no explosive they must be handled carefully because
Many of their delivery system contain explosive or other hazardous components
What are two types of practice bombs?i
Inert and empty
Nuclear no,bs are designed similar to what type of general purpose bomb?
High drag
The fragmentation bomb is made of
Spirally wound spring steel
Conventional bombs weighing up to 1000 lbs have a suspension lug spacing of hoe many inches?
14
What is the purpose of fin assemblies on bombs?
Stabilize the bombs in flight
The purpose of bomb arming wire assembly is to
Keep the fuze from arming until the bomb is released
What provides electrical power and interconnection cable to the nose and tail fuzes of a bomb?
Initiators
What bomb components are designed to sense the proper altitude for the detonation of a weapon through the use of radio frequency or Doppler radar?
Sensors
What bomb component serves to boost the explosive train between the fuze and the bomb?
Adapter boosters
On incendiary bombs the colored bands are painted around the
Nose only
What secures the aft cover to the stabilizer housing of the BSU-49 AIR bomb?
Two spring loaded latch assemblies
The air inflatable retarder is inflated by
ram air entering through four inlets in the retarder itself
What type of bomb is the BLU-109/B?
Penetration
How much does the BLU-113A/B penetrator bomb weigh?
4500 lbs
Standard laser guided bombs have their pulse code set by load crews or air crew members using
Dials located on the under side of the seeker head
How close to their target can Global Positioning System and internal navigation guidance system guided bombs be expected to strike?
Within 10 meters
What form of guidance is used in the GBU-10?
Laser guidance
Which bomb is used as a warhead for all GBU-12 models?
MK-82
The lowered control surface of the GBU-15 are located on the
Trailing edge of the wings
What instep weight if the GBU-24?
2000 lbs
What is the weight of the GBU/EGBU-28
5000 lbs
Which warhead can be used for the GBU/EGBU-28?
BLU-113A/B
What form of guidance is used in the GBU-31/32/38 joint direct attach munition?
Global Positioning System and inertial navigation system guidance
Which model of the JDAM family of bombs uses the MK-83 and BLU-110 as a warhead?
GBU-32
What is the weight of the GBU-39?
250 lbs
A complete cluster bomb unit consists of a quantity of small submunitions and a
Dispenser
Which cluster bomb unit consists of a SUU-65/B dispenser and a submunitions payload of kinetic energy penetrators?
CBU-107
Which submunitions is an anti tank munition?
BLU-91/B
Which submunitions incorporates a spin rocket to more effectively distribute skeet munitions over a wide area?
BLU-108/B
Which cluster bomb unit contains kinetic energy penetrators arranged into “packs” of varying sizes?
CBU-107
Which of these is a 500-pound practice bomb?
BDU-50
What is the weight of a complete BDU-33B/B practice bomb?
25 lbs
What is the suspension lug spacing of the B61?
30 in
What is the purpose of the actuator lug spacing located on the tail assembly of the B61 nuclear bomb?
When the bomb is released this actuator lug is pulled up, firing the bomb’s spin rocket
The time to arm and time to bust settings on the B83 are behind the
Access door on the ads assembly
Hoe many different fin positions can the B 83 be configured with?
10
The main types of bomb fuze functions are
Impact, proximity, time, and hydrostatic
A typical operating range for time fuzes is
5-92 seconds
Proximity fuzes will produce airbursts at heights between
125 and 300 feet above ground
The M904 mechanical nose fuzes firing delay time begins after
The bomb has impacted
The sealing wire may be removed from the M904 mechanical nose fuze only after
The arming wire is inserted
The M905 fuze is armed by
The ATU-35 drive assembly
Which of these is the only safety device of the FMU-124A/B fuze?
Pin
The FMU-124A/B fuze is considered armed when the safety
Pin is removed and the release shaft is extended
What supplies electrical power to operate the FMU-139A/B fuze?
FZU-48/B booster
The height of burst built into the FMU-113/B fuze is how many feet above ground level?
15
How many selectable height range functions does the FZU-39/B proximity sensor have?
10
Which of these bombs may use the FMU-143/B, A/B fuze?
BLU-109 and GBU-24
The FMU-152/B fuze
Provides in-flight cockpit selection
Which version(s) of the AGM-65 is laser guided?
AGM-65/E
What component inside the guidance window of the AGM-65 must be checked before loading?
Humidity indicator
The component that protects the pins of the umbilical connector on the AGM-65 until just before loading is called the
Shielding cap
Which aircraft carries the AGM-88 high speed antiradiation missile?
F-16
On the AGM-88 missile, the motor is safe/arm switch is operated with s
Mechanical key
What form if guidance does the AGM-114K use?
Laser
What allows the pilot the ability to manually steer the AGM-130 to the target?
Data link
What warhead does the AGM-154A use?
145 BLU-97 submunitions
What class of warhead does the AGM-158 use?
1000 lb
What AGM-86 components are the attach points to mate it to its ejector rack?
Forward and aft clevises
How may the AGM-86 warhead arming device be safed?
Electrically or mechanically
How are the guidance canards of the AIM-9 L/M missiles controlled?
Pneumatically
The AIM-9 L/M warhead is normally detonated upon impact with a target, but may also be detonated when there’s a near miss by the
Influence fuze/target detector
What AIM-9 L/M missile component prevents the middle from rolling inflight?
Rollerons
What section of the AIM-120 missile has the arm/fire device?
Propulsion section
Which type of rocket warhead produces blast, fragmentation, and mining effects?
High explosive
Which type of rockets are used for target making or incendiary effects?
White phosphorus
When can you remove the shielding tape from a rocket motor?
Immediately before loading
What could be the result of loading a rocket with cracked propellant?
The rocket could detonate in the launcher
What ammunition round component expands in and seals the barrel’s chamber to keep gas from escaping to the rear when the cartridge is fired?
Cartridge case
What material is used for the 30 mm cartridge case?
Aluminum alloy
A normal round with the primer and propellant charge removed is a
Dummy round
20mm high explosive incendiary with tracer rounds are distinguished from a high explosive incendiary rounds by a
Ring of red Ts stenciled around the projectile
Which top of projectile has a hollow body?
Target practice
You must be extremely careful when handling linked ammo to keep from
Getting cut or pinched
Impulse carts are divided into two basic types
Explosive and non-explosive
Which of these impulse carts is not case grounded?
BBU-63/B
What impulse cartridge component normally provides a ground for the electrical firing circuit?
Case
What component of the impulse carts provides even burning of the propellant charge?
Separation disk
What is the weight range of general purpose bombs currently in production?
250-2000 lbs
What do you use to place scribe markings on the closure disk for impulse carts?
Indelible ink marker
How many insertions markings constitute the end of devise life for impulse carts that are used in breeches with spring loaded firing pins?
No limit
The factors control the visibility of pyrotechnics are
Candlepower, frequency, color, weather, and ambient light
If timer knob of a LUU-2/B flare us accidentally pulled during ground handling and the timer cycle commences
Hold the time and release mechanism forcibly by hand on the flare housing to prevent the ejection of the timer and release mechanism. When the timer completed its cycle, type the mechanism on the flare housing and make it for disposal
What limits timer travel between safe and 500 feet on the LUU-2A/B flare?
Two pegs
What flare cartridge is used on the B-1B aircraft?
MJU-23A/B
Where may flare dispensers be loaded on the B-1 if loaded in conjunction with chaff?
Aft of the chaff dispensers
How many flare magazines can be loaded on the F-22?
6
Where are the countermeasure stations located on the F-22?
Just aft of the left and right side weapons bays
When can chaff and flares be mixed up the same magazine?
Never
How many chaff dispensers may be loaded on the B-1B when carried in conjunction with flares?
4
How many RR196/AL chaff bundles may be loaded in the ALE-52 magazines used in the F-22?
18
What lug spacing is used by the ADM-160B miniature air launched decoy?
14 inch
How many ADM-160B MALDs may be carried by the heavy stores adapter beam?
8
Which naval mine uses the MK 82 GP bomb as its warhead?
MK-62
What is the weight of the M-65 quick strike mine?
2000 lbs
What are the primary kill mechanisms of high explosive bombs?
The blast effect and dispersed case fragments
