Weapons Flashcards
Gun boss
CDR Hollinger
Gun Boss is responsible for ?
For all weapons department personnel
OHO
Ordinance Handling Officer - LCDR Macdonald
OHO is responsible for
Operations for all ordnance throughout the ship
G1
2 work centers - AWSE and Flight Deck.
G2
Responsible :
-Small Arms Weapons ( M9,pistol, shotgun,M4 rifle ).
- Crew Served Weapons ( .50 cal M240B)
- buildup of MK46/MK54 torpedoes
- operation and maintenance of all weapons magazine sprinkler systems.
G3
Responsible for stowage, buildup and breakout of all ordnance and material conditions of magazine spaces
G4
Responsible for preventive and corrective maintenance on 10 weapon elevators, 2 hydraulic power units, elevator equipment.
- maintenance and repair of damage control and lifesaving equipment for weapons dept.
- 26 x EE reachforks and 9 battery chargers
G5
- WEPS Admin
- Ordnance Control
- WEPS QA
- Ammo Accounting ( logistics ) and
WEPS admin
Gun boss, DLCPO - tracks all correspondence for the dept.
ORDNANCE CONTROL
Track all ordnance on board. The HUB for WEPS. Dept. and manage the work load.
WEPS QA
Track all pubs, SOPs audits and WEPS programs
Ammo Accounting
Track all ordnance logistics on board
Objective of the Non-Nuclear Ordnance / Explosive Handling Qualification Program?
Program is governed by OPNAVIST 8023.24 series.
- ensures all personnel handling ordnance are properly trained and qualified to do so.
- process includes classroom instruction, OJT, hands on demonstration of ordnance handling, an oral board by the OHO, and an ordnance physical given by medical that is renewed every 5 years .
USS Oriskany
- morning of October 26, 1966
- fire erupted on the starboard side of the ships forward hangar bay and raced through 5 decks , killing 44 men.
- a magnesium parachute flare exploded in the flare locker of hangar bay 1
Explain the purpose of Hazards of Electromagetic Radiation to Ordnance (HERO). ?
Electromagnetic radiation from transmitting antennae’s can cause a voltage to be induced into the systems , that would cause the actuation or detonation sequence to begin.
HERO classifications
- Safe
- Unsafe
- Unreliable
- Susceptible
AIM
Air Launched
Aerial Intercept
Guided missile
AGM
Air launched
Surface attack
Guided missile
RIM
Ship launched
Aerial intercept
Guided missile
ATM
Air launched
Training guided missile
CBU
Cluster bomb units
What are CBUs
Weapons that dispense smaller weapons over a large area.
TALD
Tactical Air launched decoy
AIM-7
Known as sparrow
-semi active
AIM-120
Known as Advanced medium range Air to Air Missile .
- Active
AIM-9X
Knows as Sidewinder
-Passive
AGM84H/K
AKA Standoff Land Attack Missile - Expanded Response. ( SLAM-ER)
-Active
AGM-65E
Aka Maverick
-Semi Active
AGM-88
Aka High speed anti radiation missile ( HARM)
-Passive
BLU
Bombs
BLU-111
500 lbs
BLU-110
1000 lbs
BLU-116/117/109
2000 lbs
BLU-126 ( LOCO)
500 lbs. ( low collateral damage)
JDAM
Joint Direct Attack Munition ( GPS)
GBU-38
500 lbs
GBU-32
1000lbs
GBU-31
2000lbs
LGB
Laser Guided Bomb
Different LGBs
GBU-12/16/10/24
GBU-12
500lbs
GBU-16
1000lbs
GBU-10
2000lbs
GBU-24
2000lbs ( Hard Target Penetrator )
Characteristics of the M61A1 and M61A2 automatic guns
They are 20MM automatic guns and are a 6 barrel rotary action mechanism operated by a hydraulic drive unit.
- multi use weapon capable of firing 4000-6000 rounds per minute
Types of 20MM ammunition
- TP
- SAPHEI
- TPT
- HEI
TP
Target practice
SAPHEI
Semi armor piercing high explosive incendiary
TPT
Target practice tracer
HEI
High explosive Incendiary
Missile guidance terms
- Passive
- Semi Active
- Active
Passive
The directing intelligence is received from the target.
Examples:
Infrared rays or radar signals
If you closed your eyes , you could find someone by the sound of their voice.
Semi-Active
Missile gets its target illumination from an external source.
Example: if you closed your eyes, someone could give you directions to a person .
Active
Target illumination is supplied by a component carried in the missile such as a radar transmitter
Example: open your eyes and find the person .
Color codings for ammunition
- yellow
- brown
- black
- green
- red
- white
- blue
- Bronze/gold/brass
Yellow
1 band - high explosives
2 bands - high explosive and thermal protected coating.
3 bands- high explosives , thermal protected coating, and has insensitive explosive filler(PNXN-109).
4 bands- 3 on nose , 1 on tail.. high explosives, thermal protected coating, insensitive explosive filler, and is a low collateral damage bomb(LOCO).
Brown
Indicates rocket motors/JATO/ or low explosives
Black
Armor piercing ammunition
Green
Smoker or marker ammunition
Red
Incendiary ammunition
White
Illuminating ammunition
Blue
Ammunition used for practice
Bronze/Gold/Brass
Identifies dummy or drill ammunition not for firing
2 types of weapons elevators
4 UPPER stage elevators
6 LOWER stage elevators
Upper stage elevators 1-4
Used for transporting weapons from 2nd deck to flight deck for staging and loading onto aircraft.
Only “3” go up to flight deck. Elevators 1,2,4
Lower stage elevators 1-6
Used for transporting weapons magazines to the hangar bay for staging.
Safe working Loads for weapons elevators
10500lbs while in motion
42500lbs while static
-maximum of 72” tall
AWSE
Armament Weapons Support Equipment
AWSE is used
During breakout, storage, and aircraft loading.
Functions of AWSE
- SKIDS
- Transporters
Type of skid
AERO 12C Bomb Skid
Type of transporter
MHU-191/M Munitions Transporter
SKIDS
AWSE items designed to transport ordnance .manually maneuvered transport vehicles
AERO 12C bomb Skid
A wheelbarrow type skid that consists of a cradle type frame with solid rubber tire wheels and equipped with 2 supporting legs.
AERO 12C Bomb Skid SWL
1250lbs
Transporter
AWSE items designed to transport weapons. They are manually maneuvered.
MHU-191/M Munition Transporter
A welded tubular frame with 4 rubberized wheels and a telescoping draw bar.
-Dead man Brake is the hand lever on the draw bar.
MHU-191/M Munitions transport SWL
5000lbs.
