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Weapons Flashcards

1
Q

Gun Boss responsible for?

A

“Department Head”

Responsible for all weapons department personnel

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2
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What is the Ordnance Handling Officer

(OHO) responsible for?

A

Responsible for all ordnance throughout the ship

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3
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What is G1?

A

Has two work centers

  • AWSE (Hangar Bay)
  • Flight Deck (responsible for the issue and receipt of ordnance to embarked squadrons
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4
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What is G2?

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Responsible for the qualification of all sailors in small arms weapons

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5
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What is G3?

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Responsible for stowage, buildup, and breakout of all ordnance and material condition of magazine spaces

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6
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What is G4?

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Responsible for preventive and corrective maintenance on 10 weapons elevators, two Hydraulic Power Units, associated elevator equipment, 26 x EE Reachforks and 9 Battery chargers

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7
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What is G5?

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WEPS Admin

Ordnance Control

WEPS QA

Ammo Accounting

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8
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What is the Explosive handling qualification program?

A

OPNAVIST 8023.24 series

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9
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USS ORISKANY

A

October 26, 1966 a fire erupted on the Starboard side of the ships forward hangar bay killing 44 men

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10
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What is HERO?

What are the 4 categories

A

“Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance”

  • Safe
  • Unsafe
  • Susceptible
  • Unreliable
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11
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What is AIM?

A

Air-Launched, Aerial-Intercept, guided missile

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12
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What is AGM?

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Air-Launched, Surface-Attack, guided missile

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13
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What is RIM?

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Ship launched, aerial intercept, guided missile

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14
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What is ATM?

A

Air launch, training guided missile

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15
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What is CBU?

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Cluster Bomb Units

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16
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What is TALD?

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Tactical Air-Launched decoy

17
Q

What is the name for AIM-7?

A

Sparrow

18
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What is the name for AIM-120?

A

AMRAAM (Advanced Medium Ranged Air to Air Missile)

19
Q

What is the name for AIM-9X?

A

Sidewinder

20
Q

What is the name for AGM84H/K?

A

Slam-ER (Stand-off Land Attacked Missile Expanded Response)

21
Q

What is the nickname for AGM-65E?

A

Maverick

22
Q

What is the name for AGM-88?

A

Harm (High-speed Anti-Radiatiom Missile)

23
Q

What is JDAM?

Examples?

A

Joint Direct Attack Munition

GBU-38 (500 lbs)

GBU-32 (1000lbs)

GBU-31 (2000lbs)

24
Q

What is LGB?

A

Laser Guided Bomb

GBU-12 (500lbs)

GBU-16 (1000lbs)

GBU-10 (2000lbs)

GBU-24 (2000lbs / Hard Target Penetrator)

25
Q

What is the M61A1 and M61A2 Automatic Guns?

A

Six Barrel rotary action mechanism operated by an external power source such as a hydraulic unit with capabilities of firing 4000 and 6000 rounds per minute

26
Q

What are the types of 20mm ammo are PGU series?

A

TP - Target Practice

SAPHEI - Semi Armor Piercing High Explosive incendiary

TPT - Target Practice Tracer

HEI - High Explosive incendiary

27
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What are the three missile guided terms and give example of each?

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Passive - if you closed your eyes, you could find someone in the room by the sound of their voice

Semi-active - if you closed your eyes, someone could give you directions to a person

Active - Open your eyes and find the person

28
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What is the yellow color coding?

A

1 band is High Explosive

29
Q

What is brown color coding ?

A

Indicates rocket motors/JATO and/or low explosives

30
Q

What is black color coding?

A

Armor piercing Ammo

31
Q

What is green color coding?

A

Smoke or “marker” ammo

32
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What is red color coding?

A

Incendiary ammo

33
Q

What is blue color coding?

A

Identifies ammo used for practice

34
Q

What is the purpose of the 2 types of weapons elevators?

A

Have a safe working load of 10,500lbs while in motion

Have a safe working load of 42,500lbs while in static

35
Q

What is upper stage elevator?

A

Used to transport weapons from the 2nd deck to the flight deck

Only three go to the flight deck, (elevators 1, 2, and 4 )

36
Q

What are the two main types of AWSE?

A
  1. Skids - (Aero 12c Bomb skid) has a safe working load of 1250lbs
  2. Transporter “Dead Man Brake” - safe working load of 5000lbs

AIR PIN (8 decks)

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