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What is a requirement for military explosives?
Raw materials must be cheap
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Volatility is the tendency of a substance to produce...
vapors
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The rate of transformation for high explosives is between...
3,200 and 28,000 feet per second
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The tendency of a substance to burn with a rapid and sparkling combustion is called
Deflagration
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What are the detonation products?
Heat, light, gases, and pressure
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How do we classify explosive train primers?
By the way they are initiated
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How can you increase the penetration effect of a shaped charge?
Increase standoff distance
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For what purpose do we use a shaped charge?
To produce an explosive penetration of a solid object
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The four factors that control the visibility of pyrotechnics are candlepower, color, weather, and...
Light
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Name two types of effects for signals
Light and smoke
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What pyrotechnic effect is produced by the AN-MK13 signal?
smoke and flare
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How is the A/P25S-5A distress signal kit ignited?
percussion primer
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How much light does the M127A1 signal produce?
50,000 candlepower
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What effects do the booby-trap simulators provide?
Flash, illumination, and a whistling sound
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What is the LARGEST caliber ammunition that we classify as "small arms"?
Caliber 0.50
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What shotgun round is the exception to the gauging principle?
410
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What hazard is involved in using blank ammunition?
The wad can cause injury
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What are the components of a typical small-arms cartridge?
Cartridge case, primer, bullet, and propellant
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Name three classifications of Air Force grenades.
Service, practice, and training
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What type of explosive filler does an M26 fragmentation grenade have?
composition B
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What substance is the explosive filler for the M30 practice grenade?
Black powder
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Which chemical filler is used in the AN-M8 smoke grenade?
Hexachloroethane
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Which mine do we commonly call the "claymore"?
M18A1
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How far in front of an M18A1 mine do we consider inside the danger zone?
250 meters
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How much force is required to unction the M14 anti-personnel mine?
20-35 pounds
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What mortar can be broken down into several smaller loads for easier carrying?
medium
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What color is the most common for military safety fuze?
Green
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What device is used to initiate time fuse
M60 igniter
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What substance is the M112 demo block made of?
Composition C-4
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The main types of fuze actions are impact, time, and...
Proximity
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Where is a proximity fuze placed on the bomb?
Nose
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In an electronically timed fuze, what component replaces the arming vanes used in mechanically timed fuzes?
Electric charging assembly
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The design of which safety feature is to prevent movement of the arming heads, arming stems, and strikers?
Cotter Pins
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How do you set the firing delay times in a mechanically timed M904 nose fuze?
Changing the delay element
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What adapter booster is used with the M904 fuze?
T45
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Where in a bomb body is the M905 fuze installed?
The tail fuze well
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The FMU-54-series tail fuzes are used in...
MK80-series general-purpose bombs with an air inflatable retarder
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With electrical fuzes, what device is used in place of arming wire?
Battery-firing device
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How can you tell when an FMU-124A/B fuze is armed?
The safety pin is removed and the release shaft is extended
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What setting causes the FMU-139A/B fuze to abort and not arm?
"LOW-DRAG ARM TIME" knob set to the "X" position
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What component provides the electrical power needed to operate the FMU-139A/B fuze?
FZU-48/B initiator
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What provides the electrical power needed to operate the FMU-143 series fuze?
FZU-32 series fuze initiator
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Where are proximity sensors/fuzes installed on a bomb?
Nose
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Which sensor is a radio-frequency radar ranging system used with the suspension utility unit (SUU)-64/B, SUU-65/B, and SUU-66/B dispensers?
FZU-39/B
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What does HOF stand for on the FZU-39/B proximity sensor?
Height of function
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Which proximity fuze has a height-of-burst (HOB) setting built into the fuze at the time of manufacture?
FMU-113B
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What component is used to adapt a nose fuze for an M-series bomb?
Adapter booster
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Which fin provides a high-drag, low-altitude bombing capability for the M117 bomb?
BSU-93/B
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What air inflatable retarder (AIR) is used on the MK84 bomb?
BSU-50/B
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Which bomb is NOT classified as a penetrator
BLU-126
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What type of bomb is the BLU-113?
4,000 pound penetrator bomb
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What bomb is used as the warhead in the GBU-28CB?
BLU-122
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What bomb is filled with a thermobaric explosive?
BLU-118
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What is the M129 bomb used for?
Deliver propaganda leaflets used to persuade the enemy to surrender
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What suspension utility unit (SUU) does the PDU-5/B utilize?
SUU-76C/B
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The BLU-126/B is identical to the...
MK82, 2,000-pound bomb
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What is the net explosive weight (NEW) of the BLU-126/B
27 pounds
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What is the weight of the BDU-33 series practice bomb?
25 pounds
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What is the weight of the BDU-48 series practice bomb?
10 pounds
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The BDU-48/B resembles the ballistics of the...
MK82 high-drag munition
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Which submunitions are loaded into a CBU-87 cluster bomb?
BLU-97 bomblets
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The MAJOR physical difference between the CBU-87/B and the CBU-89/B cluster bombs is the...
CBU-89/B does not have canted fins
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How many different types of bomblets are loaded into a single CBU-89/B cluster bomb at one time?
2
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Which suspension utility unit (SUU) dispenser does the CBU-97 cluster bomb use?
SUU-66
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Against what types of targets is the CBU-97/B PRIMARILY used?
tanks
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The CBU-103/B is converted to a wind-corrected munitions dispenser (WCMD) from what cluster bomb unit (CBU)?
CBU-87/B
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The cluster bomb unit (CBU)-89A/B with a wind-corrected munitions dispenser kit is converted to a...
CBU-104A/B
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How do we classify 20 millimeter (mm) ammunition?
According to its purpose
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Which part of the target practice 20 millimeter (mm) round is inert?
projectile
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What is one significant difference in 20 millimeter (mm) ammunition compared to other cannon ammunition?
The electrically fired primer
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What M505-series fuze safety feature prevents accidental arming during handling?
Fuze is bore safe
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The identifying information on a 20 millimeter (mm) round of ammunition is marked on the...
Projectile
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What will NOT cause the electric primer in 20 millimeter (mm) ammunition to be fired accidentally?
Proper handling
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What aircraft cannon fires the 25 millimeter (mm) round?
GAU-12
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When 25 millimeter (mm) ammunition is BULK-PACKED, how may rounds you expect to find in a CNU-405 container?
80 or 100
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What device holds the ball rotor of the 30 millimeter (mm) M505A3 impact fuze in an unarmed position until it is fired?
lock ring
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What is the purpose of the 30 millimeter (mm) dummy ammunition?
Familiarization training and mechanical cycling of the gun system
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What material is the 30 millimeter (mm) cartridge case made of?
Aluminium
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What fuze is used in 30 (mm) high-explosive incendiary ammunition?
M505A3
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How many lot number can you expect to find on a 30 millimeter (mm) round of ammunition?
3
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Name the components of a 40 millimeter (mm) round
Primer, cartridge case, propellant charge, projectile, and fuze
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What is the total number of rounds the MK1 ammunition box can hold?
16
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What do we mean when we say the 105 millimeter (mm) is "fixed" ammunition?
The propellant charge is not adjustable
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What type of explosive is loaded in the projectile of the 105 millimeter (mm) high-explosive round?
comp B
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Approximately how many fragments will the high fragmentation PGU-45/B projectile produce?
13,000
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What is the factory set height of burst (HOB) for the FMU-160/B fuze to optimize lethality?
32ft
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What are the components of the 105 millimeter (mm) round?
Cartridge case, propellant charge, primer, projectile, and fuze
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What MAJOR aircraft systems carry countermeasure flares?
All major tactical, bomber and cargo aircraft
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Which impulse cartridge initiates the MJU-7/B flare?
BBU-36/B
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What does the SD-206 infrared flare do?
Provides smoke to simulate a flare for training purposes
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Which component is part of the ALE-50 series towed decoy system?
Launch controller
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Which impulse cartridge does the RR-170 chaff cartridge use?
BBU-35/B
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The LUU-2 series aircraft flare produces
Two million candlepower for an average burn time of five minutes
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What output does the LUU-5/B target marker produce?
Green light
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What impulse cartridge supplies the gas pressure to launch the flares from the SUU-25E/A dispenser?
ARD 863-1
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The gas pressure produced by the impulse in a SUU-25 ejects the flare at a speed of approximately...
65 feet per second
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What are initiators designed to do?
Supply gas pressure to operate other cartridge-activated devices
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What are catapults used for?
Ejecting a seat and crew member safely from an aircraft
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What are removers designed to do?
Eject aircraft canopy
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What are the two types of impulse cartridges?
Explosive and non-explosive
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