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100 Cards in this Set
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A requirement for military explosives is that raw materials must be |
Cheap |
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Volatility is the tendeney of a substance to produce |
Vapors |
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The word hygroscopicity refers to what property of an explosive? |
Moisture-absorbing |
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The rate of transformation for high explosives is between 3,200 and |
28,000 fps |
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The tendency of a substance to burn with a rapid and sparkling combustion is called |
Deflagration |
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Explosive train primers are classilied |
By the way they are initiated |
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What does an explosve train booster do? |
Detonates the main charge |
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How can you achieve an airburst with a general-purpose bomb? |
Use a time action high-explosive (HE) train. |
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How can you increase the penetration effect of a shaped charge? |
Increase standoff distance |
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What is a shaped charge used for? |
To produce an explosive penetration of a solid target. |
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The four factors that control the visibility of pyrotechnics are candlepower, color, weather, and |
Light |
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The classifications of pyrotechnics include illuminants |
signals, combinations of signals and illuminants, and simulators. |
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What do the colored bands, letters, or patches on signal munitions indicate? |
Color of the signal produced |
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Approximately how many minutes does the MK6 signal flare burn? |
40 |
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What pyrotechnic effects are produced by the AN-MK13 signal? |
Smoke & illumination |
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The primary reason the AN-MK13 Mod 0 signal can be handheld while burning is to allow a downed pilot to |
Hold the flare while treading water |
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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 MI27AI signal produce? |
50,000 candlepower |
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What altitude is attainable by the M131 signal when fired? |
1,500 feet |
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The largest caliber ammunition that we classify as "small arms" is |
caliber .50 |
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The components of a typical small-arms cartridge are cartridge case, |
Primer, bullet, & propellant |
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What type of explosive filler does an M26 fragmentation grenade have? |
Composition B |
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The filler for the M34 smoke grenade is |
White phosphorus |
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What is the explosive filler for the M30 practice grenade? |
Black powder |
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The AN-M8 smoke grenade uses hexachloroethane as a chemical filler to produce what kind of smoke? |
White |
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Which antipersonnel mine is commonly called the claymore? |
M18A1 |
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How much force pressed against the pressure plate is required to set off the MT- antipersonnel mine? |
20 to 35 pounds |
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Which type of mortar has a short range & a small explosive charge? |
Light |
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Which type of mortar can be broken down into several smaller loads for easier carrying? |
Medium |
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What device is used to detonate a high explosive (IHE)? |
Blasting cap |
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What weatherproof device is used to initiate a time fuze? |
M60 igniter |
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The M112 demo block is made of |
Composition C-4 |
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Blasting machines are used to provide the impulse needed in |
Electrical detonations |
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The firing wire used in detonation systems is issued in what lengths? |
500-foot |
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The main types of fuze actions are impact, time, and |
Proximity |
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What component in an electronically-timed fuze replaces the arming vanes used inmechanically timed fuzes? |
Electric charging assembly |
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Which safety feature is designed to prevent movement of the arming heads, arming stems,& strikers while the fuze is being handled? |
Cotter pins |
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How do you change the firing delay times in a mechanically-timed M904 nose fuze? |
By changing the delay element |
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What action must you take to set the SECONDS TO ARM setting below 6 seconds on an M904 fuze? |
Remove the stop screw from the fuze body |
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What adapter booster is used with the M904 fuze? |
T45 |
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Where is the M905 fuze installed in a general-purpose bomb body? |
The tail fuze well |
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Which device is used in place of arming wire with electrical fuzes? |
Battery-firing device |
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When installed in the nose fuze well, how many FZU-2/B boosters are used with the FMU-81/B fuze? |
4 |
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What component provides the electrical power needed to operate the FMU-139AB fuze? |
FZU-48/B initiator |
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Which sensor is a radio frequency (RF) radar ranging system used with the suspension utility unit (SUU) 64/B, SUU-65/B, & SUU-66/B dispensers? |
FZU-39/B |
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Which proximity fuze has a height-of-burst (HOB) setting of 15 feet above ground level that is built into the fuze at the time of manufacture? |
FMU-113/B |
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Which air inflatable retarder (AIR) fin is used on the MK82 bomb? |
BSU-49/B |
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Which bomb is not classified as a penetrator? |
BLU-126 |
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Which 4,000 pound penetrator bomb is used as the warhead/bomb body for the GBU-28A/B? |
BLU-113 |
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Which bomb provides deeper penetration than the BLU-113 & is used with the GBU-28C/B? |
BLU-122 |
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The PDU-5/B uses which suspension utility unit (SUU)? |
SUU-76C/B |
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With the exception of the explosive filler, the BLU-126/B & BLU-129/B are identical to |
MK82 MOD 2 bomb |
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The BDU-33 series practice bomb weighs |
25 pounds |
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What is the weight of the BDU-48 series practice bomb? |
10 pounds |
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Which series practice bomb only weighs S5 pounds? |
MK-106 |
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The CBU-87 uses which suspension utility unit (SUU) dispenser? |
SUU-65 |
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The CBU-87/B is loaded with which submunitions? |
BLU-97/B bomblets |
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The CBU-89 uses which suspension utility unit (SUU) dispenser? |
SUU-64 |
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The CBU-89 is loaded with which submunitions? |
BLU-91/B & BLU-92/B bomblets |
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The CBU-105 uses which suspension utility unit (SUU) dispenser? |
SUU-65 |
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Once free falling over the target area what imparts spin and upward thrust for BLU-108 submunitions? |
Rocket motor |
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The components of a wind-corrected munitions dispenser are a fin guidance system, a variable position umbilical connector, & |
Flight program software |
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Which wind-corrected munitions dispenser component cants the fins to spin the dispenser during flight? |
Control actuation assembly |
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How is 20 mm ammunition classified? |
According to its purpose |
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The incendiary composition of the 20 millimeter armor-piercing incendiary (API) round is initiated by |
Impact |
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Which 20 millimeter round carries the M505 point-detonating fuze? |
High-explosive incendiary (HEI) |
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What 20 millimeter round is used for drill or testing the feeder assembly for a M61 gun system? |
Dummy |
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What 20 millimeter projectile component enables spin & stabilization in flight? |
Rotating band |
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The delayed arming distance of a M505 series fuze from the muzzle of a 20 millimeter cannon is |
10 to 35 feet |
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The identifying information of a 20 millimeter round of ammunition is marked on the |
Projectile |
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When buik-packed, how many rounds of 20 millimeter ammunition do you expect to find in an M548 container? |
200 to 250 |
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What aircraft cannon fires the 25 millimeter round? |
GAU-12 |
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The purpose of the ignition boaster in the 25 millimeter round is to |
Ensure consistent propellant ignition |
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How can you tell a 25 millimeter (mm) dummy cartridge from other 25 mm rounds? |
The projectile is non-separable & the total cartridge is gold in color |
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When 25 millimeter ammunition is bulk-packed, how many rounds are found in a CNU-405 container? |
80 or 100 |
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How is ignition from the primer carried to the propcllant in a 30 millimeter target practice round? |
The primer ignites black powder in a flash tube, which ignites the propellant |
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What device holds the ball rotor of the 30 millimeter M505A3 impact fuze in an unarmed position until it is fired? |
Lock ring |
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The 30 millimeter dummy ammunition |
Is for familiarization training & mechanical cycling of the gun system |
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The 30 millimeter cartridge case is made of |
Aluminum |
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Which fuze is used in 30 millimeter high-explosive incendiary (HEI) ammunition? |
M505A3 |
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How many separate lot numbers can you expect to find on a 30 millimeter round of ammunition? |
3 |
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How long does the red tracer compasition burn in the 40 millimeter AAA, target practice tracer (M91) round? |
12 seconds |
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What fuze is used in the 40 millimeter high-explosive incendiary (HEI) PGU-9 C/B round? |
FMU-154/B |
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What aircraft is equipped to fire 105 millimeter ammunition? |
AC-130 |
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What type of explosive is loaded in the projectile of the 105 millimeter high-explosive (HE) round? |
Comp B |
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The high fragmentation (HF) PGU-45/B projectile will produce approximately how many fragments? |
13,000 |
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In order to optimize lethality the factory set height of burst (HOB) for the FMU-160/B fuze is |
15 feet |
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The 105 millimeter clearing cartridge is designed to |
Clear a projectile lodged in the bore of a 105 mm cannon |
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The approximate length of a complete 105 millimcter round is |
31 inches |
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Countermeasure flares are designed |
To divert enemy infrared/heat-seeking missiles away from original target |
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How is an ALA-17 serics flare ignited? |
An electric squib ignition assembly |
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Which impulse cartridge initiates the MJU-7/B flare? |
BBU-36/B |
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The SD-206 infrared flare (Smokey Devil) 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 (TDS)? |
Launch controller |
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The RR-170 chaff cartridge uses which impulse cartridge? |
BBU-35/B |
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The LUU-2 series aircraft flare produces |
White light of one-million candlepower |
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The LUU-19 series illumination flare produces |
Light in the near-infrared region |
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How much gas pressure can a thruster (cartridge-actuated device) produce? |
250 to 6,000 psi |
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Removers (cartridge-actuated device) are designed to |
jettison the aircraft canopy |
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Electric squibs (propellant-actuated device) are similar to |
Blasting caps |
