- For what do we use a flash vented squib?
- It is used to ignite pyrotechnic or incendiary compositions or black powder.
- For what do we use a shaped charge?
- To produce an explosive penetration of a solid object.
- For what do we use noncombat ammunition?
- For training and to test weapons.
- For what do we use tracer rounds?
- To illuminate the path of the bullets for the gunner to use the correct aim.
- For what do we use wadcutter ammunition?
- Medium-range practice and competitive shooting.
- For what purpose does the Air Force use practice bombs?
- Aircrew and ground training.
- For what type of target are the BLU-91/B bomblets designed?
- Antitank.
- For what type of target is the CBU-97 designed?
- Tanks and armored/support vehicles.
- Four factors control the visibility of pyrotechnics-candlepower, color, weather, and -
- Light.
- How are 20 mm cartridges classified?
- According to their purpose.
- How are 25 mm rounds packaged?
- In 80- and 100- round configurations.
- How are flares ejected from the SUU-25E/A?
- Rearward by gas pressure.
- How are gas fired initiators activated?
- When gas pressure is supplied by an initiator / CAD, its force on the firing pin shears the shear pin and propels the firing pin against the cart.
- How are HEAT warheads marked?
- Black with identification markings in yellow.
- How are impulse cartridges initiated?
- Electrically.
- How are WP warheads makred?
- A light green background with light red letters and a y ellow band.
- How can a MK82 -series bomb produce a mining or penetrating effect?
- By using a delayed-action fuze.
- How can we identify 20 mm ammunition?
- Model number, lot number, and manufacturer's symbol. All of which are marked/stamped on the side of the projectile.
- How can you achieve an airburst with a general-purpose bomb?
- Use a time action HE train.
- How can you identify 30 mm ammo?
- By its model number, lot number, part number, and color coding.
- How can you identify pyrotechnic ammunition?
- Nomeclature, lot number, model designation, painting marking, NSN, and DODIC.
- How can you increase the penetration effect of a shaped charge?
- Increase the standoff distance.
- How can you tell a 25 mm dummy cartridge from other 25 mm rounds?
- The dummy cartridge projectile is nonseparable and the total cartridge is gold in color.
- How do most aircraft parachute flares extend their illumination time?
- By using parachutes.
- How do we classify 25mm ammo?
- According to its purpose.
- How do we classify 30 mm ammo?
- According to the purpose for which it was designed.
- How do we classify 40 mm ammo?
- By the type of projectile.
- How do we classify 40 mm ammunition?
- According to the type of projectile.
- How do we classify aircraft rockets?
- According to their purpose and the filler in the rocket warhead.
- How do we classify fuzes?
- Position, action, and method of arming.
- How do we classify pyrotechnics?
- According to their purpose as illuminants, signals, combinations of signal and illuminants/signals, and simulators.
- How do we identify practice warheads?
- By a light blue body and white markings.
- How do you set the firing delay times in an M904 mechanically timed nose fuze?
- By adjusting the calibrated dial.
- How does the M505 fuze arm?
- Centrifugal force by the spinning of the projectile.
- How does the M505A3 fuze arm?
- Centrifugal force from the spinning of the projectile lets the ball rotor line up the detonator with the other parts of the explosive train. Thus, arming the fuze.
- How does the WCMD function?
- WCMD provides guidance/navigation during crewflight. Correction for wind effects, ballistic dispersion, and lunch transients for munitions delivered from high altitudes and communicated with the carrier aircraft prior.
- How far behind an M18A1 mine should personnel take cover before they fire it?
- 100 meters.
- How far form the muzzle of the barrel is the fuze fully armed?
- 50-65 feet.
- How high does the M127A1 signal fly?
- 650 feet - 700 feet.
- How is 30 mm ammunition identified?
- Color coding, part number, lot number, and model number.
- How is an ALA-17 -series flare ignited?
- By an electric squib ignition assembly.
- How is an ALA-17 flare ignited?
- By an electric squib.
- How is an API round detonated?
- On impact.
- How is ignition from the primer carried to the propellant in a 30 mm target practice round?
- The primer ignites a flash tube, which ignites the propellant.
- How is the 105 mm projectile marked?
- It's stenciled with caliber, type weapon, type explosive filler, model number of projectile, USAF use only, type propellant, and model number of the weapon.
- How is the incendiary composition initiated in the 20 mm armor-piercing incendiary (API)?
- Impact.
- How is the typical impulse cartridge fired?
- Electrical initiation.
- How long does the A/P 25S-5A distress signal kit flare burn?
- 9 seconds.
- How long does the AN-MK6 Mod 3 signal burn?
- 40 minutes.
- How long does the red tracer composition burn in the 40 mm AAA, armor-piercing tracer round?
- 12 seconds.
- How long does the safety fuse burn before igniting the powder charge on an M116A1 simulator?
- 5 to 10 seconds.
- How long does the tracer composition in the 40 mm AAA, APT round burn?
- 12 seconds.
- How many 105 mm rounds are packed in the PA71 container?
- 39.
- How many and what type of bomblets are loaded in a CBU-97/B?
- 10 BLU-108/B.
- How many and what type of bomblets are loaded in the CBU-89?
- 72 BLU-91/B and 22 BLU-92/B.
- How many flare cartridges are carried in an ALA-17 flare rack?
- Eight.
- How many flares does the pwersonnel distress signal kit A/P 25S-1 contain?
- Seven.
- How many fuzed 105 mm rounds are packed in a PA71 container?
- 39
- How many FZU-2/B boosters are rquired for use when an FMU-81/B fuze is installed in the tail of a bomb?
- One.
- How many LUU series flares can the SUU-25E/A hold?
- Eight.
- How many M577 (PD) fuzes are packaged per wire-bound crate?
- 16.
- How many part numbers may you find on 30 mm armor-piercing incendiary-tracer, high-explosive incendiary, and target practice rounds?
- 1 or 2.
- How many point-detonating M577 fuzes are packed per wire-bound crate?
- 16.
- How many pounds of pull pressure on the parachute shroud lines are required to fire the LUU-4/B flare?
- 52 pounds.
- how many pounds of WP are used in the WP round projectile?
- Four.
- How many projectiles are contained in each BLU-108/B submunition?
- 4.
- How may the electric primer in 20 mm ammunition be fired accidentally?
- Static electricty.
- How much of the assembled bomb weight is the explosive charge?
- 45%.
- If you were handed an example of the two 40 mm round configurations, what is the easiest way to tell the difference between the two rounds?
- By size (the 40 mm cartridge is approximately 5 inches in length while the 40 mm AAA is 18 inches in length).
- In an electronically timed ffuze, what replaces the arming vanes used in mechanically timed fuzes?
- Electric charging assembly.
- In external appearance, the M129E2 leaflet bomb is similar to the -
- M117, 750-pound bomb.
- In how many pieces is the 40 mm round issued?
- One, it comes as a complete round.
- In the explosive train, where can you find the delay?
- Ahead of the detonator.
- In what configuration is the CBU-89/B delivered from the manufacturer?
- As a complete round with bomb lugs, arming wire, all internal components, and the dummy FZU-39/B sensor.
- Is a target-practice round empty or inert?
- The projectile is intert and the cartridge is live.
- List the types of munitions that use the DSU-33.
- M117; MK-80 -series GP bombs,; JDAM
- Name at least four weapons that use the Munroe Effect.
- -Artillery Shells
-Rocket Warheads
-Demolition Charges
-Antitank Mines - Name at least three different electrical fuzes?
- -FMU-81
-FMU-124
-FMU-139 - Name at least three types of 40 mm cartridge ammo.
- -HE M406
-HE M384
-CS M651E1 - Name the three classifications of Air Force grenades.
- Service, practice, and training.
- Name the two types of blasting caps.
- Electric and non-electric blasting caps.
- Name the two types of effects for signals.
- Light and smoke.
- Name the two types of impulse cartridges.
- Explosive and nonexplosive.
- Name the types of fuze action.
- Impact, time, and proximity.
- Name two uses for 20 mm dummy ammo.
- Testing feeder asemblies after maintenance and for drill.
- Of the three common explosive trains discussed here, which action - time, superquick, or delay - would cause a bomb to detonate on impact?
- Superquick.
- Remember, all of the components of a 20 mm round have a lot number assigned to them. Which lot number is the one that is used to control a complete round?
- The lot number stenciled on the side of the projectile.
- The 105 mm, smoke, white pohsphorous round burster charge is loaded with -
- Tetryl.
- The BLU-109/B augments or replaces the -
- MK84.
- The BLU-109/B is a -
- 2,000-pound penetrator bomb.
- The CBU-103/B is converted to a wind-corrected munitions dispenser (WCMD) from what cluster bomb unit (CBU)?
- CBU-87/B.
- The CBU-89 is physically the same as the -
- CBU-87 cluster bomb.
