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| AN EXPLOSION OF A BOMB OR PROJECTILE ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND |
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| SMALL MUNITIONS OR MINES DESIGNED TO KILL OR PREFERABLY WOUND PERSONNEL |
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| LARGE MUNITIONS OR MINES DESIGNED TO KILL TANKS OR OTHER LARGE ARMORED VEHICLES |
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| DESIGNED TO PENETRATE ARMOR OR OTHER SIMILAR MATERIAL |
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AMMUNITION OF A CALIBER GREATER THAN 30MM AND NOT DESIGNED FOR SHOULDER OR HAND FIRING
3 TYPES: FIXED, SEMI-FIXED, SEPARATE LOADING |
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| THE REARWARD EJECTION OF THE BASE OF A PROJECTILE ALONG WITH ITS CONTENTS |
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| THICK METAL BASE OR ORDNANCE THAT USUALLY SEPARATES AND TRAVELS FAR DURING FUNCTIONING OR DETONATION OF THE ORDNANCE |
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| EXPLOSIVE OR CBRNE THAT IS THROWN BY HAND, DROPPED FROM AIRCRAFT, OR PROJECTED BY SOME SLOW MEANS. |
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| CYLINDRICAL SURFACE THAT BEARS THE WEIGHT OF THE PROJECTILE IN THE BORE, IT IS THE MEASURING POINT FOR THE DIAMETER OF THE PROJECTILE AND CAN EXTEND THE FULL LENGTH OF THE PROJECTILE |
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| A PROJECTILE FIRED, OR INTENDED TO BE FIRED FROM A SMALL ARM |
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| DIAMETER OF A PROJECTILE AT THE BOURRELET, OR THE INNER MEASUREMENT OF THE BORE ON A GUN. |
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| AN ASSEMBLAGE OF THE COMPONENTS REQUIRED TO FUNCTION A WEAPON ONCE (EX. GUN AMMO CONTAINS A UNIT ASSEMBLY ALL OF THE COMPONENTS REQUIRED TO FUNCTION THE GUN ONCE WHICH IS LOADED IN ONE OPERATION |
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| A GIVEN QUANTITY OF EXPLOSIVES, BY ITSELF OR CONTAINED WITHIN A BOMB, PROJECTILE, MINE, OR USED AS A PROPELLANT FOR A BULLET/PROJECTILE. |
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| A STRIKER/FIRING PIN/DETONATOR THAT ARE HELD UNDER TENSION BY A RELEASING MECHANISM SUCH AS A SAFETY PIN ON A GRENADE |
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| VERY RAPID COMBUSTION, SOMETIMES ACCOMPANIED BY FLAMES AND SPARKS (EX. BURNING OF BLACK POWDER) |
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| AN EXPLOSION, A CHEMICAL REACTION/BURN THAT SURPASSES THE SPEED OF SOUND CREATING THE DETONATION VELOCITY WHICH RUPTURES THE OUTER CONTAINER OF THE EXPLOSIVE, IF ANY. (SUPER SONIC) |
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| TECHNIQUE TO CAUSE THE MAIN CHARGE TO LOW ORDER, OR DURING IEDS, CAUSES A BREAK IN THE FIRING TRAIN (SUB SONIC) |
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| EXPLOSIVE MUNITION WHICH HAS NOT BEEN ARMED AS INTENDED OR WHICH HAS FAILED TO EXPLODE AFTER BEING ARMED |
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| ALL MUNITIONS THAT CONTAIN EXPLOSIVES, PYROTECHNICS, OR CBRNE THAT CAUSE DEATH/INJURY TO PERSONNEL OR DAMAGE TO MATERIAL |
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| ACTION TAKEN BY EOD TO RENDER SAFE, DISASSEMBLE, NEUTRALIZE OR DISPOSE OF ORDNANCE, IN WHICH THE EOD SOLDIER OBSERVES THE SAFETIES FIRST |
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| INSURES THE STEADY FLIGHT OF THE ORDNANCE WITH THE USE OF FINS |
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TERM USED WITH ORDNANCE THAT IS DESIGNED TO BREAK APART OR FRAGMENT DURING DETONATION (EX. GRENADE)
1-PRIMARY (CASING)
2-SECONDARY (EVERYTHING ELSE) |
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| INITIATOR FOR ORDNANCE AND THE ATTACKING POINT FOR MOST RENDER SAFE PROCEDURES |
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| ALLOWS THE FUZE TO BE ATTACHED TO VARIOUS SIZES OF ORDNANCE, (155MM TO 105MM WITH THE SAME FUZE). ON A BOMB IT MAY BE CONNECTED TO THE PARACHUTE TO ASSIST IN CHUTE DEPLOYMENT |
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| THE ABILITY OF A FUZE TO BE INITIATED BY GRAZING THE SURFACE AT A GLANCING ANGLE |
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| SMALL FRAGMENTATION DEFENSIVE OR BLAST OFFENSIVE ORDNANCE ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO BE THROWN BY HAND, BUT NOW ALSO DESIGNED TO BE PROJECTED FROM RIFLES, SPECIAL LAUNCHERS AND DISPENSING MUNITIONS |
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| THE FLOW OF CURRENT FROM AN ITEM IN AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT TO THE GROUND. A PHYSICAL CONNECTION WITH THE EARTH TO EQUALIZE POTENTIAL AND TO DISCHARGE STRAY ELECTRICAL CHARGES, PREVENTING A SOLDIER FROM PREMATURELY ACTIVATING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS OR CAUSE AND EXPLOSIVE TOOL TO DISCHARGE |
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| AN EXPLOSION THAT WILL NORMALLY HIGH ORDER NOT LOW ORDER (BOOM NOT BURN) |
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| A STRIKER/FIRING PIN/DETONATOR WHICH REMAINS COCKED AND UNDER TENSION AFTER THE RELEASING MECHANISM IS REMOVED(EX. GRENADE WITH SAND/RUST) |
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| SUBSTANCE THAT ABSORBS AND HOLDS WATER, PARTICULARLY FROM THE AIR (EX. DESICANT BAGS IN BEEF JERKY) |
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| IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE |
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| THOSE DEVICES PLACED OR FABRICATED IN AN IMPROVISED MANNER INCORPORATING DESTRUCTIVE, LETHAL, NOXIOUS, PYROTECHNIC OR INCENDIARY CHEMICALS, DESIGNED TO DESTROY, DISFIGURE, DISTRACT OR HARASS |
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| FAILURE OF ORDNANCE TO FUNCTION IN A NORMAL OR EXPECTED MANNER |
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| AN EXPLOSIVE OR OTHER MATERIAL, NORMALLY ENCASED, DESIGNED TO DESTROY OR DAMAGE GROUND VEHICLES, BOATS, AND AIRCRAFT OR DESIGNED TO WOUND, KILL OR OTHERWISE INCAPACITATE PERSONNEL. IT MAY BE DETONATED BY THE ACTIONS OF ITS VICTIMS, PASSAGE OF TIME OR BY CONTROLLED MEANS |
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| FAILURE TO FIRE OR EXPLODE PROPERLY. FAILURE OF A PRIMER OR PROPELLING CHARGE TO FUNCTION, WHOLLY OR IN PART |
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| IN A RESTRICTED SENSE, ORDNANCE ITEMS SUCH AS BOMBS, ROCKETS, PROJECTILES, AND GRENADES |
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| IDENTIFYING NAME FOR ORDNANCE ITEMS, (EX. CARTRIDGE, 81MM, M43A1). ITEM MAY BE PRECEDED BY "X" WHICH IDENTIFIES IT AS EXPERIMENTAL |
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| FOREMOST POINT OF A BOMB/PROJO/MISSILE, WHICH IS TAPERED OR ROUNDED TO PROVIDE AERODYNAMICS AND BALLISTIC STABILITY |
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| THE PINCHED OR CONSTRICTED AREA OF A ROCKET MOTOR OR ENGINE WHERE THE FLAME AND GASES ARE RELEASED |
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| CURVED OR TAPERED FRONT PORTION OF A PROJECTILE |
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| EXPLOSIVES, NBC MUNITIONS, PYROTECHNICS, BOMBS, GUNS, AND AMMUNITION |
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| AN OBJECT PROJECTED BY AN APPLIED FORCE; WITHIN EOD IT IS GENERALLY APPLIED TO ARTILLERY ROUNDS/RECOILLESS RIFLE ROUNDS |
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| PROJECTILE, HIGH EXPLOSIVE PLASTIC |
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| THIN CASED PROJECTILE THAT IS DESIGNED TO DEFEAT ARMORED OBJECTS. THEY ARE REFERRED TO AS HEP, SQUASH HEAD, OR BUNKER BUSTER ROUNDS |
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| THE PORTION OF THE EOD PROCEDURE WHICH IS DESIGNED TO PREVENT THE DETONATION OR FUNCTIONING OF THE EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE. IT IS NORMALLY ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE AID OF SPECIAL TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES |
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| THE SPIRALING GROOVES IN THE GUN TUBE THAT CREATE THE SPINNING OF THE ROUNDS |
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| UNMANNED, SELF-PROPELLED ORNANCE WITH OR WITHOUT A WARHEAD THAT WHEN LAUNCHED ITS FLIGHT CANNOT BE CONTROLLED |
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| SOFT METAL BAND ON TH EBASE THAT CENTERS THE ROUND IN THE BORE, CREATES THE SPIN FROM THE RIFLING, AND PREVENTS THE ESCAPE OF GASES |
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| A CARRIER FOR A SUBCALIBER PROJECTILE SO THAT IT MAY FIT INTO A LARGER BORE GUN, THE CARRIER IS USUALLY DISCARDED AFTER IT IS FIRED FROM THE GUN |
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| THE DETERMINATION BY EOD THAT AN ITEM IS SET OR RESET SO AS NOT TO DETONATE OR FUNCTION ACCIDENTALLY |
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| A MECHANISM WHOSE PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO PREVENT AN UNINTENDED FUNCTIONING OF THE MAIN CHARGE PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF THE ARMING DELAY AND, IN TURN, ALLOWS THE EXPLOSIVE TRAIN OF THE AMMUNITION TO FUNCTION AFTER ARMING |
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| A DEVICE THAT PREVENTS ORDNANCE FROM BEING FIRED ACCIDENTALLY. PREVENTION OF CONDITIONS WHICH CAN CAUSE INJURY OR DEATH TO PERSONNEL OR DAMAGE OR LOSS OF EQUIPMENT OR PROPERTY. |
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| GUN TUBE THAT IS SMOOTH INSIDE. IT DOES NOT IMPART SPIN TO THE ROUND (EX. ABRAMS TANK 120MM MAIN GUN, SHOT GUNS AND SOME MORTAR TUBES) |
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| THE SPINNING OF A PROJECTILE CAUSED BY THE RIFLING IN A BARREL, KEEPING IT STRAIGHT IN FLIGHT, NOT TUMBLING |
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| DISTANCE FROM THE BASE OF A SHAPE CHARGE TO THE TARGET THAT GIVES THE JET TIME TO FORM FOR PENETRATION |
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| BAR, TIMBER, OR METAL BEAM DESIGNED TO TAKE STRAIN. (EX. THE PORTION OF THE BOMB THAT CONTAINS THE LIFTING LUGS AND SUPPORTS THE WEIGHT OF THE BOMB) |
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| SMALL MUNITIONS WITH NO STANDARD SIZE OR SHAPE, WHICH ARE DISPENSED FROM CLUSTER BOMBS, PROJECTILES, AND/OR ROCKETS) |
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| ARMOR PIERCING DISCARDING SABOT |
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| ARMOR PIERCING HIGH EXPLOSIVE |
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| ARMOR PIERCING INCENDIARY |
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| CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, NUCLEAR, HIGH YIELD EXPLOSIVE |
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| ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION |
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| HIGH EXPLOSIVE INCENDIARY |
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| HAZARDS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION TO ORDNANCE |
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| HIGH EXPLOSIVE SQUASH HEAD |
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| MECHANICAL TIME SUPER QUICK |
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| POINT DETONATING SUPER QUICK |
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| POINT INITIATING BASE DETONATING (HEAT ROUNDS) |
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| PLASTICIZED WHITE PHOSPHORUS |
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| ROCKET ASSISTED PROJECTILE |
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| STANDOFF MUNITIONS DISRUPTOR |
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| WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION |
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| A MICROORGANISM WHICH CAUSES DISEASE IN PLANTS, ANIMALS, OR MAN |
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| A CHEMICAL COMPOUND USED IN WARFARE TO KILL, SERIOUSLY INJURE OR INCAPACITATE THE ENEMY BY THE CHEMICAL PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIONS |
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| THESE ARE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS ON THE BODY AFTER EXPOSURE TO A TOXIC CHEMICAL AGENT |
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| IS THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT A CHEMICAL AGENT WILL REMAIN IN THE AREA. THIS IS DEPENDENT ON WEATHER CONDITIONS AND HYDROLYSIS (ABILITY TO DISSOLVE OR REACT WITH WATER). AGENTS SUCH AS AC, CK, CG, DM AND GB ARE VERY NON-PERSISTENT. WHEREAS AGENTS LIKE BX AND HD ARE VERY PERSISTENT |
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| A COMBINATION OF TWO RELATIVELY NON-TOXIC CHEMICALS THAT WHEN MIXED TOGETHER IN A MUNITION IN FLIGHT, BECOME A TOXIC CHEMICAL AGENT (EX. GB2) |
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| A CHEMICAL AGENT THAT ATTACKS THE MUCOUS MEMBRANES SUCH AS THE EYES, NOSE AND LUNGS. UPON SKIN CONTACT INTENSE PAIN, BLISTERS, AND BURNS OCCUR AS THE TISSUE IS DESTROYED. DEPENDING ON THE AGENT THE EFFECTS MAY BE DELAYED. THESE AGENTS ARE NOT ALWAYS FATAL. (EX. H, HD, L) |
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| A CHEMICAL COMPOUND THAT AFFECTS THE TRANSFER OF OXYGEN FROM THE BLOOD TO BODY TISSUES. THE AGENT ATTACKS OR POISONS AN ENZYME CALLED CYTOCHROME OXIDASE IN THE BODY, WHICH TRANSFERS OXYGEN TO THE BLOOD SUPPLY. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE TIGHTNESS OF CHEST, NAUSEA, HEADACHE, UNCONSCIOUSNESS AND FINALLY DEATH. THESE ARE THE TYPES OF AGENTS USED IN GAS CHAMBERS TODAY. (EX. AC, CK) |
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| THESE AGENTS PRIMARILY ATTACK THE LUNGS CAUSING PULMONARY EDEMA. THE LUNGS FILL WITH BODY FLUIDS AND DO NOT ALLOW AIR TO PASS THROUGH THEM. COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS "DRY LAND DROWNING". SYMPTOMS INCLUDE VOMITING, TIGHTNESS IN CHEST, COUGHING, CHOKING AND FINALLY DEATH. (EX. CG, DP) |
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| HARASSING AND INCAPACITATING AGENTS |
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| THESE AGENTS ARE NOT DESIGNED TO KILL AN ENEMY BUT RATHER INCAPACITATE THEM, SO THAT THEIR ABILITY TO FIGHT IS WEAKENED. HARASSING AGENTS INCLUDE TEARING AGENTS (CS, CN), VOMITING AGENTS (DA, DM). BZ IS THE ONLY INCAPACITATING AGENT WHICH IS A HALLUCINOGEN |
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| THESE AGENTS AFFECT THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. THEY ARE KNOWN AS CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS. THESE AGENTS BLOCK CHOLINESTERASE ENZYMES WHICH CONTROL THE NERVE ENDINGS. THIS ALLOWS A BUILDUP OF ACETYLCHOLINE IN THE NERVE ENDINGS. ONCE CHOLINESTERASE CANNOT PASS BETWEEN YOUR NERVES THEY REACT UNCONTROLLABLY. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE HEADACHE, DROOLING, DIFFICULTY BREATHING, PINPOINTED PUPILS, SEVERE LOSS OF MUSCULAR CONTROL TO INCLUDE BLADDER AND BOWELS, CONVULSIONS AND FINALLY DEATH. NON PERSISTENT AGENTS: GA, GB, GD. PERSISTENT AGENTS: VX |
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