Practical military ordnance identification / authored by Thomas Gersbeck.
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TextPublisher: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, [2019]Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781351250023; 1351250027; 9781351250009; 1351250000; 9781351250016; 1351250019; 9781351249997; 1351249991Subject(s): Ammunition | Ordnance | TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military ScienceDDC classification: 623.4 LOC classification: UF700Online resources: Taylor & Francis | OCLC metadata license agreement "The focus of Practical Military Ordnance Identification, Second Edition is the application of a practical deductive process to identify unknown ordnance items that are commonly recovered outside military control. Coverage new to this edition include: a list of conventional markings; additional safety precautions to take; an expanded list of high explosives; additional technical details on explosives effects; hazards associated with pyrotechnics, pyrophorics, smoke compounds, and incendiaries; a section on pre-1870 projectiles, hand grenades, landmines, underwater ordnances, and rockets; and details on Man-Portable-Air-Defense-Systems (MANPADS) missile systems."-- Provided by publisher.
1. Overview of Energetics Associated with Ordnance 2. Fundamentals of a Practical Process 3. Fuze Functioning 4. Projectiles 5. Grenades (Hand, Rifle & Projected) Chapter 6: Bombs & Aerial Dispensers 7. Rockets8. Guided Missiles 9.: Submunitions 10. Landmines 11. Chemical Ordnance 12. Underwater Ordnance Chapter 13: Black Powder Filled Ordnance Chapter 14: Closing List of Appendices Appendix A. Logic Trees Appendix B. Abbreviations Appendix C. Definitions of Ordnance Related Terms Appendix D. Explosives Appendix E. English -- Metric Conversion Chart Appendix F. References.
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