Ammunition

Its alloys include solder, type metal, and various antifriction metals. Great quantities of lead, both as the metal and as the dioxide, are used in storage batteries. Much metal also goes into cable covering, plumbing, ammunition, and in the manufacture of lead tetraethyl. 

Ammunition and Explosives Safety Standard, U.S. Dept, of Defense Explosives Safety Board, no. 6055, DOD, Alexandria, Va., July 1984. 

E. T. Kristoff andj. y Hazards ylnalysis Study of the Continuous TNT Manufacturing Plants, U.S. Army Radford Ammunition Plant,... 

J. R. Poison, Mechanical Pressing of Explosives, Iowa Army Ammunition Plant, Burlington, Iowa, 1973. 

Gun Propellents. Low sensitivity gun propeUants, often referred to as LOVA (low vulnerabUity ammunition), use RDX or HMX as the principal energy components, and desensitizing binders such as ceUulose acetate butyrate or thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) including poly acetal—polyurethane block copolymers, polystyrene—polyacrjiate copolymers, and glycidyl azide polymers (GAP) to provide the required mechanical... 

Continuous Solvent—Extrusion Process. A schematic for a typical continuous process, widely used for making solvent propellant for cannons, is shown in Figure 7. This continuous process produces ca 1100 metric tons of single-base propellant per month at the U.S. Army Ammunition Plant (Radford, Virginia). Continuous processes have also been developed for double- and triple-base propellants and for stick as well as granular geometries. A principal aspect of these processes has been the extensive use of single- and double-screw extmders instead of the presses used in the batch process. 

M Continuous Automated Cannon PropellantFacility, Radford Army Ammunition Plant, Radford, Va., 1970. 

W. E. Robertson, Igniter Materials Handbook, TR 690, AD 51001, Naval Ammunition Depot, Crane, Ind., Sept. 1969. 

Antimony hardens the lead used in the manufacture of small arms ammunition. Antimony alloyed with lead is also used in cable covering, sheet and pipe, and collapsible tubes. In these appHcations, antimony is utilized to increase strength and inhibit corrosion. 

Arsenic added ia amounts of 0.1—3% improves the properties of lead-base babbitt alloys used for beatings (see Bearing materials). Arsenic (up to 0.75%), has been added to type metal to increase hardness and castabiUty (21). Addition of arsenic (0.1%) produces a desirable fine-grain effect in electrotype metal without appreciably affecting the hardness or ductihty. Arsenic (0.5—2%) improves the sphericity of lead ammunition. Automotive body solder of the composition 92% Pb, 5.0% Sb, and 2.5% Sn, contains 0.50% arsenic (see Solders and brazing alloys). 

The preeautions with any partieular explosive depends on the hazard. In die UK explosives are elassified as 1 - Gunpowder 2 - Nitrate mixture 3 - Nitro eompound 4 - Chlorate mixture 5 - Eulminate 6 - Ammunition and 7 - Eireworks. 

Concerned mainly with the security of explosives and restncted substances. Applicable to the acquisition, keeping, handling and control of explosives, e.g. blasting explosives, detonators, fuses, ammunitions, propellants, pyrotechnics and fireworks. 

CHEMICAL AMMUNITION, NON-EXPLOSIVE, UITH IRRITANT CHEMICAL AMMUNITION, NON-EXPLOSIVE, UITH POISONOUS... 

Twin City Army Ammunition Plant (Twin City)... 

Twin City is the 10-aere site of a former U.S. Army ammunition produetion faeility. Attempted destruetion of oflf-spee or damaged ammunition eontaminated the soil with lead and other heavy metals ineluding antimony, eadmium, ehromium, eopper, mereury, and niekel. Soil deeontamination involved a new soil-washing and lead-leaehing teehnique designed to generate no waste streams. 

The main use of elemental As is in alloys with Pb and to a lesser extent Cu. Addition of small concentrations of As improves die properties of Pb/Sb for storage batteries (see below ), up to 0.75% improves the hardness and castabilily of type metal, and 0 5-2.0% improves the sphericity of Pb ammunition. Automotive body solder is Pb (92%),, Sb (5 0%), Sn (2.5%) and As (0.5%). Intcrnxitallic compounds with Al, Ga and In give the 111-V semiconductors (p 255) of which GaAs and InAs are of particular value for light-emitting diodes (LEDs), tunnel diodes, infrared emitters, laser windows and Hall-effect devices (p. 258). 

Gewehr, n. (small) arms, gun, rifle, -geschoss, n. bullet, -granate, /. rifle grenade, -mum-tioQ, /. small-arms ammunition, -pulver, n. rifle powder. 

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