Incendiary ammunition

Small arms ammunition. Incendiary small arms ammunition, while carrying only a very small amount of material, has proved to be of the greatest value in effectively attacking highly flammable targets, such as aircraft, which might be filled with hydrogen or carry tanks... 

Ammunition, incendiary, white phosphorus, with burster, expelling charge or propelling charge 0243... 

General Refs 129) G.H. Custard, G. Francis W. Schnackenberg, Small Arms Incendiary Ammunition , Frankford Arsenal Report No R-1407, Vol 1-4 (Dec 1956), AD 159 322 130) J.R. Partington, A History of Greek Fire and Gun Powder , W. Heffer and Sons, Cambridge (1960) 131) Anon, EngrgDesHndbk,... 

Let s examine some of these redox reactions and look for their common characteristic. First, consider the reaction between magnesium and oxygen, which produces magnesium oxide (Fig. K.l) this reaction is used in fireworks to produce white sparks. It is also used, less agreeably, in tracer ammunition and incendiary devices. The reaction of magnesium and oxygen is a classic example of an... 

HEI-T, SD (High-Explosive, Incendiary-Tracer, Shell Destroying) Projectile is described here as 40-mm Fixed Ammunition MK2 MK11 for Automatic Guns and its complete round is shown in Fig 34 (See also Ref 40b, p 27 and Ref 52, p 2-19)... 

Light Red Incendiary ammunition or presence of highly flammable material designed to produce damage by fire Ordnance Depot 1 March 1945 Catalog of Cartridge Manufacturers and Base Markings by B.D. Munhall H.P. White 1944... 

Although aircraft was introduced as an auxiliary warfare weapon by various countries as early as 1910, their actual combat use did not begin until WWI. By this time, incendiary materials were used in the following devices a) small arms ammunition b) shells c) trench mortar projectiles d) grenades and other hand weapons e) aircraft bombs f) flame projectors (described separately) and g) rockets... 

During WWI I, the following incendiary and tracer small arms ammunition were used by the US Armed Forces ... 

It is estimated that in WWI I 50% of the planes lost to anti-aircraft fire and approx 75% list to enemy aircraft were brought down by incendiary ammunition... 

Incendiary Flash Tests for Small Arms Ammunition. The purpose of these tests is to investigate the ability of incendiary bullets to develop, upon impact, an incandescent flash, sufficiently hot and sustained to ignite explosive vapors, or to initiate combustion in other readily combustible materials. These tests also establish the relative size, position and persistence of the flash as compared with a standard chart. Tests are made under controlled conditions against a target of fixed design... 

Incendiary Projectile or Shell (Shoidan). See under ARTILLERY AMMUNITION... 

PrN03 was the most bullet-sensitive. It was exploded by all three types of ammunition. Hydrazine and Hydrazine Nitrate solution were exploded by the HE ammunition but not by incendiary and HE incendiary ammunition... 

A more complete description of Explosive Bullets is given in this Vol under "Explosive Cartridges" and under "Explosive and Explosive Incendiary Ammunition"... 

Note Later models of US expl bullets are described in this Vol, under "Explosive and Explosive Incendiary Ammunition ... 

Explosive and Incendiary Ammunition. Accdg to reprint available in PicArsnLibraiy, Vol 2 of "Small Arms and Small Arms Ammunition obtained from the Office of Chief of Ordnance, Jan 1946, reported ... 

Explosive bullets were abandoned during WWII due to the limited quantity of explosive which could be carried in a small arms projectile, as well as the effectiveness of incendiary ammunition which resulted in complete aircraft or vehicle destruction... 

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