Incendiary bullets

Phosphor-gehalt, m. phosphorus content, -geruch, m. phosphorus odor, -geschoss, n. phosphorus bullet, incendiary bullet, -gruppe, /. phosphorus group, -guano, m. phosphatic guano. 

Bullet Incendiary, Explosive, Caliber. 50, FATl, shown in Fig Ex8 consisted of gilding metal clad steel jacket, contg 10 grains of compressed incendiary mixture IM 11, detonator M17, 37 grams of Tetryl added successively and 360 grains Pb-Sb slug its base was flat total wt of bullet 628 grains Bullet, Incendiary, Explosive, Caliber. 50,... 

H K Heckler and Koch HP bullet hollow point bullet I bullet incendiary bullet JHP bullet jacketed hollow point bullet Jkt jacket... 

Death and destruction Tracer bullets Incendiary bombs Nerve gases Smoke screens Viruses Poisons... 

The larger rifles such as the familiar military rifle use cartridges of the type shown in Fig. 19.3. The relatively heavy base contains centrally a pyrotechnic percussion igniter (cap) and also a rim on which the ejector mechanism operates. Bullets can be made of various materials, but the detailed construction depends on whether they are to be used for armour piercing, anti-personnel, incendiary or tracer purposes. In operation, the primer is fired by the striking pin of the rifle, the propellant ignites and the... 

With the introduction of iron balls (shot), the same procedure was followed. Hot iron shots were particularly effective against naval sailing vessels. Sometimes, even bullets from small arms were preheated and used as incendiaries... 

API), has the lead point filler replaced by an incendiary composition. It is also used primarily against aircraft. The API bullet is similar to (I), except that the incendiary is ahead of the steel core. The cal. 50 API bullet contains 15 grains of the incendiary mixture consisting of barium nitrate and aluminum-magnesium powder. This mixture ignites on impact... 

W. R. Bluedorn R. N. Nelson, 38, 257 (1944). Incendiary bullet of special construction containing finely divided Ti as combustible material... 

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... 

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 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... 

In an effort to develop a more efficient incendiary bullet, a project was initiated before 1944 at Frankford Arsenal to develop bullets combining the properties of HE (high expl) and I(incendiary) type bullets. The following rypes, belonging to Cartridge, High-Explosive-Incendiary, Caliber. 50, T34 were submitted in 1944 to tests ... 

Both types of bullets were assembled into complete rounds with 227 grains of IMR-4903, AL-2674, as a propellant Note 1 Incendiary IM-11 consisted of 50/50 Mg-Al Alloy 50 Barium Nitrate 50%... 

The so-called AP (armot-piercing incendiary) projectile contains an incendiary mixture and the API-T (armor-piercing incendiary tracer) is similar, to API but has a tracer in the rear of the bullet (Ref 6, p 65)... 

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