Detonators for ammunition

Detonators for ammunition include primary explosives to detonate the main charge. They may or may not be co inected to a fuze. 

Detonators Articles consisting of a small metal or plastics tube containing explosives such as lead azide, PETN or combinations of explosives. They are designed to start a detonation train. They may be constructed to detonate instantaneously, or may contain a delay element. The term includes Detonators for Ammunition and Detonators for blasting, both Electric and Non-Electric. Detonating relays without flexible detonating cord are included. UN App. B, ICAO A2... 

Loehr (Deton by influence) 14a) J. Savitt, "Investigation of Sympathetic Detonation and Evaluation of Structures for Ammunition Manufacture , Final Rept, ArmourRes-FoundationCenter, 20 Oct 1955 (Contract DA-11-173-ORD-416) 15) T. Watanaba St... 

Gilding metal is used for some military purposes. The requirements of US Armed Forces for gilding metal, called "95/5 Brass 1, are covered by Specification JAN-G-439 (Aug 1946) Cu 94—95 St Zn 6—5% (minus allowable impurities 0.13%, which include Pb max 0.03 Fe max 0.05%). This type of gilding metal is used as casings for primers and detonators for artillery ammunition and bombs... 

DAVINCH is a trademarked acronym for the detonation of ammunition in a vacuum integrated chamber and is a... 

Military munitions. Military munitions are all ammunition products and components produced for or used by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) or U.S. Armed Services for national defense and security. Unused or defective munitions are solid wastes when abandoned (i.e., disposed of, burned, incinerated) or treated prior to disposal rendered nonrecyclable or nonuseable through deterioration or declared a waste by an authorized military official. Used (i.e., fired or detonated) munitions may also be solid wastes if collected for storage, recycling, treatment, or disposal. 

Requirements 1 and 3 follow immediately from the considerations of the theory of detonation when it is remembered that the purpose of the charge is to obtain maximum effect, both from the shock wave of the explosive and also from the destructive effect of expansion of the explosion products. Requirements 1 and 2 follow from the consideration that any reduction in size and weight of the warhead of a missile, or in a shell, immediately makes it possible to increase the range and therefore the usefulness of the weapon. Requirement 5 relates not only to safety, but also the desirability, particularly for armour-piercing ammunition, for the time of detonation to be determined solely by the functioning of an appropriate fuze. 

Cap. A metal shell with pyrotechnic filling, such as is used in small arms ammunition for causing a mechanical blow on the outside of the shell to ignite the propellent charge inside. In the U.S.A. detonators are known as blasting caps. 

For each test the shield must be repaired to the equivalent of new condition or a new shield used, except for shields intended for intentional detonations. Additional explosives equivalent to 25 percent of the explosive filler is added to the test round, if it can be applied in a manner as not to diminish the normal effect and response of the ammunition. 

The items used for military purposes include those used for small arms ammunition, artillery ammunition, rocket ammunition, aircraft bombs, land sea mines, grenades, demolition devices and pyrotechnic devices. As some items (such as detonators, primers, etc) can be used in several kinds of ammunition our write-up might contain some repetitions... 

DETONATORS, IGNITERS AND PRIMERS USED FOR INITIATING LOW EXPLOSIVES (INCLUDING PROPELLANTS) IN MILITARY AMMUNITION (EXCEPT IN FUZES)... 

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