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Land mines

Flacon, n. m. small bottle, phial. Fladdermine, /. (Mil.) land mine, contact mine. [Pg.156]

Flaser,/. curl, speckle, streak flaw, flaseng, a. curled, speckled, streaked, Flattermine, /, (Mil.) land mine, contact mine, flattern, v.t. flutter, flicker float, wave dangle be flighty. [Pg.157]

Land mines are placed on land or just beneath the surface, to inflict damage on either personnel or equipment. They are of the trap type, being initiated by unsuspected action of the enemy. [Pg.150]

Britannica, Land Mines, Naval Mines , 15, 494—98 (1973) 14) Anon, New Dimension Added to... [Pg.151]

Mine Clearing Equipment. Devices used to actuate land mines without damage to personnel or equipment. Expl devices are typified by a group of linear shaped prefabricated structural sections, filled with composition expls, with a nose section and a towing and pushing attachment, designed for assembly into a device to be propelled by any standard tank. [Pg.151]

Their expl props resembled expl ONo 4 K chlorate 90, paraffin 10, previously manufd in Fr. Minelite B, under the designation ONo 6, was used by the Fr during WWI for filling grenades and land mines. A similar expl, contg 90% Na chlorate instead of K chlorate, was used in grenades and trench mortar bombs (Refs 3 4) Refs 1) H. Dautriche, MP 16, 211-2 224-9 (1911-1912) 2) Marshall 1, 382 (1917)... [Pg.152]

According to Stettbacher (Ref 11, Vol 1) the Germans during WWI used a mixt (called Deutscher gesichiessbarer MinensprengstofF ) consisting of K perchlorate 56, DNB 32 and DNN 12%, which was cast-loaded in trench mortar shells, land mines and various bombs, while the French used Perammon (qv) for loading aerial bombs... [Pg.648]

PTX-1. An expl developed at PicArsn during WWII for use in land mines and demolition charges. It contained Tetryl 50, RDX 30 and TNT 20% mw 252 OB to CO -9%, to C02 —45% mp, eutectic 67°, pouring temp 90—95° d (cast) 1.68g/cc exudes at 65° and above sol in acet. Prepd by adding the appropriate wt of w-wet RDX to 40/60 Tetrytol previously melted in a steam-jacketed melt kettle. Heating and stirring are continued until all the w is evapd and the mixt is uniform in compn. It can also be prepd by adding Tetryl to Composition B Blast. Relative to TNT in air impulse 109%,... [Pg.972]

If no other sources exist, artillery and mortar shells, bombs, land mines, and other munitions may be cannibalized for the high explosives they contain. These munitions usually contain cast explosives, which require extra strong blasting caps or boosters to detonate. However, some of the simpler cannibalization techniques will be discussed. [Pg.4]

DETAIL SHOWING DEVICE USED AS LAND MINE... [Pg.17]

The U.S. 3.5" high explosive antitank rocket (or similar rockets used by other modem military forces) can be cannibalized or altered and used in a variety of improvised techniques. It can be placed as a shaped charge or land mine or it can be launched either electrically or nonelectrically without use of the rocket launcher. Such improvised firing offers the advantages of rigging the rocket as a booby trap or, at least, permitting the operator to be well out of the area before the rocket fires. [Pg.51]

To use as a land mine, the charge should be placed and primed as illustrated in Figure 54. [Pg.52]

Rapid and reliable detection of dangerous disease organisms, highly toxic chemicals, and concealed explosives (including those in land mines), is the first important step in responding to threats. The next important step for chemists and chemical engineers will be to devise methods to deal with such threats, including those involved in terrorist or military attacks. [Pg.8]

Combat medicine poses special problems. Chemical science and technology can aid in the rapid detection and treatment of injuries from chemical and biological weapons and other new weapons such as lasers. We need to develop blood substitutes with a long shelf life, and improved biocompatible materials for dealing with wounds. For the Navy, there are special needs such as analytical systems that can sample the seawater to detect and identify other vessels. We need good ways to detect mines, both at sea and on land. Land mines present a continued threat to civilians after hostilities have ended, and chemical techniques are needed to detect these explosive devices. [Pg.174]

Powell, J.G. Fragmentation Characterization profile for Chemical Filled Munltlons-M23 Land Mine, 115MM Rocket Warheads and 8-lnch Projectiles, Naval Surface Weapons Center, April 1983. [Pg.253]

I call that summer of 1989 my Vietnam period, because the level of trauma I experienced was like living in a war zone. It was like constantly walking over land mines. And sniper fire could happen anytime. [Pg.41]

Source Generated as a waste from munitions and defense industries, leaching from unexploded land mines. [Pg.1140]

The determination of explosives in soils has been mostly commonly associated with the detection of unexploded ordnance such as land mines (both anti-personnel and anti-tank). Chambers et al. [70] designed sampling subsystems for soil/vapor sampling. A probe was used to extract and concentrate vapors of explosives in the pore volume of soil in the vicinity of land mines with sub-part-per-biUion detection limits for TNT and related explosive munitions compounds [70]. As an... [Pg.196]

The selectivity inherent to TNT detection by amplified fluorescent polymers, as described in Section 4, helps to rriinirriize false-positives in land mine detection. These sensor devices respond only to nitroaromatics and similarly small, electron-deficient analytes, which are found typically only in or close to explosives and explosive devices. Field-tests to date have demonstrated that these devices are at least as reliable as trained dogs in detecting explosives that contain nitroaromatics. There is still uncertainty concerning what chemical that dogs actually detect when searching for explosives [17]. This... [Pg.214]

Figure 10 Factors affecting land mine detection using chemical-based methods. Illustration courtesy of ICxTechnologies. Figure 10 Factors affecting land mine detection using chemical-based methods. Illustration courtesy of ICxTechnologies.
Average Volume of Air Required in Sample to Detect Buried Land Mine (L) [Explosive Concentration 0.9 pg/L]... [Pg.31]

Planit EOD The Old Granary, Radwinter Road Ashdon, Saffron Waldon, Essex, CB10 2ET UK Ph 0870.766.3210 www.planiteod.com UXO clearance, site remediation, ERW clearance, independent QA, military range clearance, land mine clearance and demilitarization. [Pg.316]

U.S. Army RDECOM CERDEC NVESD (AMSRD-CER-NV-CM-HD) 10221 Burbeck Road/Suite 430 Fort Belvoir VA, 22060 www.humanitarian-demining.org Detection, vegetation clearance, neutralization, personal protective equipment, land mine awareness, publications, and equipment testing. [Pg.317]

Prospector class III UAV for Army Future Combat Systems and land mine detection. [Pg.318]


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