AMMUNITION (GENERAL)

• A CONTRIVANCE CHARGE WITH

EXPLOSIVES, PROPELLANTS,
PYROTECHNIQUES, CHEMICAL
AGENTS, INITIATING COMPOSITIONS
(OR NBC AGENTS) FOR USE IN
CONNECTION WITH DEFENSE OR
OFFENSE.

TYPES OF AMMO
 TYPES OF AMMUNITION
1. SMALL ARMS
2. ARTILLERY
3. GRENADES
4. BOMBS
5. PYROTECHNIQUES
6. ROCKETS
7. LANDMINES
8. MISSILES
9. DEMOLITION MATERIALS

SMALL ARMS
 1. SMALL ARMS
• fired from rifles, pistols, machine
guns and small automatic
cannons, such as the 20-
millimeter cannon. The
ammunition falls within range
from caliber .22 to 30 millimeter.

SAMPLE OF SMALL ARMS

 SMALL ARMS
PRIMER

PROPELLANT

BULLET
CARTRIDGE CASE
PRINCIPLES OF SMALL ARMS
 SMALL ARMS
PRIMER

PROPELLANT

BULLET
CARTRIDGE CASE

ARTILLERY
 2. ARTILLERY AMMUNITION
• USED IN GUNS, HOWITZERS,
MORTARS, AND RECOILESS RIFLES
RANGING FROM 37MM TO 280 MM.
 ARTILLERY AMMUNITION

PRIMER
PRIMER DETONATOR
IGNITER
BOOSTER
PROPELLANT
BURSTING CHARGE

FUZE

CARTRIDGE CASE
PROJECTILE

PRINCIPLES OF ARTY AMMO

 ARTILLERY AMMUNITION

FUZE
CARTRIDGE CASE
PROJECTILE
PROJECTILE
 DETONATION OF A PROJECTILE

FUZE
M
CARTRIDGE
PROJECTILE O
CASE
O
B

TARGET
 DETONATION SEQUENCE OF AN
ARTILLERY PROJECTILE
(ONE EVENT)

BURSTING BOOSTER DETONATOR

CHARGE PRIMER
FIRING PIN

M
O
O
B
 MORTAR ROUND

PRIMER IGNITER

DETONATOR PRIMER
PROPELLANT
CHARGE
BOOSTER
BURSTING CHARGE

FIN ASSY FUZE

BODY
 FIRING PRINCIPLE (MORTAR ROUND)

MORTAR

FIRING PIN
 3. GRENADES
• A SMALL DEFESIVE OR OFFENSIVE
ORDNANCE DESIGNED TO BE
THROWN BY HAND BUT NOW CAN
BE PROJECTED FROM RIFLES AND
SPECIAL LAUNCHERS.
TYPES OF GRENADES:
1. HAND GRENADE
2. 40 MM GRENADE
3. RIFLE GRENADE
 HAND GRENADE
FUZE PULL RING SAFETY PIN

PRIMER

DELAY ELEMENT

DETONATOR

BURSTING CHARGE

SAFETY LEVER
 GRENADE DETONATION

FUZE

SAFETY PIN
PULL RING
STRIKER

O M
BO
 40 MM GRENADE

PRIMER
PRIMER
DETONATOR
IGNITER
BURSTING CHARGE
PROPELLANT

FUZE

M203 GL
 M203 GRENADE LAUNCHER (40MM)

RIFLE GRENADE
 RIFLE GRENADE

PRIMER

DETONATOR
BURSTING
CHARGE

BODY FUZE
FIN ASSEMBLY

RIFLE W/ GRENADE
RIFLE GRENADE
 4. BOMBS
• DESIGNED TO BE DROPPED FROM
AIRCRAFTS AND IS NORMALLY
DETONATED UPON CONTACT WITH
THE TARGET OF BY A TIMING
DEVICE.
 BOMBS

PRIMER

DETONATOR

BOOSTER

SUSPENSION LUG BURSTING CHARGE

FUZE
FIN ASSEMBLY BODY
 O M
BO
 5. PYROTECHNIQUES

• USED FOR SUCH PURPOSES AS

PRODUCING A BRIGHT LIGHT
FOR ILLUMINATION OR COLORED
LIGHTS FOR SIGNALLLING.
PYROTECHNIQUES
(FLARE)
 6. ROCKETS
• AN UNMANNED SELF-PROPELLED
ORDNANCE DESIGNED TO TRAVEL
ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE
EARTH AND WHOSE TRAJECTORY
OR FLIGHT CAN NOT BE ALTERED.
 ROCKETS

PRIMER
PRIMER
DETONATOR / BOOSTER
IGNITER
BURSTING CHARGE
PROPELLANT

FUZE
BODY
NOZZLE
FIN ASSY WARHEAD
 LANDMINES
DESIGNED TO BE PLACED IN THE
GROUND OR BENEATH THE SURFACE
TO DESTROY OR DAMAGE ENEMY
VEHICLES AND PERSONNEL. IT IS
DETONATED BY REMOTE CONTROL
OR WHEN THE TARGET MOVES OR
TOUCHES IT.
 ANTITANK LANDMINES
FUZE
PRIMER

DETONATOR

BOOSTER

BURSTING CHARGE
PRESSURE PLATE
ANTI TANK LANDMINE
 ANTIPERSONNEL LANDMINES

PRIMER

DETONATOR

BURSTING CHARGE

FUZE
PRESSURE PRONGS
 8. MISSILES
• SELF PROPELLED AND DESIGNED
TO TRAVEL ABOVE THE SURFACE
OF THE EARTH. IT INCORPORATES
A GUIDANCE SYSTEM USED IN
CONTROLLING ITS TRAJECTORY
OR FLIGHT.
 MISSILES

PRIMER

DETONATOR
PRIMER
BOOSTER
IGNITER BURSTING CHARGE
PROPELLANT

CANNARDS
WARHEAD
FIN ASSY
GUIDANCE SYSTEM

NOZZLE
BODY
 FUZE WITH FUZE EXPLOSIVE TRAIN
FUZE

FIRING PIN PRIMER

DETONATOR BOOSTER
FUZE ATTACHED TO THE BODY OF AN AMMUNITION

FUZE
CASING

BURSTING CHARGE
 9. DEMOLITION MATERIALS
• EXPLOSIVE CHARGES AND RELATED
EQUIPMENT USED IN DESTRUCTION OF
EARTHWORKS, FORTIFICATIONS,
RAILROADS, DAMS, ETC. ALSO USED
FOR EXCAVATION FOR CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS AND CLEARING OF
MINEFIELDS.
 DEMOLITION MATERIALS

TNT
1 Lbs

TNT
1 Lbs

Dynamite

NON ELECTRIC
 NON ELECTRIC SYSTEM

NON-ELECTRIC BLASTING CAP

INITIATOR
(TIME FUZE) PRIMER DETONATOR

BURSTING CHARGE
FLAME

EXPLOSION
 SEQUENCE OF DETONATION
DEMOLITION MATERIALS
(NON-ELECTRIC FIRING SYSTEM)

M
TNT O
O
1 Lbs

B
HEAT

NON ELECTRIC
 M
O
O
Dynamite

B
ELECTRIC BLASTING CAP
 ELECTRIC FIRING SYSTEM
POWER SOURCE
•BATTERY
•FIRING DEVICE

ELECTRIC BLASTING CAP

Dynamite

CAP WELL
COMPONENTS OF AN ELECTRIC BLASTING CAP

POWER SOURCE
•BATTERY
•FIRING DEVICE

ELECTRIC BLASTING CAP

PRIMER
DETONATOR
FILAMENT
 SEQUENCE OF DETONATION
DEMOLITION MATERIALS
(ELECTRIC FIRING SYSTEM)

POWER SOURCE

M
TNT
O
O 1 Lbs

ELECTRICAL WIRE

INT SUMMARY
PROPELLANT ACTUATED DEVICES
(PAD)

PILOT EJECTION SYSTEM

AIRMUNITION EJECTION SYSTEM

AIRMUNITION EJECTION
PILOT EJECTION

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 SUMMARY
AMMUNITION

TYPES OF AMMUNITION
1. SMALL ARMS
2. ARTILLERY
3. GRENADES
4. BOMBS
5. PYROTECHNIQUES
6. ROCKETS
7. LANDMINES
8. MISSILES
9. DEMOLITION MATERIALS

COMPONENTS OF AMMUNITION
PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION

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