Mines and Demolitions

Abstract

This report provides tests for evaluating the performance characteristics of mines and demolitions. Covers safety evaluation, supplementary environmental and shock tests, and tests for weathering, fuze functioning, mine-fuze compatibility, effectiveness, bullet impact, blast sensitivity, sympathetic detonation, and parachute delivery. Discusses reliability, human factors and maintenance evaluations. Describes equipment and technique for determining burst height of bounding mines. Tabulates mine types and applications and physical characteristics of explosives. Not applicable to chemical mines.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 22, 1974
Accession Number
ADA031850

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Test and Evaluation Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armor Plate
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Cameras
  • Climate Change
  • Demolition Charges
  • Environmental Tests
  • Explosions
  • Explosive Charges
  • Explosives
  • Impact Tests
  • Maintenance
  • Munitions Testing
  • Photographs
  • Shock Tests
  • Sympathetic Detonations
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design