Insensitive Munitions Assessment of the 5"/54 Navel Artillery Shell Filled with ARX 4024

Abstract

Melt-castable NTO/TNT formulations have been identified as suitable IM candidates to replace existing Composition B main charges within the Australian inventory. Of this family, ARX-4O24 (65/35 NTO/TNT) has shown the greatest potential to pass IM criteria and allow Qualification for Australian service. It has shown processing properties suitable for large-scale production at ADI's Muiwala and Benalla plants. This report details results obtained from an IM test series of the 5"/54 Naval projectile filled with ARX-4024. The assessments were carried out on projectiles in their plugged logistical configuration and comprised of IM Slow Cook-Off, Liquid Fuel Fire, Bullet Imp act and Sympathetic Reaction tests. All four tests were successfully passed, with results providing a solid basis for further development

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA421655

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  • Matthew D. Cliff
  • Matthew W. Smith

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  • Defence Science and Technology Group

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Chemistry
  • Detonations
  • Energetic Materials
  • Explosions
  • Explosive Charges
  • Explosives
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Plastic Bonded Explosives
  • Production
  • Projectiles
  • Systems Science

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