German Bonfire Tests on 40mm HE Ammunition and the UK Analysis of the Resulting Debris Data Interim Report

Abstract

A comprehensive programme of testing and analysis has been completed to determine the explosion effects from the initiation of stacks of 105mm HE Cartridge and 81mm HE Mortar Hazard Division 1.2 ammunition and is reported elsewhere at this Seminar. The German Federal Armed Forces Materiel Office sponsored a series of tests with the aim of extending the database generated from these trials to encompass 40mm HE ammunition. To date a preliminary test and one further test have been completed. On each occasion one pallet (240 rounds) of DM31 40mmx365 HE ammunition has been subjected to a UN Bonfire test. Debris distributions have been determined and video recordings made of the events.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA521197

Entities

People

  • D. Matheka
  • J. A. Gould

Organizations

  • Ministry of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Accidents
  • Ammunition
  • Cameras
  • Cartridge Cases
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Fatalities
  • Instrumentation
  • Materials
  • Packaging
  • Probability
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Video
  • Video Recording

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  • Materials Science
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.
  • ballistics.