Details

Subject(s)

• Ammunition [Browse]
• Ordnance [Browse]

Researcher

• Evers, Daniel [Browse]

Series

• CRC series in practical aspects of criminal and forensic investigations. [More in this series]
• Practical Aspects of Criminal and Forensic Investigations Series

Summary note

"The focus of Practical Military Ordnance Identification, Second Edition is the application of a practical deductive process to identify unknown ordnance items that are commonly recovered outside military control. Coverage new to this edition include: a list of conventional markings; additional safety precautions to take; an expanded list of high explosives; additional technical details on explosives effects; hazards associated with pyrotechnics, pyrophorics, smoke compounds, and incendiaries; a section on pre-1870 projectiles, hand grenades, landmines, underwater ordnances, and rockets; and details on Man-Portable-Air-Defense-Systems (MANPADS) missile systems."-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Contents

• 1. Overview of Energetics Associated with Ordnance 2. Fundamentals of a Practical Process 3. Fuze Functioning 4. Projectiles 5. Grenades (Hand, Rifle & Projected) Chapter 6: Bombs & Aerial Dispensers 7. Rockets 8. Guided Missiles 9.: Submunitions 10. Landmines 11. Chemical Ordnance 12. Underwater Ordnance Chapter 13: Black Powder Filled Ordnance Chapter 14: Closing List of Appendices Appendix A. Logic Trees Appendix B. Abbreviations Appendix C. Definitions of Ordnance Related Terms Appendix D. Explosives Appendix E. English
• Metric Conversion Chart Appendix F. References.

ISBN

• 1-351-25001-9
• 1-351-25002-7
• 1-351-25000-0

OCLC

1079399987

Doi

• 10.4324/9781351250023

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