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MWB/LB-4 : Ballistics Range Technology
The course will cover ballistic testing techniques for standard small and
standard large caliber gun and ammunition systems; testing of explosives
and large caliber shaped charges; classification and storage regulations
and procedures for explosives; armor acceptance testing; US vs NATO
standardization(small and large caliber); internal, intermediate and terminal
ballistics instrumentation and techniques for measuring ballistic phenomena;
and test facilities, their design, local and environmental, noise and blast
considerations, safety, and standard testing and operating procedures and
methodology.
* Test And Evaluation
* Ballistic Testing: Techniques & Related Topics
* Shaped Charge, Explosively Formed Penetrators & Explosives: Testing
Techniques (Large & Small Caliber)
* Standard Guns And Ammunition Testing: Large And Small Caliber
* Function, Action Time, Velocity, Pressure & Accuracy: Small &
Large Caliber
* Cook-Off: Hot, Cold & Ambient Temperature Extremes
* Nato Standards & Test Procedures
* Us Proof Manual Standards: Testing Techniques For Gun, Ammunition Link
(Small Caliber)
* Surveillance & First Article Testing: Ammunition: Techniques
* Water Traps: Testing Technique For Machine Gun & Ammo Testing
* Other Trapping & Soft Recovery Techniques
* Standard Us Vs Nato Testing Techniques: Small And Large Caliber Gun &
Ammunition Testing
* Armor Acceptance: Testing Techniques; Fragment Simulator Projectiles Acceptance
* Fragment Simulators & Standard Projectiles: For Testing Armor: Rolled
Homogenous & High Hard Steels, Ceramic, Composites, Aluminum; Welds,
Castings, Etc.
* Instrumentation: Methods & Techniques For Measuring:
*** Internal Ballistic Phenomena: In The Gun Bore
*** Intermediate: Immediately Out Of The Gun Bore Or Transitional
*** Terminal Or Impact Phenomena
* Test Facilities & Test Design Considerations: Uranium Testing; In
Door & Out Door Requirements; Safety Zones; Sand & Other Media Treatment;
Environmental Considerations
* Noise & Blast: Complaints & Reduction Techniques
* Explosive Testing, Storage & Transportation, Security: Methods Of
Safe Operation
* Safety: Standard Operating Procedures (Sop's) & Techniques For Gun
Ballistic Ranges & Explosives Testing
OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE