BVOL2

Question 0

Volatility is the tendency of a substance to produce?

Answer 0

Vapors

Question 1

A requirement for military explosives is that raw materials must be… what?

Answer 1

Cheap

Question 2

What property of an explosive do we refer to by the word “hygroscopicity”?

Answer 2

Moisture-absorbing property

Question 3

Upon what factor does the rate of detonation depend?

Answer 3

Degree of confinement and loading density

Question 4

What are the basic components of an explosive train?

Answer 4

Detonator, booster, and a bursting charge

Question 5

What does an explosive train booster do?

Answer 5

Detonates the main charge

Question 6

How can you achieve an air burst with a general purpose bomb?

Answer 6

Use a time action high-explosive (HE) train

Question 7

What effect does more damage than the fragmentation effect of a specific bomb?

Answer 7

Blast

Question 8

The penetrating action of a shaped charge is the result of the… what?

Answer 8

Shock wave and jet of dense gas

Question 9

The four factors that control the visibility of pyrotechnics are candlepower, color, weather, and one other. What is that?

Answer 9

Light

Question 10

What are the classifications of pyrotechnics? (4 in total)

Answer 10

Illuminants, signals, combinations (of illuminants and signals), and simulators

Question 11

When considering pyrotechnics, two types of effects for signals are…

Answer 11

Light and Smoke

Question 12

What do the colored bands, letters, or patches on signal munitions indicate?

Answer 12

Color of the signal produced

Question 13

What pyrotechnic effect is produced by an AN-MK13 signal?

Hint: two effects

Answer 13

Smoke and Flare

Question 14

When and where is the MK124 Mod 0 signal used?

Answer 14

Day/night; land/sea

Question 15

How much light does the M127A1 signal produce?

Answer 15

50,000 candlepower

Question 16

What is the LARGEST caliber ammunition that we classify as “small arms”?

Answer 16

Caliber .50

Question 17

What shotgun round is the EXCEPTION to the gauging principle?

Answer 17

.410

Question 18

What hazard is involved in using blank ammunition?

Answer 18

The wad can cause injury if it comes loose (fires)

Question 19

What are the components of a typical small-arms cartridge?

Answer 19

Cartridge case, primer, propellent, bullet

Question 20

What substance is the explosive filler for the M30 practice grenade?

Answer 20

Black powder

Question 21

How far in front of an M18A1 mine do we consider inside the danger zone?

Answer 21

250 meters

Question 22

How far behind an M18A1 mine should personnel take cover before they fire it?

Answer 22

100 meters

Question 23

What mortar has a short range and a small explosive charge?

• short
• light
• heavy
• medium

Answer 23

Light

Question 24

What device(s) do we use to detonate high explosives (HE)?

Answer 24

Blasting caps

Question 25

What device is used to initiate time fuse?

Answer 25

M60 igniter

Question 26

The M112 demo block is made of what substance?

Answer 26

Composition C-4

Question 27

The difference between commercial dynamite and military dynamite is that military dynamite does NOT contain... what?

Answer 27

Nitroglycerin

Question 28

In what length is fire wire issued?

Answer 28

500 feet

Question 29

How do we classify bomb fuzes? (3)

Answer 29

Position, action, and method of arming

Question 30

The main types of fuze actions are impact, time, and... what else?

Answer 30

Proximity

Question 31

Where is a proximity fuze placed on the bomb?

Answer 31

Nose

Question 32

In an electronically-timed fuze, what component replaces the arming vanes used in mechanically-timed fuzes?

Answer 32

Electric charging assembly

Question 33

The design of which safety feature is to prevent movement of the arming heads, arming stems, and strikers while the fuze is being handled?

Answer 33

Cotter pins

Question 34

What action must you take to set the "SECONDS TO ARM" setting below six seconds on an M904 fuze?

Answer 34

Remove the stop screw from the fuze body

Question 35

What adapter booster is used with the M904 fuze?

Answer 35

T45