DS Pyrotechnics Flashcards
Signal Kit Personnel Distress A/P 25S-5B
Height Range Min/Max?
Burn time?
Hold how many?
-Min Height: 183m
Max Height: 488m (launched vertically)
- 7 sec +
- Holds seven flares
CS Pellets Respirator Test Kit B220
Used for?
Duration?
- Developed as a training aid for the correct fitting of respirators and to demonstrate the effects of exposure to CS
- 8 to 25 secs
Dispenser OC Stream
Active ingredient and what is it based from?
- Capsaicin
- Is the active component of chilli peppers
Dispenser OC Stream
Likely physical effects?
- Respiratory and skin irritation
- Dizziness caused by inhalation
- Unconsciousness
- Possible asphyxia
Flare Surface Trip A301
- Flare colour?
- Burn Time?
- Luminosity?
- What bracket?
- Yellow white
- 55 seconds
- 28,000 cd
- from M49A1
Flare Surface Trip A301
3 Parts
- Illuminant Assembly
- Fuze Assembly
- Mounting Bracket with Trigger
Label:
Flare Surface Trip A301 (12)
- Flare Composition
- Aluminium Case
- Flare Priming Composition
- Closure Disc
- Ignition Transfer Charge
- Percussion Primer
- Hinge Pin
- Striker Mechanism group
- Die cast cover
- Pull pin
- Lever
- Cardboard liner
Flare Surface Trip A301
Operation
- Pull of 1 – 4kg on the trip wire or tension release in trigger mode
- Flare activated by release of safety lever
- Striker mech impacts percussion primer
- Primer initiates ignition transfer composition
- Composition ignites flare priming composition
- Fuze assembly ejected
- Flare burns
Signal Illumination Green Star Cluster M125A1
Payload?
Burn time?
Flare composition?
- 5 green flares
- 5 to 10 sec
- Magnesium 35.7%, Barium Nitrate 57.3%
Signal Illumination “Stuff” M125A1, M126A1, M127A1
- What range are they designed to reach?
- At what distance do the fins deploy and the rocket propellant ignites?
- When does the rocket motor cut out?
Average luminosity?
- Components?
- 200 to 250m
- The fins fold out for stability and the rocket propellant ignites, at approx 6m
- until 60m
9,000 - 10,000 - 125,000 cd
Components:
- Rocket barrel (tube)
- Signal carrier (rocket)
- Signal Composition (filling)
Signal Illumination Ground Parachute Red Star
M126A1
Payload?
Burn time?
Decent rate?
- Red flare attached to parachute
- 60 seconds
~2.5m/sec
Signal Smoke Parachutist No.1 Mk 5 Red
Used for?
Delay?
Burn duration?
- Displays and training
- 2.7 to 4.5 sec
- Min of 40 sec
Signal Smoke Parachutist No.1 Mk 5 Red
Describe Operation
- Remove plastic lid
- Pull striker cord
- Release striker claws
- Compresses striker spring
- Releases striker
- Striker travels down striker housing
- Impact percussion cap
- Ignites the press SFG90 gunpowder
- Primed cloth, ignites upper smoke pellets
……?
Sig Miniflare Red No1 Mk 3 Flare Cartridge comprises:
Consists of?
aluminium outer container flare .22 blank rimfire cartridge
Signal Kit Mini Flare Red No1 Mk 3
What is the deployment height? xx
Luminosity
Duration
Propulsive Charge and Qty?
- approx 75m
- 3,000 cd
- approx 5 seconds
- Gunpowder G12 330mg
Signal Distress Day Night No. 1 Mk 5
Operation
- Select mode (smoke / flare)
- Remove end cap exposing “D” ring
- Pull and twist D ring
- Allows safety fork to release the cocked striker which impinges on primer
- Primer ignites the primed cambric and celluloid strip running centrally through the main filling
- Burning cambric/celluloid strip ignites flare or smoke Comp.
Signal Distress Day Night No. 1 Mk 5
Short description
(tab data…)
- Orange smoke at one end (day use), red flare at the other (night use). Raised ribs around the flare end
- ## Either end can be fired independently
Signal Distress Day Night No. 1 Mk 5
What visibility distance by day and night?
Day - 5,000m
Night - 8,000m
Signal Distress Day Night No. 1 Mk 5
- Smoke:
- Colour?
- Duration? - Flare:
- Colour?
- Duration?
- Candela? - Operation Limitations - water depth and dive duration?
- Orange smoke
15 - 25 sec - Red flare
17 - 25 sec
5,000 cd
30m for 2 hours
Signal Distress Day Night No. 1 Mk 5
Label
End Cap Prime Flare unit Igniter flare tub Cap Assembly Cambric square Striker O Ring Spring O Ring D Ring Release Fork
Igniter pellet Cap Assembly Igniter smoke tube case assembly O ring Millboard washer End cap D Ring Release fork Spring Striker Smoke pellet Cambric strip Disc
Signal Kit Personnel Distress Small Boat (Mk4 or Mk 5)
- Rocket Flare (qty 4)?
- Handflare (qty 6)?
- Lifesmoke (qty 2)?
- -The Rocket Flare is a long range, day and night distress signalling rocket. The rocket propels a red flare attached to a parachute to a height of 300m with a burn time of 40 seconds
- -The Handflare is a day and night distress signal displaying a red flame with a burn time of 60 seconds.
- -The MK9 Lifesmoke is a daylight distress signal displaying orange smoke with a burn time of 3 minutes.
Marker Location Marine Mk 58 Mod 1
- How is it activated?
- What does it produce/ duration?
- By contact with seawater
-Yellow flame and white smoke
40 to 55 MINUTES
Marker Location Marine Mk 58 Mod 1
- How can it be launched? (Surface / air)
- What does it have to maintain floating?
- Altitude to 450m and 350 knots speed
- Contains a ballast weight
Marker Location Marine Mk 25 Mod 4
Type of battery?
What is the marker designed to do upon burnout of the pyrotechnic candle?
- Salt water battery
- Designed to ignite a scuttling charge, allowing seawater to enter and the marker to sink
