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The time or number of arming vane revolutions needed for the firing train to align after a bomb is released

Arming time

Means used to initiate an electrical fuze

Electrical impulse

What mechanical time fuze is used with dispenser weapons?

Mk-339 Mod 1

What method is used to determineif the Mark 339 fuze has shifted from the primary to the option delay?

By checking the time setting observation window ofthe fuze

Which weapon uses a fuzing munition unit FMU-143 (series) tail fuze?

GBU-24 (series)

What electronic bomb fuze is used in Mk80/bomb live unit-100 (series) general purpose bombs?

FMU-139

What electronic bomb fuze is used for retarded delivery of the Mk 80/bomb live unit- 100 (series) bomb?

FMU-139

What type of bomb is used in most routine bombing operations?

General Purpose (GP) Bombs

What total number of yellow bands identifies a (BLU)-110/111/117A/B bomb loaded with PBXN-109?

3

A bomb body is shipped with a plastic plug installed in the nose and tail fuze wells to prevent what occurrence?

Damage to the internal threads and moisture from entering the fuze wells

When shipping bombs, what type of pallet is used?

Metal

When shipping, what factor determines the number of bombs that are loaded on each pallet?

Size of the bombs

Arming wire assemblies are used for what purpose?

Maintain ordnance components in a safe condition until the actual release of a weapon from an aircraft

Premature or accidental withdrawal of an arming wire from a component is prevented by the installation of which device?

Dexter safety clips (Fahnestock Clips)

What items are used to attach a conical fin assembly to the aft end of a bomb body?

Setscrews

What bomb fin is used with the Mark-82/BLU-111 bomb to provide a retarded (high- drag) bomb delivery for the aircraft?

BSU-86

What general-purpose bomb, if any, is used with the bomb stabilizer unit (BSU)-85/B Air Inflatable Retarder?

Mk-83/BLU-110

How do laser-guided bombs detect a target?

Laser beam illumination

In what location is the wing assembly mounted on the guided bomb units?

The aft end of the bomb body

The computer-control group of a laser guidance kit is used for what purpose?

To detect laser-illuminated targets and to provide an attachment point for the guidance fins

What modification kit is used to convert general purpose bombs into mines?

Mk-130 Mod 1 bomb/mine conversion kit

What bomb body, if any, is used to make the Mk-63 mine?

Mk-83 or BLU-110

What is the purpose of the Mk-339 Mod 1 mechanical time fuze?

Initiate the linear-shaped charges in the cargo section wall

What are the components of the Mk-118 Mods 0 and 1 antitank bomblets?

Mk-1 Mod 0 fuzing system, a shaped- charge warhead, and fixed stabilizing fins.

Practice bombs are used for what purpose?

Provide safety when training new or inexperienced pilots and ground-handling crews

What type of ammunition causes the most injuries to personnel?

Practice bombs

The history of rockets covers a span of how many centuries?

8

What initiating device detonates the propellant grain of a rocket?

Igniter

What component of a rocket contains the propellant, igniter, and nozzle?

Motor

What type of force is created from the burning propellant of a rocket motor

Thrust

Rockets are propelled by what means?

Expulsion of expanded gases

What type of high-explosive fragmentation warhead is used with a 5.0-inch rocket?

Mk-63 Mod 0

What type of warhead combines the effectiveness of high-explosive fragmentation and high-explosive anti-tank warheads?

AT/APERS (Anti-tank/ Anti-personnel)

What type of warhead is a compromise between the armor-piercing and fragmentation designs?

GP (General Purpose)

A 2.75-inch rocket assembly can be carried and launched from which of the following launcher packages?

19 or 7

All 2.75-inch rockets may be shipped in which of the following configurations?

Complete rounds in 7 or 19 tube launchers or in metal containers

Which of the following Naval Air Systems Command publications provides authorized assemblies, safety precautions, and restrictions for airborne rockets?

11-140-12

What rocket component adds a mid-body semiactive laser guidance section to the current 2.75-inch rocket?

Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II (APKWS II)

All 5.0-inch rockets should be received through the supply system in which of the following configurations?

Rocket motors in a four-round launcher and fuzes and warheads in separate shipping containers/ Separate components in separate shipping containers

What total number of feet, if any, can a rocket motor be safely dropped?

0

When, if ever, should you attempt to remove the base fuze from a rocket warhead?

Never

Long-range missiles are usually capable of traveling what minimum number of miles?

100 Miles

Speeds from Mach 0.8 to Mach 1.2 are referred to by what term?

Transonic

Speeds above Mach 5.0 are referred to by what term?

Hypersonic

A service missile is usually referred to as what type of missile?

Tactical

What missile designator is assigned to an air-launched, aerial intercept missile in the 9th design and the 13th modification?

AIM-9M

Identify the classifications of missile homing systems

Active, Semi-Active, Passive

In an AIM-7M guided missile, the warhead is between what two assemblies?

Guidance and flight control section

What section of a Harpoon missile contains the missile battery?

Sustainer Section

An AIM-9M Sidewinder guided missile has what number of major components?

5

The control fins should be attached to what section of a Sidewinder guided missile?

Guidance and control section

An AGM-88C guided missile is designed to operate in what total number of modes?

3

What are the major assemblies of the LAU-7 guided missile launcher?

The housing assembly, mechanism assembly, power supply, and nitrogen receiver assembly/bottle ballast or Pure Air Generating System (PAGS)

Which guided missile launchers is a complete launching system used with AIM-9(series) missiles?

LAU-115

In the LAU-7 guided missile launcher, the missile's infrared detector is cooled by what means?

Nitrogen receiver assembly

What two distinct interface configurations are used for the AIM-9X missile?

Digital and analog

What launchers are capable of carrying and launching the AIM-9Xmissile?

LAU-7 / LAU-115

What missile is an antiarmor terminal homing weapon that uses a variety of warhead configurations, including shaped charge, blast fragmentation, and thermobaric?

AGM-114 Hellfire

All versions of Hellfire missiles in the Navy and Marine Corps inventory are carried on what type of guided missile launcher?

M-272 and M-299

What reusable missile launcher completes the F/A-18 and P-3 aircraft suspension and launching system for the AGM-65 Maverick missile?

LAU-117

What purpose is a hand-manipulated signaling device used for?

Identification, recognition, warning, and distress

A Mk-124 Mod 1 marine smoke and illumination signal emits what color smoke for day use?

Orange

A Mk-124 Mod 1 marine smoke and illumination signal emits what color flame for night use?

Red

The day or night end of a Mk-124 Mod 1 signal is marked in which way?

The case has 3 raised beads around its circumference on the flare (night) end, and a label adhered to outer surface of the case identifies the smoke (day) and flare (night) end

A Mk 79 Mod 0 Illumination Signal Kit consists of what total number of Mk 80 Mod 0 signals?

7

When fired, the star ejected from a Mk 80 Mod 0 signal burns for what minimum amount of time?

4.5 seconds

Before loading a signal into a Mk-31 Mod 0 signal projector, you should first take what action?

Cock the projector

The illuminating candle in the LUU-2B/B aircraft parachute flare is made from what materials?

Magnesium, sodium nitrate, and a polymer binder

Approximately how many pounds of force are required to pull the timer knob from the timer of an LUU-2B/B aircraft parachute flare?

30 pounds

When a Mk-25 marine location marker is handled, what component physically prevents the base plugs from being accidentally pushed in?

Arming plate in the SAFE position

When a Mk-25 Mod 3 marker is in the water, what liquid serves as an electrolyte to produce a current in the battery?

Seawater

What is the average burn time, in minutes,of a Mk-25 Mod 3 marine location marker?

13.5 to 18.5 minutes

What are the two major elements of the MJU-68/B Infrared Countermeasure Flares?

Flare assembly and ignitor assembly

Passive expendables are dispensed by aircraft to mask or screen other aircraft or to cause what effect on tracking radar?

Break lock

What signal cartridge produces a flash of light and large volumes of white smoke (for day use) when ignited?

Mk-4 Mod 3

What color smoke is produced by a CXU-3 signal cartridge?

White

To extinguish an aircraft parachute flare that is burning in the open, which of the following methods should be used?

Water in flooding quantities at low pressure

The case of the MJU-69/B is constructed of what type of material?

Aluminum

When should the safety equipment of pyrotechnic and screening devices be removed?

Just before devise is launched

What Naval Sea systems Command publication contains component location information for a Mk-46 Modifications torpedo?

NAVSEA SW512-AO-ASY-010

The Mark 46 Modifications torpedo can be assembled into what number of recoverable exercise configurations?

2

Which suspension band configuration is used to suspend Mk-46 or Mk-54 torpedoes from the bomb racks or shackles of the launching aircraft?

Mk-89 Mod 1 (both) Mk-78 Mod 1 (Mk-46 only)

Propeller baffles prevent the propellers from engaging in what type of movement?

Windmilling in air, turning the engine

Using Otto Fuel II in torpedoes has what major advantage?

Short turn-around time for exercise weapons

What Naval Sea Systems Command publication contains Otto Fuel II safety, storage, and handling instructions?

NAVSEA S6340-AA-MMA-010

Aircraft-laid mines are used in which of the following types of operations?

Offensive or defensive

Which general classification are magnetic, acoustic, and pressure mines grouped into?

Influence actuated

Air-laid mines contain which types of explosives?

Composition B, trinitrotoluene (TNT), composition H6, or high-blast explosive (HBX) mixtures

The arming device in an air-laid mine consists of what type of switch piston?

Hydrostatic

A Mk-63 service mine is classified as what type of mine?

Bottom

What safety device is used in a Mk-65 mine?

Mk-45

At what depth of water, in feet, must mines be jettisoned

No less than 800 feet

The M61A1/A2 automatic gun is driven by what means?

Hydraulically

The M61A1/A2 automatic gun is controlled by what means?

Electrically

At what prescribed rate of rounds per minute does the M61A1/A2 gun fire M50 series ammunition?

4,000 (gun low) to 6,000 (gun high) rounds per minute

What components are the primary parts of an M61A1/A2 automatic gun?

Barrels, housing assembly, and rotor assembly

What means are used to secure the gun barrels to the stub rotor of an M61A1/A2 automatic gun?

Interrupted locking lugs

On an M61A1/A2 gun, what component picks up a round as it enters the gun?

Breach-bolt assembly

On an M61A1/A2 gun, a full firing cycle requires what prescribed number of actions?

7

Which two cycles describe the M61A1/A2 automatic gun operation?

Firing cycle and clearing cycle

What component of an M61A1/A2 automatic gun ejects the empty case from the gun?

Extractor lip

On an M61A1/A2 automatic gun, what sequence of actions is performed by the breech-bolt assembly during one full firing cycle?

Feed, Chamber, Lock, Fire, Unlock, Extract, Eject

A drum unit assembly of an M61A1/A2 automatic gun consists of what major parts?

Drum unit, entrance cover, exit cover, and scoop disk

The mechanical drive unit in an F/A-18 aircraft has what total number of output shafts?

1

A gun gas purge system of an M61A1/A2 automatic gun is used for what purpose?

Cool the gun barrels and purge gas from the gun compartment

The air required to operate the gun gas purge system in an F/A-18 aircraft is provided by what air source?

Engine bleed air and the ram air scavenge door

In an F/A-18 aircraft, the M61A1/A2 automatic gun system can be operated in what computer mode?

A/G (Air-to-Ground) and A/A (Air-to-Air)

In an F/A-18 aircraft, what component is used to manually clear the M61A1/A2 automatic gun?

Clearing sector retainer

An M61A1/A2 automatic gun must be sent to a depot-level maintenance activity under which conditions?

120,000 rounds fired, requires major repair, alteration

Which gun maintenance procedures should be accomplished during scheduled maintenance of an M61A1/A2 automatic gun?

Inspecting, disassembling, replacing parts, lubricating, assembling, and functionally checking components

Scheduled maintenance for an M61A1/A2 automatic gun handling and drive system should be performed after what maximum number of rounds has been fired?

30,000 rounds

What is the rapid rate of fire in rounds per minute for the GAU-21?

950 to 1,100 rounds per minute

What is the maximum air-to-ground range, in meters, of the GAU-21?

6,500

How is the GAU-16 cooled after firing?

Air-cooled

What is the performance firing rate in rounds per minute of the GAU-16?

750 to 850 rounds per minute

The GAU-17 major gun assemblies include what?

Barrels and barrel clamp assembly, housing assembly, rotor assembly, and clutch assembly

What is the sustained firing rate in rounds per minute of the M240D?

100 rounds per minute

What weapon can be removed easily from the helicopter and used for ground defense if needed?

M240D

The M61A1and M61A2 uses what caliber ammunition?

20mm

The GAU-21 uses what caliber ammunition?

.50 Cal

The GAU-16 uses what caliber ammunition?

.50 cal

The GAU-17/A uses what caliber ammunition?

7.62mm

The M240D uses what caliber ammunition?

7.62mm

A complete M50 service cartridge consists of what components?

Cartridge case, electric primer, propellant, projectile, and fuze

Which cartridge case is made of steel?

M103A1

How do you identify the type of 20 mm ammunition?

Lettering on the body of the projectile and by the painted color of the projectile

The semi-armor-piercing high explosive incendiary (SAPHEI) cartridge has what projectile gun unit designation?

PGU-28/B and PGU-28A/B

The M50 projectile gun unit series ammunition is normally packed in what container?

M548

A small arms cartridge is an assembly conststing of what components?

Cartridge case, primer, propellant, and a bullet.

Ball cartridges are used against what type of targets?

Personnel and unarmored targets

What type of .50 caliber cartridge is used against combustible targets?

Incendiary cartridge

What .50 caliber cartridge configuration is used in the aircraft machine gun?

Metallic link belts

What cartridge is used in the GAU-17, M240, and M14 rifle for signaling, incendiary, target designation, and range estimation?

M62 NATO tracer

The linkless ammunition loading system A/E32K-7 consists of what components?

Ammunition loader, ammunition transfer system, or an ammunition replenisher.

What weapons handling equipment is used with the LALS when afloat?

MHU-191/M

What action must be done to ensure that the ammunition loader is empty?

Three marked dummy rounds must be cycled completely through the storage container assembly, transfer unit assembly, and conveyor assembly

In what type of environment must transporter loading or downloading operations be conducted?

Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance- (HERO) free

To prevent explosive primers on gun ammunition from being exposed to static electricity, what action should be taken?

Make sure that the primer button of the ammunition doesn't come into contact with the human body

What tow target is used for air-to-air and surface-to-air gunnery or missile firing training exercises?

TDU-32A/B and TDU-32B/B

The Navy currently uses what two subsonic powered targets?

BQM-74E and BQM-34S

The BQM-74E missile target can be launched from which launching environment?

Surface launched from a zero-length ground launcher utilizing dual Jet Assisted Takeoff (JATO) or from an aircraft

The BQM-74E target is controlled through normal flight maneuvers with the capability of performing 75-degree angle banking turns by what means?

Fixed or portable integrated tracking and control system transponder

The AQM-37C missile target has what approximate range?

155 nautical miles

The GQM-163A supersonic sea skimming target has what minimum cruising altitude?

15 feet

How many types of tactical air-launched decoy vehicles does the Navy use?

3

What features does the tactical air-launched decoy use to provide false imagery to defense acquisition systems?

Chaff, electromagnetic, and radar signature augmentation

What air-launched decoy has the product improvement that added turbojet propulsion, radar control, low-level flight, and global positioning system navigational capability?

ITALD

What do target logbooks provide?

History of maintenance, operation, and configuration control of the target.

What activity is responsible for updating the target performance reporting system?

Target facility

The target performance reporting system resides on what secured database system?

All Weapons Information System (AWIS)

The target performance reporting system should be updated within what number of hours if the target is expended

48 hours

What command controls the ammunition handling equipment identified by mark and modification numbers?

NAVSEA

What command controls the ammunition handling equipment identified by ADU, ADK, and HLK?

NAVAIR

By what means can the command that has control over a particular piece of ammunition handling equipment be identified?

Item designation

A Mark 12 Mod 1 pallet is what width, in inches?

35 inches

A Mark 43 Mod 1 weapons carrier is combined with what weapons carrier to lift Mark 82/bomb live unit 111 bombs in tandem?

Mk-49 Mod 1 weapons carrier

The Mark 49 Mod 1 weapons carrier has what maximum safe working load, in pounds?

2,500 pounds

A Mark 51 Mod 1 weapons carrier has what total number of lifting eyes?

8

What number of interchangeable and interlocking 49-inch sections make up the A/F32K-1A bomb assembly stand?

3

What action is provided by the A/F32K-1A bomb assembly stand tray for the weapon during assembly/disassembly operations?

It provides 360 degree rotation of the weapon

What action should be performed to use a HLU-256/E manual hoisting bar in a tee configuration?

Relocate the nose plug connector to a position at the bar's midpoint

What beam is used to lift Harpoon missiles?

Mk-37 Mod 1 lift beam

The Mk 85, 86, 87 Mod1 and Mk 100 Mod 2 pallet slings can handle what range of load heights, in inches?

16 to 70 inches

What total number of pounds is the rated capacity of a Mk 105 hoisting sling with two leg assemblies?

6,000 pounds

The brake crank on an HLU-288/E bomb hoist is used for what purpose?

Hoist and lower the weapon

The HLU-196D/E has what double-point cable lift capacity, in pounds?

3,000 pounds

The AERO12C bomb skid has what maximum safe working load, in pounds?

1,250 pounds

An AERO12C bomb skid with an AERO9C bomb skid adapter installed provides what maximum safe working load, in pounds?

1,000 pounds

The AERO64B soft-belt adapter provides what maximum safe working load, in pounds?

2,500 pounds

The MHU-191A/M munitions transporter provides what maximum safe working load, in pounds?

5,000 pounds

Two pairs of ADU-483/E adapters provide what maximum safe working load, in pounds?

4,000 pounds

The AERO 71A skid flatbed adapter provides what maximum safe working load, in pounds

4,000 pounds

Forklift trucks are powered by what

Gasoline, diesel, or electric motors

An A/S32K-1E weapons loader provides what maximum safe working load, in pounds?

4,500 pounds

What term defines the abbreviation LEMA?

Linear Electro-Mechanical Actuator

What source provides the power required to operate the secondary release assembly of a bomb release unit (BRU)-14/A bomb rack?

CAD

What bomb rack is installed in the weapon pylon of the H-60 aircraft?

BRU-14/A

What aircraft has a bomb release unit (BRU)-32A/A bomb ejector rack installed?

F/A 18 (series)

A bomb release unit (BRU)-33/A bomb ejector rack is used to carry two external stores each weighing up to what maximum weight, in pounds?

1,000 pounds

A bomb release unit (BRU)-33 (series) bomb ejector rack requires what number of impulse cartridges to generate the required gas pressure for rack operations?

2

The bomb release unit (BRU)-55 bomb ejector rack provides the interface from the aircraft for carriage of which weapons?

JSOW and the JDAM

When the gas-generating cartridge is fired in an improved multiple ejector rack or improved triple ejector rack ejector unit assembly, what movements is part of the unlocking process of the suspension hooks?

The aft movement of the breech

Which set of components holds the suspension hooks of the improved multiple ejector rack or improved triple ejector rack in the open position?

The hook toggle spring and the helical spring

What maintenance level is responsible for maintaining both the hardware adapter kit and the practice bomb adapters used with an improved multiple ejector rack or improved triple ejector rack?

O-level

What maximum weight, in pounds, is the suspension under wing unit (SUU)-25F/A dispenser when it is loaded with eight aircraft parachute flares?

490 pounds

What maximum number of impulse cartridges are installed in a fully loaded suspension under wing unit (SUU)-25F/A dispenser?

8

What load configuration is ejected from the Army/Navy air-launched expendable (AN/ALE)-39 dispensing system?

Chaff, flares, or radiofrequency (RF) jammers

The Army/Navy air-launched expendable (AN/ALE)-47 countermeasures dispenser system provides an integrated, reprogrammable, computer-controlled system for dispensing what items?

Chaff, flares, and radiofrequency (RF) expendables

What manual should be referenced when handling impulse cartridges?

NAVSEA OP 3565/NAVAIR 16-1-529

Which of the following personnel must be notified in the event a decoy flare has visible damage or the device's pyrotechnic load is visible?

EOD

The majority of explosive mishaps are caused by personnel error due to what reasons?

Inadequate training, lack of adequate supervision, and complacency and failure to follow the governing technical directives

What instruction governs the Navy Personnel Ammunition and Explosives Handling Qualification and Certification Program?

OPNAVINST 8023.24

What Navy personnel are included under the scope of the qualification and certification instruction?

Officers, enlisted, and government employees

What types of magazines is provided on ships?

Ammunition cargo holds, primary, universal, missile, ready-service, lockers, and chemical

Aboard an aircraft carrier, what type of magazines is capable of holding a ship's service allowance of ammunition?

Primary

What type of magazine is located within the armor box and is used for the stowage of completely assembled rounds of weapons?

Ready service magazines

Generally, each magazine on board a ship is designated to hold what total number of ammunition types?

1

What Naval Sea Systems Command publication provides the stowage tables that should be referenced when mixed ammunition storage must be used?

OP 4

What action should be taken when a magazine without environmental controls shows a temperature in excess of 100 degrees Fahrenheit?

Use portable ventilation

Mk 58 Marine Location Markers NOT in an original watertight sealed container should be stowed in a magazine with which of the characteristics?

Without a sprinkler system

Sprinkler systems are fitted in which magazines?

Primary and missile magazines, ammunition handling rooms, and ready-service magazines

What minimum number of thermostats should be installed in each magazine?

1

What minimum distance of air space, in inches, should be provided between any ammunition stowage stack and the surface of adjacent plating or sheathing?

2 inches

Aboard ship, magazine inspections are mandatory according to what Office of the Chief of Naval Operations instruction?

4790.4 (series)

The maximum and minimum temperature conditions in a magazine should be observed, recorded, and reported at least how often?

Daily

How many basic type of hoist are available?

3- manually, electrically, and pneumatically powered

Any piece of handling equipment that has satisfactorily passed a periodic load test should be marked with what information?

Equipment or system designator, the name of the testing activity, the test expiration date, and the SWL

What two major classifications of weapons elevators are used in the Navy?

Lower and upper stage

What weapons elevators provide weapons transportation to the flight deck?

Upper stage - wire rope

An ordnance mishap is most likely to occur under what condition?

Weapons movement

Pier-side ammunition handling operations may be conducted after daylight hours under what condition?

Adequately lighted pier and approved by the ships CO or master

An ordnance item is classified as hazards to electromagnetic radiation to ordnance unsafe if which of the following criteria have been achieved?

The internal wiring is physically exposed

Which of the following publications contains detailed information pertaining to electromagnetic radiation hazards?

NAVSEA OP 3565 / NAVAIR 16-1-529