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TM 9-1300 Military Explosives

TM 9-1300

Military Explosives

Army · TM · Sep 1984 · 355 pages

About

1-1. Purpose. This manual is intended for use as a text for instruction or as a reference source in the field of energetic materials. Only the materials of interest in conventional armaments are covered; nuclear armaments are not. 1-2. Scope. Chapter 2 is a history of the field of energetic materials. Chapter 3 divides the energetic materials field into three categories: explosives, propellants, and pyrotechnics. Chapter 4 discusses the principles of chemistry and physics pertinent to the energetic materials field. Chapter 5 is a description of the tests used to evaluate explosives. Both mandatory safety tests and tests used in the selection of particular compounds among the many explosive compounds are covered. Chapter 6 contains a description of the tests used to evaluate propellants.

DesignationTM 9-1300

EditionSep 1984

StatusSuperseded

Pages355

FunctionSustainment

CollectionRecent Archive

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

References 9

TM 91300-214Not in the Vault
TM 55-200Not in the Vault
TM 38-750Not in the Vault
TM 55-607Not in the Vault