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12Feb14 TAC Class

12Feb14 TAC Class. Explosives and their Usage. Agenda. Things to Remember The AT4 Specifications Usage Implementation The Claymore Specifications Usage Implementation. Things to Remember. Explosives can kill you Explosives can kill your friends Everything has back blast

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12Feb14 TAC Class

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  1. 12Feb14 TAC Class Explosives and their Usage

  2. Agenda • Things to Remember • The AT4 • Specifications • Usage • Implementation • The Claymore • Specifications • Usage • Implementation

  3. Things to Remember • Explosives can kill you • Explosives can kill your friends • Everything has back blast • Mechanical Safeties Fail References: FM 23-25: Light Anti-Armor Weapons FM 23-23: Antipersonnel Mine

  4. The AT4

  5. M136 AT4: Specifications • 84mm, Single-shot, Recoilless • Weight: 14.8 lbs • Range: 300m (point), 500m (area), 2100 (max) • Time to Target: 250m in 1 sec • Penetration: 14” Armor

  6. The AT4: Usage • Pre-Firing Checks • Arm • Aim • Check • Fire • Discard

  7. The AT4: Pre-Firing Checks • The rear seal, a brown acrylic plastic plate inside the venturi, is in place and undamaged. • The transport safety pin is in place and fully inserted. The lanyard is attached to the transport safety pin and the launcher • The cocking lever is present and in the SAFE (uncocked) position. • The plastic fire-through muzzle cover is in place and undamaged. Launch tube is clear of foreign objects. • The launcher has the correct color-coded band. • The sights function properly. Open the sight covers to ensure the sights pop up and are undamaged. • The forward safety does not move when you depress it. • The red trigger button is not missing. • The launcher body has no cracks, dents, or bulges. • The carrying sling is not frayed and is attached firmly to the launch tube. • The shoulder stop is not broken or damaged, and it unsnaps and folds down.

  8. The AT4: Arming • Remove Transport Safety Pin • Unsnap shoulder stop • Place Launcher on Right Shoulder • Unfold sights • Check backblastarea • Unfold cocking lever • Push cocking lever forward, rotate it downward and to the right, and let it slide backward.

  9. The AT4: Aiming • Press Down and Forward on rear sight • Press Down and Backwards on front sight • Peer through rear peep sight and use front post to align sights

  10. The AT4: Firing • Recheck Backblast area • Depress forward safety • Apply firm and steady forward pressure to the trigger with the right thumb

  11. The AT4: Disarming • Release the forward safety. • Push cocking lever forward and to the left and let it spring back into the SAFE (uncocked) position. • Move the launcher from your shoulder, ensuring the muzzle is pointed in the direction of fire. • Replace the transport safety pin until it is fully seated in the retainer hole. • Reset the range indicator on rear sight to the 200-meter setting • Lay down the sights and close their covers. • Snap the shoulder stop into the closed position

  12. The AT4: Implementation • Attack • Anti-QRF • Placing • Ambush • Anti-QRF • Placing • Movement

  13. Practical

  14. The Claymore

  15. M18A1 Claymore: Specifications • Antipersonnel Mine • Command Detonated • Weight: 3.5lbs • Range: 110m (effective), 250m (max) • 30% hit on man sized target (50m)

  16. The Claymore: Usage • Pre-Combat Checks • Emplacing • Aiming • Arming • Detonating

  17. The Claymore: Pre-Combat Checks • Test Circuit • Insert blasting wire into test set • Insert test set into detonator • Depress firing lever on detonator • Observe light on test set

  18. The Claymore: Emplacing • Unfold and spread mine legs • Place “front towards enemy” side of mine in intended direction • Backblast • Utilize trees and boulders to shield friendlies from backblast

  19. The Claymore: Aiming • Peer through split sight on back of mine • Sight with front sight post • Adjust mine as necessary • Emplace legs firmly

  20. The Claymore: Arming • Uncover blasting cap • Lay wire between mine position and firing position • Wrap wire around leg of mine • Bury wire • Insert blasting cap into shipping plug-priming adaptor • Screw adaptor into blasting well • Recheck aim

  21. The Claymore: Detonating • Place Firing Device on safe • Insert blasting wire into Firing Device • Remove safety • Depress firing lever

  22. The Claymore: Implementation • Defensive • Patrol Base • Detonator vs. tripwire • Offensive • Ambush

  23. Practical

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