Conventional Ammunition Marking

Ammunition Marking Current Practices and Future Possibilities

Conventional Ammunition Tracing

Overview Tracing is a set of diverse methods used to identify ammunition, its origins, and patterns of transfer. It is a prerequisite for successful ammunition management and a crucial means of identifying diversion and the illicit trade in all munitions. Tracing is contingent on being able to identify specific production runs, batches, lots, and other collections of ammunition, and to ascertai...

Rubber and plastic ammunition lethal injuries: the Israeli experience.

Rubber and plastic ammunition was used by the Israeli Defence Forces between the years 1987 and 1993 (Intifada) almost exclusively as a deterrent to aggression by the Palestinian civilian population in the occupied territories of Gaza, Judea and Samaria. While designed to avoid the serious wounds and deaths caused by the use of conventional military ammunition, the firing of rubber and plastic ...

Enhancing Skid Resistance of Two-Component Road Marking Paint using Mineral and Recycled Materials

Low skid resistance of road marking paint is one of the major issues in the safety of vehicle drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians when traveling on the city streets. Among the variety of marking paint, two-component paint is widely used at intersections and roundabouts. Therefore, the paint used should have adequate skid resistance. The object of this study was to evaluat...

Risk Assessment of Sea Dumped Conventional Munitions

Huge amount of ammunition, both conventional and chemical weapons, have been dumped in the oceans of the world during the last century. In particular, large amounts of ammunitions were dumped in the sea after the Second World War. It has been estimated that between 750000 and 1.5 million metric tons of conventional ammunition was dumped along the German North Sea cost [1] . In Norway, an estima...