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Explosive Screening and Projectile Nose Drop Facility

Picatinny Arsenal, NJ

The building's primary use is as a projectile nose drop facility. Melt casted projectiles are nose dropped to bump the cast forward in order to reveal any base separation in the round that may cause the projectile to be rejected during the x-ray process.

Laboratory

  • U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

Category

  • Ordnance

Provenance

Original
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