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.
Location
Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey
From this record's listed location
Laboratory
- U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center
Category
- Ordnance
Provenance
- Original
- https://dodtechmatch.com/dod/lab/viewfacility.aspx?id=71942
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