MIL-STD-1911A
5. DETAILED REQUIREMENTS
5.1 General. The following detailed requirements shall apply for specific HEO designs.
5.1.1. Explosive materials and trains.
5.1.1.1 Explosive compositions. Explosive compositions shall be qualified for use in accordance with OD 44811 or MIL-STD-1751 in their intended roles in explosive train components.
5.1.1.2 Explosive sensitivity of lead and booster explosives.
a. Only those explosives listed in Table I are approved by all services for use in a position leading to the initiation of a position leading to the initiation of a high explosive main charge without interruption.
b. Approval by all services must be received by the Chairman, DOD Fuze Engineering Standardization Working Group (see 6.7) before a new explosive can be added to Table I or a listed explosive can be deleted. Approved explosives shall also be qualified in the HEO and approved by the associated safety boards of 6.4 as acceptable for that application.
c. The explosive material used in explosive trains shall not be altered by any means (precipitation, recrystallization, grinding, density changes, etc.) likely to increase its sensitivity beyond that at which the material was qualified and at which it is customarily used, unless it is requalified.
TABLE I. Approved explosives
Explosives Specification
Comp A3 MIL-C-440
Comp A4 MIL-C-440
Comp A5 MIL-E-14970
Comp CH6 MIL-C-21723
PBX-9407 MIL-R-63419
PBXN-5 MIL-E-81111
PBXN-6 WS-12604
DIPAM WS-4660
HNS Type I or WS-5003
Type 2 Gr A
HNS IV MIL-E-82903
*Tetryl MIL-T-339
*Tetryl Pellets MIL-P-46464
*No longer manufactured; not for use in new developments.
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