FM 21-16 UXO Procedures

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Figure 1-6. The area must be clearly marked. Evacuate all nonessential personnel and equipment from a UXO hazard area. If personnel and equipment cannot be evacuated, you must take protective measures to reduce the risk to them. Refer to Chapter 3 for additional information. Report through your chain of command all UXO hazards that affect your operations. Reporting UXO hazards will get your unit the help it needs. Refer to Chapter 4 for additional information. If necessary, extract the unit from a hazardous area. Refer to Chapter 5 for additional information. 1-5
C H A P T E R 2 RECOGNIZE UXO Being able to recognize a UXO is the first and most important step in reacting to a UXO hazard. There is a multitude of ordnance used throughout the world, and it comes in all shapes and sizes. This chapter explains and shows the general identifying features of the different types of ordnance, both foreign and US. In this chapter, ordnance is divided into four main types: dropped, projected, thrown, and placed. DROPPED ORDNANCE Regardless of its type or purpose, dropped ordnance is dispensed or dropped from an aircraft. Dropped ordnance is divided into three subgroups: bombs; dispensers, which contain submunitions; and submunitions. Photographs of dropped ordnances and their net explosive weights (NEWS) are in Appendix B. BOMBS As shown in Figure 2-1, page 2-2, general-purpose bombs come in many shapes and sizes depending on the country that made them and how they are to be used. Generally, all of these bombs are built the same and consist of a metal container, a fuze, and a stabilizing device. The metal container (called the bomb body) holds an explosive or chemical tiller. The body may be in one piece or in multiple pieces. The bombs shown in Figure 2-2. page 2-3, are Soviet-style, general-purpose bombs. Chemical-agent filled bombs are built the same as generalpurpose bombs. In Figure 2-3, page 2-4, the US chemical bombs are general-purpose bombs. They have a chemical filler in place of an explosive filler. The color codes and markings shown in 2-1
Page 4 and 5: PREFACE PURPOSE Field Manual (FM) 2
Page 6 and 7: TRAINING STRATEGY For training to b
Page 8 and 9: C H A P T E R 1 THE UXO HAZARD Ther
Page 10 and 11: Figure 1-2. Never transmit near a U
Page 14 and 15: Figure 2-1. General-purpose bombs.
Page 16 and 17: Figure 2-3. US chemical bombs. Appe
Page 18 and 19: compound inside the fuze to cause a
Page 20 and 21: Figure 2-8. Soviet-style fin assemb
Page 22 and 23: Figure 2-10. Dropped dispensers. 2-
Page 24 and 25: SUBMUNITIONS Submunitions are class
Page 26 and 27: Figure 2-15. APERS area-denial subm
Page 28 and 29: when they receive a signal from met
Page 30 and 31: may have either fixed fins or foldi
Page 32 and 33: MORTARS Mortars range from 45 milli
Page 34 and 35: Figure 2-27. Parts of a rocket. The
Page 36 and 37: Figure 2-30. PATRIOT and Sparrow gu
Page 38 and 39: Figure 2-33. Parts of a grenade. FR
Page 40 and 41: Figure 2-36. AT grenades. Figure 2-
Page 42 and 43: Figure 2-39. APERS pressure-fuzed m
Page 44 and 45: Figure 2-42. AT tilt-rod fuzed mine
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Page 48 and 49: arricades are needed, you must esti
Page 50 and 51: Figure 3-5. Interlocking sandbags.
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Page 58 and 59: C H A P T E R 5 SELF-EXTRACTION FRO
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for the quickest clearance of an ev
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7.62 millimeter, the .50 caliber, a
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A P P E N D I X A AMMUNITION COLOR
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A P P E N D I X B DROPPED ORDNANCE
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Figure B-4. Bomb, general-purpose,
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NEW: Less than 7 pound per item. Fi
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Figure B-9. Soviet-style AMAT/AT su
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Figure B-11. Area-denial submunitio
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ANTITANK GRENADES Figure D-2. HEAT
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Figure D-4. Riot-control (CS) grena
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GLOSSARY ADAM area-denial artillery
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UXO unexploded ordnance WP white ph
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arricades (continued) using sandbag
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hand grenades (continued) parts of,
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evacuate, 3-2. See also evacuation
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UXO spot report changing the priori
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FMFM 13-7. MAGTF Breaching Operatio
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