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!nd~ STATIC TEST of SECTIONAL MUNITIONS

DPGR 120

I ~RW 1-53

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STAICTZS O 2LL-I1M11WruR3ITIONAL MUNITIONS. 183.

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CONTENTS

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PAGEABSTRACT . .................... 5

INTRODUCTION . . . . .... . . . ........ 7

OBJCTI ........ . .. .. .. . . . 7

HATIRIALS AND THODS ........ . .. ... . 8

10TM0DS a" 14

R&SLTS. . . . . . 22. . . ...... . . . 8

DISCUSSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

°THODS OF COMPILING DATA . .. .. . . . . . . . 38ANALYSIS OF FIELD DATA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

CONCLUSIONS. * * e * .* e * * e * * * * * 44

APPUNDIX I ISOIN0ENSITY CONTOUR DIGRA . . . 47

APPIDIX II MXZOROLOGICAL DATA . ..... . . . 53

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ABSTRACT

OBJEOTIV•S

(S33oB2)-r ho objectives of tas test were: ->

• -..*-o determine the effect of sa ping the explosive oharge of

the Bomb, Reeologioal, 1000 po ,2383, on the dispersion and

breakup of the agent, and to dot rnine the extent and intensity of

the field radiatiou produced by he Bomb, Radiological, 1000 pound,

X83.

(S ) riva full-diamoter sections of modified 383 Uio-

logical bombs and one full-diameter section of a modified 359 bomb

were statically detonated ion 23 September 1952. Three of the 383

munitions =Ofunotioned: one fa led to explode and remained sus-

pended on the firing pole but was later sucecessfully functioned;

two were only partially exploded but fell to the ground and scat-

tered the agent pellets over & small area. Tot-type initiators

war used initl3.ly in those malfunotioned munitions; the munition

which had not fallen to the ground was, successfully functioned by

use of am electric blasting cap in an explosive (Composition 3) d

p&Oe into the Initiator hcusiet.

(Go WNU•TZAL) The radiation fields of the four functioned

mumitiema were mawsurd at a three-foot height on a 50-yard grid

spaeni; isedose ooae a protilo diagam were plotted fr 4

thIOe d . eatm'met of a" soon vwas mde by a point-


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counting method sad from profile-diagram data. The total radio-

activity dispersed by eaoh munition was measured in apparent curios.

(COIO'I TIL) Comparisons were made of the agent dispersion Ipatterns obtained in this test and in Field Test RN 1-58 (DPin 107)

OOOLUSIONS I(SECEM) The radiation fields of the four functioned muni- I

tions show no differences which may be considered signifioant.

However, the fields of these four munitions, oonsidered as a group,

exhibit a distinct difference in the shape of the profile diagram

when compared to the fields of the 383 bombs tested in RI 1-52.1 j(RUSRIOUU)Failure of three out of five of the jet-Utps

initiators used in this test indioates some fault in the design or

applioation of this type of initiator. J1I

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LUTHORiTY

This test was authorized by:

(SNRE) Test Dirootive, CUM-G3-1, 24 3uly 1952, subject:

Development Tert of the Bomb, Radiologloal, 1OC0 lb., 383, RW 1-53.

(COMPINTRIAL) The test was oonduoted under Researoh and

Development Project 4-98-05-007 : Testing of RW Aerial IInitions,

DPG.

OWECTIYNS

(8UM) The objectives of this test were:

U To determine the effect of shaping the explosive oharge of the

Bomb, Radiological, 1000 lb., 383, on the dispersion and breakup of

the agent, sad to dotermine the extent and intensity of the field

t radiation produced by the Bomb, Radiological, 1000 lb., 183.

800PS

(SNMRE?) This test was an extension of Dutpry Proving Ground

eFild Test RU 1-58, reported in i 108. Full-diameter seotions

of modified 383 bombs were utilized In both investigations in fur-

theresoc of the plan for developeut of smll area radiologioal

smumitms. Om full-,,emeter sertiem of am 359 bomb vas el.o am.o-

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tioned in this test. 3 The experimental methods employed were sim- !

ilar to those used in RW 1-52 (DPGR 107).4

(CONFIETIAL) Area coverage and agent dispersion (profile) Idiagrams of each munition funotionod in both tests re presented

and compared.

WATURIALB AND 0OD6

_ I(s8c3uT) The agent, radioactive tantalum, was used in the I

form of cyli•drical pellets 5/16 inch in diameter and 5/16 inch in

height. The pellets were for from a mixture of : 83 per c : I

tantalum dust, 400 mesh; 15 per cent fine copper wire, for binding;

and two per cent molybdenum sulfide, as lubricant. A description

of the fabrication, psakoxgg, and aotivatica of similar Vellets. isjfound in DM 107,5 obr this test, the irradiation procedures were

designed to giv* an activation level of 5 to 10 ouries peo,, poud of

pellets.

aait ions

(11==) Five of the mwnitiom teefed vwee 'fun-daL-ter I3 Test Directive, WU 1-53 and Watt 3PArt 11 1-58. Letter,

O -,9 September 1953. (Umi)

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Pan of 621 pn,.

sections of modified U83 radiologioal bombs; the sixth was a full-

diameter section of a modified 159 bomb. Detail of design modifi-

cations o a1l sooetional munitions tested in RU 1-52 and RK 1-53

are given in Tables la and lb. The funotion of the oomponents do-

8signed to give a shaped obarge have been described previously

(DpI 107) 6

Tarsets

S(lS'TRIIT3DM) The -best ma oonduoted or, Target I in the (raa-

ite Peek ewea (Fig. 1). The grid complex consisted of six square

grids, each 1000 yawAs on a side. Survey stations, marked by wood-

I en stakes, were distributed at intervals of 50 yards in a square

array (Fig. 2). On each grid, th. points on the absoissa were 1-

I beled alphabetically,, and tbose on the ordinate, minerioally. For

purposes of tabulating survey data, the ordinates were reonmbered

to inalude all off-target data. The resulting grids ore shown in

Fliggre a.

(MA3iMM) A 60-foot gibbet was orooted at the oenter of

each grid; the muitions were suspended from the orosspieoes and

fired tram a hoight of 50 feet above terrain.

(uIIIoI) K-5 smad T1-3 gae radiAtion int•nsity-measuring

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IAbLE I&: Munition Chare•teristicu for HI 1-52 (SCRETr)

L'SCRIPTION, WJNITION LtYNIT

_Able Baker Charlie Do_ _

muini 7 ion0,er&ll Heignt 7 6 6 6 lnohe60, - r ALI Diameter A6 16 16 16 IncA',esOorall Area 201 201 2nI 201 Sq iacche!Q"Ov "Vr&ll volume 1407 1206 1206 1206 Cu inohes

Aangle 28 14 None 14 DegreesMaterial Cu C-1 None Cu Material

Wae FormerTh o kr e- 1.81 .94 .94 .94 InohesMaterial Al Cu Cu Cu Material

Pusher PlatesThiikness 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Isfh6eMaterial IPT4130 ET4130 H!4130 Plastio-50t Material

Steel Steel Steel HT4130-50%

Boost.erCompartment Height 5.62 4.94 4.94 4.94 InchesCompartment Area 9.74 7.85 7.85 7.85 Sq InchesCompartment Volume 54.79 38.76 38.76 3e.76 Cu inchesExplosive Material Tetrytol Tetrytnl Tetryto Tetrytol MaterialExplosive Weight 3.21 2.27 2.27 2.27 Paunds

BursterCompartment Heigbt 6 5 5 5 InchesCompartment Are& 75.48 82.20 89.36 82.20 Sq inchesCompartment Vol=@ 452.9 411.0 446.8 411.0 Cu inchesZxplosive Material TNT TNT TNT TNT Materialaxplo-iivW0 e1wht 25.48 83.31 95.34 23.31 Pumia

Total Explosive Weight 28.89 25.58 27.61 25.58 Pounds

AgentCompartment Height 6.25 5.5 5.5 5.5 InohesCompartmnt Area 72.6 67.6 67.8 67.8 Sq inchesCompartment Volume 453.8 372.9 372.9 372.9 Cu iaohesMaterial Tantalum Tantalum Tantalum Tantalui MaterialActivation 9.66 9.66 9.66 9.66 mo/gm IWeight 96.0 76.8 76.8 76.8 PoundsTotal Activity 420.7 336.7 336.7 336.7 Curies

Ratio of Weit of Aget 3.381 3.001 2.7O T 3.00 NoneTo Weight of hplouilve



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TABIL Ib: ItVnition Charao 4.aristtui fo, BW 1 53 t.O,-ti

D&S ýF 1 Pr'!ON II11 W tTT-- •t• IChar 1 to I TsT 1po

Muni t Ion t

Ov'-rfll Iloigbt 6 5 6 56.5iOverti 1 1 D.ao er l I 16 16 1.; tnoheg-

0rArm I I Area 201 201 "0Z1 Sq inahesOverall Volume 1316.b 13•6 f 1 116. b iY16 5 OU inches

Hater 1.l Cu h one C NO) . Me erialavo Feoreor

Material Cu Cu None Nove WhertAl-Pusher Plates

Thickne 0.5 . I Now% i4,93Materis i 1 414 130 e14110 i4 W,30 None mitturifil

g *.... Steel Staol

BoosterGompartment Height 4.88 4.94 4.94 1.0 T znahesComparrtment Area 9.74 7.85 1 9.42 . 3q inchesCompartment Volue 47.48 38.76 3A. 76i 9.42 CU inchesExploilve Material Iutrytol Tetrytol Tetrytol Tetrytol WmterielExplosive weight 2.78 2.27 2.27 0 53 Pounds

BursterC cmw tnent Height b5 25 5 5 5 To1~eECompartent Are 7,48 89.16 83.b8 100.7 Sq InchesCompartent Volvas 396.3 4468P 417.9 5013.5 Cu inchesExplosive Material TAT TNT TNT TNT Wterlq1Explosive Nei&% 22.48 45.34 23.7 28.03 Pounds

Total Explosive Weight 25.26 27.61 25.97 28.56 Pouuds

AgentOomparsintnt Height 5.5 5.5 5.5 Ijiohes0amIpartoent Area 72.6 67.8 r%.8 75.9 4q icohesCparent Volo 399.3 372.9 -372.9 417.5 Cu inohes

aterial Mtallm Testalm Mtal• Tantal•l Mater ialActivation 17.96 16.39 10.31 13.94 SOAPWeig&$ 76.8 76.8 76.8 96.0 Pounds'Total Aotivity 626.1 871.3 359.4 607.0 Curies

Ratio of Wleigt oat n 3.04 2.78 2,•9 3.36 NoneTo Weight of Rzplol __

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met, i were used for target survey. Measurd.nents t , -

mJ~~n. 7', •+:-,.+ ÷ 'p,+i. ;.0 aCotiv-7lty of ah e •- iit wthre r.a- , •+i•. + !.nI a

Division Laboratory. Film badges and dosimeters were used for

heaeth physics monitoring.

(RUT.RIT'S'D) Continuous recordings of intensity measurements jalong alternate rows were made by the lend Survey Meter and the Cone

Counter after the manual siurvey was completed. This equipment and Ithe results of the survey have been described in DPG RW Scientifico

Report No. 1.7

Vehicles I(RUSTRICMTD) A 21-ton truck was used to convey the agent-filled I

munitions from the RW Slab Area to the target. A leat barricade 5

fe5t high and 4 inches thick was erected between the munition shield Iand the driver's cab. The munition shield, assembled on the truok

bed, was 4 inches thick on three sides ad 8 inches thick at the I

Wmition Fkllfng and Naisoement I(SU•CT) The sectional uanitions were shipped to Dulagay Prov- 1 &

ing GrouMn loaded with explosive, but without In!4tiator-detonator

assemblies or age•t. They were filled with agent in the filling

ooll the 8la Are&. before the munit'ons were filled, the

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name of each munition was painted on both the explosive and muni-

tion cover plates, and the pusher plates of eaoh munition were

painted a distinctive oolor. illing procedures are desoribed in

detail in DPI 107.8

(RESTRICTBD) Before the day of the test, agent-filled muni-

tions were separately transported by the munitions crew to assigned

P targets (Figs. 3 and 4). Prior to this operation, hoisting ropes

e were fixed to the gibbets. The appropriate detonator-initiator

assemblies were attached to the ropes in a cardboard container a

short distance from the lifting yoke (Fig. 5). Detonators were

wired from the gibbets to the control point to permit simultaneous

firing of the six munitions. All detonators were short-circuited

until firing time. The assemblies were placed in the initiator

housing of the munition and the hoisting yokes were engaged in the

"U" bolts on the munition ooverplate while the munition was still

in the lead shield on the truck (Fig. 5). The munition was thon

hoisted from the truck and placed on the ground beside the g.bbet.

These preparations were completed the night before the test; the

munitions were hoisted to the firing position at 0400 hours, 23

September 1952.

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Fig.3--uniton ranport AtthoRW Sab reethe uniion as ifte frm th filingoel, bthe anty orne.(CONIDETUL

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low

fig.5.-uniton mplosmet. t te fiingpol

boird 5.Unitainfpastemned Ato the foirting rpoeI

wore removed and pla .ýed in the initiator oempart-

mont. A 14-foot pole was used as the remoteIhandling instrument. (CONFIDUNTIAL)

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4 Target Radiation Intensity Measurements

"(RESTRICTED) Prior to the test, intensities at all stations

were measured at a 3-foot height to determine normal background

intensity and background from residual contamination. The radia-

i tion fields of the functioned munitions were measured by the same

method. Stations showing intensity levels greater then 20 mr/hr

were measured with Tl-B meters; MI-5 meters were used to measure

lower intensities. Off-target survey was made at each grid at

successive 50-yard intervals from the grid boundaries; iutensity

SI readings were recorded at stations where levels were 0.08 mr/hr or

more.

(RFSTRICTID) Each of the MX-5 metors used in the field sur-

I vey was calibrated on the 2 and 20 mr/hr scales with a standard

radium source. The 0.2 scale could not be calibrated because of

I background interference. Eaoh field'reading was corrected by the

appropriate meter-calibration curve and for background readings

equal to or greater tha 0.08 mr/hr. No corrections were made for

I normal background.

Ifunition Activity Measuremeats

(COIO'I IAL) Mnitit~us Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, and Easy

were esah filled with apnt pellets from 48 containers; Munition

Fox was filled with pellets from 60 ogatimoers. Each ooatainer

held 1.6 poudae of agmat (Table lb). It was neooosary to use


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several contaiuers of pellets remaining from the RW 1-52 test in

the spring of 1952 in order to complete the filling of Munitions

Easy and Fox. j

(SECRET) While filling each munition, at least one pellet

was taken at random from each agent container for determination of jthe activity of the agent. These sample pellets were placed in

shielded pots appropriately labeled for each munition. In addi- J

tion, a random sample of five pellets was selected from one of the jcontainers used to fill each munition. With each of these 31X

groups of pellets, a determination was made of the distribution of

activity within a single container. The specific activity of the

pellets in co,mts per minute per gram was then determined accord- Iing to procedures outlined In DPOR 107.9 Counting rates were cor-

rected for coincidence lose and radioactive decay, and then con-

verted to apparent curies by the method described in UUT-I.I0 1(SECRET) The arithmetic average of the specific activities

of all pellets from each pot was calculated; this single value was

used as the specific activity of the agent, in apparent curies per

gram, for each munition. The product of this value and the total

weight of .agent used in the nunition gave the total radioactivity

9 1bid. pp 21-88; 71-78ý (Appendix V).10

Marilyn G. Alder, B. R. OCinpagna, =ndL. P. Anderson. AMethod for the Doters•dn•tioa of the Ap•arent Activity of RW Agents. -

MlT-I. Whiversity of UXah diologiotl Research, Dugway Project,Contract Eg. DA 1S-106-€--4753. 3* January 1953. Abstract alsoPublished ais Appenkiz V1, DM_ 107. (=MT)


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content of each munition in apparent ouries (Table lb).

(SECRT) The five pellets from One container did not con-

stitute a sample of sufficient size to determine the distribution

of activity within any single container.

Meteorological Methods

(RSBTRICTED) Standard surface Observations were made by the

Air Weather Surface Mobile Station at the teot site, beginning at

0400 hours on the day of the teot. Thbese observations were coa-

tinued at 30-minute intervals until firing time, and at hourly

intervals thereafter until the test was completed. Because of an

accident to a member of the meteorological crew, the data being

taken wcre- iost. Data ta,.ken for the same period of time in Dog

Area, approximately 19 miles from the test site, are substituted

(Appendix II).

Photograpio Prooedures

(RR6TRICTE) Still photographs were taken of. routine "hot"

munition hba.dlung operations, and extensivP photographio ooverage'

was madi of the usifunotioned munitions. McAiou pictures were

ad# of firing prooedures.

S•'•.ITi•M) All test personnel wore film badges and dosi-

noters. A preliminary rurvay of oentaminated areas was wade by


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the Health Physics Section, Operations Hazards Branch, Technical

Services Division, before other personn6l were permitted to enter

the areas.

hESULTS

(CONFIDENTIAL) The munitions were fired at 0700 hours, 23

September 1952, at which time wind speed and direction were re-

ported as 10 miles per hour from the Northeast. Only five flashes

were observed. Munition Charlie did not explode, and remained

suspended from the crosspiece of the gibbet. An inspection of

this munition by the munitions crew disclosed that the Jet initi-

ator had fired. No further inspection was possible in the field.

An electric blasting cap, seated in Composition 3, was placed in

the initiator housing, and the munition was successfully exploded

at 0750 hours.

(RESTRICTED) When monitoring crews entered the target areas,

they found that Munitions Baker and Dog had also malfunctioned

(Pigs. 6 and 7).

(RESTRICTED) After the test, 50 Number 8 Atlas detonators,

from the sam lot as those used in the si- mumitions fired, were

functioned as & oontrol measure; 100 per cent _zploded with high

order detonations.

(OVEIDMETAL) No attempt MW mads to survey the grid of

Munition Biker. Naaal surveys of all remlaing gids were

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Fig. 6.-Beker Muition~. The large objeot in afroment, of the swnular ring. Suller obj ectsin the foregroun~d are pusher plates. The rope,yoke. and supporting arm were intact and still on

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]rig. 7.-Dog Munition. Close up of the milfuno-tioned amuitions shows wave formirs, jets,andagent compartments still wi~thin the munition.


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coopleted the day if the test. Survey data obtained on the grid of

Munition Dog were atypical because of the grass pellet oonoentre-

tion at the firing pole. These data were not evaluated.

(RNSTRICMT ) Contour diagrim of the radiation fields of the

four sucoesafully functioned munitions are shown in Appendix I.

(CMO'IMrfTAt 1 ) Comparisons of the area ooverage of the muni-

tions was obtained by counting the number of stations on each tar-

get having intensities equal to or greater than given intensities

(Table 2). These data were plotted in Ftgure ea. The number of

stations was converted into an equivalent a'ea by considering the

intensity at each station to be representative of the intensity

over a surrounding area of 2500 square yards.

(CoM MUIL) Profiles, or patterns of agent dispersion pre-

duced by each munition, re plotted in Figures 9a, 9b, 9a, and 9d

from the data given :n Table 3. The procedure used in colleoting

the profile data has been desoribed in DWOR 107.1

(COU'MWIAL) Uquations of the form

1ogl 0 1 a a + br + or2 + d•r3

(*here I is the radiatian intonsity reading, r the radial distance

from the firing polo, and A, b, S, and are oonstants) were fitted

to the data in Table 3 by the mthod of leost squarve; the con-

steats thus determined for each matiea am. givw in Tab.Le 4.

The, area ooverage values shown in Table 5 were calculated from the

oons•ats of- the fitted ourvee, and are geaphod In Figure 8b for

oeinparlsoa with ame gowerage caloulated from point-counting data.

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ATABKE 2: Area Coverage Calculated by Point Counting (SECRiET)

nDrrIT :y• .... AmEA t1000 SQUARE YARDS)(mr/hr) Able Charlie Easy I Fox

147 0 5 5 068.1 0 20 i5 231.6 12 25 20 1014.7 65 38 50 326.81 140 82 118 983.16 290 192 222 2901.47 505 372 412 4950.68 665 548 662 625

*Intensit; values oorreotad for agent fill. Total activity irneach munition corrected to activation level of 9.66 mo/&m if agepIand an agent fill of 76.8 lbs., a total of 337 curies per muvition.Correction applied to intensity intervals.

TABLE 3: Data Colleoted for Profile Diacrems (SECRET)

SDISTAIWE FROM AVVRAW3 INTWNITY (mr/h"r)*FIRIM• POINT

LASS (yds) Able 0harlia Easy Fox f1 0 40.2 164.7 93.5 74.72 50 25.2 77.6 33.7 24.93 71 22.0 31.2 42.1 21.•4 108 18.2 34.7 44.0 16.65 152 32.9 6.9 15.9 6.66 204 7.0 4.8 5 • 5.27 260 Z.8 2.8 3.6 3.7 I8 307 3.4 1.9 2.0 2.8

9 350 2.5 2.0 2.5 2.4 110 zap. 2.8 1.6 1.9 1. 7I

11 413 a.3 1.3 1.0 1.412 444 1.4 1.1 1.0 1.813 467 1.2 0.88 0.65 0.943, 498 0.36 0.58 0.47 1.6 i

620 0.35 0.56 0.56 0.31 41S546 0.54 0.28 .0.34 0.44

17 565 0.43 0.15 0.31 0.24I18 594 0.88 0.19 0.23 0.22

*Intensity values oorrected for agent fill. Total activity ineach mmnitinn corrected t4 activation level of 9.66 mo/im of agentand an agent fill of 16.8 lbs., &total of 337 curies per uumition.Correction apulia avea I•1taity oloulated for eaoh class.

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Munitions Baker, Charlie, and Dog in Ri 1-52; all other differences

in the munitions were considered as experimental variables. The

ratio of agent weight to explosive weight was approximately the

same for all munitions, except Munition Able in RI 1-52, and Muni-

tion Fox of this test (Table 1). The shapes of the profile dia-

grams (Figs. 9a, 9b, 9c, and 9d) were not dependent on the total

activity content of the munitions.

(CONFIDENTIAL) The results of the calculation of arer, coverage

by the point-oounting method, and by substitution of values of radi-

al distances from the firing point in the equations fitted to the

profile diagrams, are compared in Figure 8a and 8b.

ANALYSIS OF FIELD DATA

(CONFIDENTIAL) Since only one munition of each designI• was

functioned in this test, the variance in area coverage or dispersion

pattern of anh one munition is not known, and the differences illus-

trated by the plotted curves cannot be considered significant. Funo-

tioning of wn additional munition identical to one of those utilized

might have indicated a varianoe in field characteristics which, if

considered comon to all of the minitions, could have accounted for

the differences in the dispersion patterns.

i .4 ((SNOW) The profile diagram, Figures 9g, 9b, 99, and 94, show

no oomaistent iff•r•eass U tw mitiaM . There is no change

see T01e lb.

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in slope of the profiles of Munitions Able and Easy to indicate

the intensity plateau predicted by the design of the shaped

charge. Ioere is a point of inflection in the profile of Muni- ftion Charlie but no plateau; Munition Fox displays a dafinite

point of inflection with some plateau at this point; however, j

the latter munition did not have a rihaped charge.

(RESTRICTED) Graphs of field intensity versuis area coverage,

from point-counting and profiling (Figs. 8a and 8b), show no sig-

nificant differences in area coverage by the different munitions.

(CONFIDENTIAL) Visual comparison of the colleoted profile Idiagrams of all munitions functioned in each of tests RW 1-52 and

RW 1-53 shows a distinct differeace in the shapes of the grouped

profiles (Fig. 10). The presince of a plateau in the dispersion

pattern is more evident in each of the munitions tested in RW 1-52

thai In any one of the muntions functioned in this test.

CONCLUSIONS

(SRiOfT) The radiation fields- of the four functioned muni-

tions show no differences which may be considered significant. 3However, the fields of these four munitions, considered as a group,

exhibit • distinct difference in the shape of the profile diagram

when compared to the fields of the 8.3 bombs tested in RI 1-52.13

O.Cit.

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TABLE 1: Surfaoe Weather Observations Taken At Weather Station,Dog Area (UNCLASS3733D)

DTZ &TIM TP WIND RELATIVE HMIDITY(MST) (OF) Direotion Speed W6 T" • -*• (mob)

23 Sept. 52 0022 52 ESE 5 490121 52 --- n43a 0219.1 48 SE 4 440323 49 S 4 450418 50 --- Calm 440520 49 ESE 4 46oe18 47 SSE 4 490717 49 --- calm 48

I0822 60 --- calm 37

0921 69 --- Calm 311020 74 --- Calm 301120 79 NN 5 21I 80 NN 5 201320 82 NW 12 201420 84 N 14 21' 1520 85 NW 12 19

1620 84 fig 12 211722 82 IN 13 211820 78 AN 8 281921 68 N 5 292020 67 no 4 302122 61 SS3 6 322222 55 --- Calm 442321 59 S 4 42

k4 Sept. 52 0520 46 SE 2 461120 77 Iw 4 231722 84 NW 10 242325 60 S3S 6 33

25 Sept. 52 0522 46 5m 6 41IIm 77 w• 4 34i1720 84 ANl lO 25

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TABLE 1: Surface Weather Observatiomn Taken At Weather Station,Dog Ares (Comoluded)

DATE TINE " WIND -RBIIATIVB HUMIDY(MST) ('61) DSirotion (Mph) M%

26 Sept. 52 0521 47 3.3 6 471121 78 WNW 3 321720 85 INN 6 172320 63 --- CGla 40

27 Sept. 52 0520 54 Calm 511120 78 --- calm 201720 84 Nw 14 212320 61 NW 4 33

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TABIE 2. Surffaoe Wind Data Taken At Target SO (UNCLASS3:IFID)

DATE T=I AVER WE DIR3TION AVUmAGE SFUD* (IST (0True) (mph)

23 Sept. 52 0650 153 3.20655 153 3.30700 153 1.60705 161 1.50710 153 1.10715 157 2.00720 157 2.10725 162 2.20730 162 1.70735 171 1.00740 -- - Calm0745 157 1.00750 150 1.70755 145 2.10800 144 2.1

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The following personnel are responsible for this report on RItesting:

Radiologioal Warfare Division

E. Campagna, Test OfficerD. C. Durrill, Chief. Agents BranchDr. Marilyn AlderGeorge Gastovioh, Filling Crew Chief

Teohnioal Services Division

1st Lt Arthur W. Fyfe, Chief, Munitions BranohBert T. Johns, Asst. Chief, Munitions BranohHarold V. Thompson, MeteorologistCharles E. Stapley, MeteorologistL. L:. Olsen, Chief, Survey PartyFrank Shaffer, Co-nuniom tion SupervisorWard Spendlove, Radio Supervisor

Illustrations by Photographic Branoh

Operations Hzards Offloe

t Carl Nelson, Chief, Health Physios Branoh

STest Desile and Evaluation Offioe

L• .. Damon E. PaoeThomas P. BleakneyBlanohe Porter

Edited and Published by Editorial Branoh

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