Ordnance Explosive Train Designers' Handbook

Confidential Security Information*

United States Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Hardcover 1952  335 pages

 The purpose of this handbook is to bring together in concise form the principles in the art and the science of explosive train design. There has been no primary source of these data, as they have been scattered among a large number of sources, including letters, specifications and private notebooks.

 In the last 20 years many individuals have concerned themselves with ordnance design. During World War II certain scientists, particularly physicists and physical chemists, became interested in the science of the initiation of explosives and conducted valuable experiments both theoretical and specifically pertaining to ordnance. These data, as well as fundamental facts which have long been known, are presented in this handbook.

* The information in this book was Declassified in 1973