Presented by: Keith Enlow Green Ammo Program Manager IR

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Presented byKeith EnlowGreen Ammo Program
ManagerIR D ATK LAKE CITY SMALL CALIBER
AMMUNITION Randall BuskyChemical EngineerIR
D ATK LAKE CITY SMALL CALIBER AMMUNITION
KINETIC INITIATED CORE MUNITIONS (KICM) 0.50
Caliber
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Introducing ATK Lake Citys KICM 50 Caliber
SAPHEI

• KICM SAPHEI Features
• Insensitive HE Mix Using Reactive Material
• Delayed Explosive Effects Inside Targets
• Exposed Steel Tip For Efficient Penetration
• Heavy Metal Free Projectile Components
• Provides Enhanced Standoff Performance
• Penetrates Ballistic Armor Similar
• to M8, M20 And Mk 211
• Creates Overpressures at Secondary Impact
• Generates Incendiary Event On
• Secondary Impact
• Produces Shrapnel at Primary Impact

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The .50 Caliber Family Is Ready For Improvements

• Background
•  Caliber .50 family developed starting in 1919,
  M8 in 1941.
• KICM Introduction Plan
• Replace M8 API
• Family of Munitions Concept
• Replace linked ammunition with more lethal
  Family combination
• A567 ( 4 X API, 1 APIT)
• AA06 (MP, AP, MP, AP, Tracer)
• with new KICM linked series
• ( AP, API(T), SAPHEI, HEI, TRNG (Ball))

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KICM Family Has Product Life Cycle Advantages

• Safe Compositions
• RMs are extremely insensitive under normal
  handling
• Environmentally Friendly
• Heavy metal free
• Non-explosive disposal while incinerating
• Lean Manufacturing
• Modular Design
• Customized Mass Production
• Shared general process
• Additional steps add value for specific
  characteristics
• Improved Performance
• Same ballistic performance for all cartridges in
  belt
• Increase lethality with single burst to disable
  target
• Provide different terminal effects in belt
• Provide same ballistic performance in belt
• Increase effectiveness range

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KICM Releases Its Chemical Energy After
Penetration
This products innovation KICM differentiates
from the legacy cartridges by releasing chemical
energy after initial penetration.
Direction of Fire
M8
MK211
KICM SAPHEI
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Reactive Materials do not act like legacy High
Explosives
RMs produce little to no gas phase
products during oxidation
Direction of Fire
Condensation shock wave
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Disabling An APC With The KICM Cartridge Is
Possible
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1/4th Back Plate
5/8th Front Plate
BMP2 side armor is approx. 5/8th inches
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KICM Improves 50 Caliber Family Lethality
Changes In KICMs Modular Design Produces
Different Explosive Effects
Direction of Fire
Secondary Impact Ignition
Deep Impact Ignition
Point Ignition
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KICMs Introduction At The Infantry School Has
Generated Other Interests
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High Speed Video Reveals Impact Detonation On
Second Plate
Secondary Impact Plate
Primary Impact Plate
Terminal Ballistics Improvement Ignition inside
or exit of the target has a greater chance of
secondary explosions to immobilize target.
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KICM Penetrator Design Is Based On Best Features
Of More Than 50 Years Of 0.50 Caliber Ideas
Fifty Caliber Shooters Association
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KICM Review

• KICM SAPHEI - Technical Readiness
• Initiation, Reaction and Penetration performance
  empirically understood and demonstrated
• Legacy performance in penetration and accuracy
• Improved performance in safety of design, impact
  pressure generation, incendiary effects and
  vehicle mobility lethality

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Future KICM Family Development Ideas

• Next step - Assess extreme range performance
• HEI the introduction of 1.1 Explosives into the
  RM Mixes similar to dynamite
• API the use of extremely hard materials for
  penetrator and body
• SRSD chemically timed fragmentation

What does the customer want? Tunable design.
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ATK Leads Small Cal Cartridge Innovation and
Design

• Team ATK to enhance KICM -
• ATK Joint Technological Strengths Key to Success
  of RM Program
• Ordnance Ground Systems for Penetration and Body
  Fragmentation studies
• Alliant Ammo and Powder for Enhanced Velocity
  Propellant
• ATK Thiokol for Reactive Materials
• ATK Federal and CCI/Speer for Heavy Metal Free
  Primers
• ATK Lake City World Leader in small caliber
  ammunition production, design, and innovation.

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ATK Lake City Leads Small Cal Cartridge Design
Capabilities

• ATK Lake City World Leader in small caliber
  ammunition production, design, and innovation.
• State-of-the-art Materials Analysis Lab
• World Class Ballistics Testing Lab
• 200 yd 2400 Yd Range Testing capabilities to
  assess ballistic performance
• Gelatin testing capabilities for tissue
  simulation
• High Speed Video
• Extreme High Speed Multiple Exposure Photography
• High Speed Flash X-Ray
• Doppler Radar Decel
• PRODAS Ballistic Modeling
• Internal, External, and Terminal Ballistic
  Modeling
• Whole Bullet Recovery capabilities after firing
• Ballistic modeling capabilities to assess
  internal, external, and terminal ballistics
  performance
• Full Research and Development Manufacturing Lab

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KICM Team Members And Their Contributions

• Jim Bourdlais ATK Lake City Project Engineer
• Ed Bray ATK Lake City Design Engineer
• Tod Botcher ATK Lake City IR D Lab Manager
• Steve Baker ATK Lake City - Process Engineer
• Dan B. Nielson ATK Thiokol Principal
  Scientist
• Randy Busky ATK Lake City Chemical Engineer
• Robert Contaldi ATK Lake City IRD
  Engineering Manager
• Keith Enlow ATK Lake City Business
  Development

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