Penetrator Testing with Mobile Gas Guns and Mobile Davis GunsCX(s) Applied: B3.11Date: 03/09/2010Location(s): Socorro, New MexicoOffice(s): NNSA-Headquarters, Sandia Site Office
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March 9, 2010
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Penetrator Testing with Mobile Gas Guns and Mobile Davis Guns
CX(s) Applied: B3.11
Date: 03/09/2010
Location(s): Socorro, New Mexico
Office(s): NNSA-Headquarters, Sandia Site Office
CX(s) Applied: B3.11
Date: 03/09/2010
Location(s): Socorro, New Mexico
Office(s): NNSA-Headquarters, Sandia Site Office
Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico (SNL/NM) proposes to provide penetrator testing support using SNL/NM mobile gas guns and mobile Davis guns alike Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center (EMRTC) and White Sands Missile Range (WSMR). These guns include a 6-inch (in.) bore pressurized gas gun (air or helium for propulsion, nitrogen for valve operation); 8-in., 12-in., and 16 in., -bore Davis guns: and 16.in, -bore pressurized gas gun (nitrogen only for propulsion).