Practical Military Ordnance Identification

Tom Gersbeck served in the US Marine Corps EOD field while also pursuing an academic education; he retired in 2001 as a Chief Warrant Officer with a masters of forensic sciences degree. Tom has served with the Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) as an Explosives Security Specialist and as the Explosives Branch Chief of the National Explosives Detection Canine Teams Program (NEDCTP) before deploying in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and US Department of State programs. Tom ran the International Unexploded Ordnance Training Program at Texas A&M for two years and spent six years with Fairleigh Dickinson University as an adjunct professor. He is an active member of the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators (IABTI), the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) and continues to work in his field.

Overview of Energetics Associated with Ordnance
The Fundamentals of a Practical Process
Fundamentals of Fuze Functioning
Ordnance Category—Projectiles
Ordnance Category—Grenades: Hand, Rifle, and
Projected
Ordnance Categories—Aerial Bombs and
Dispensers
Ordnance Category—Rockets
Ordnance Category—Guided Missiles
Ordnance Category—Submunitions
Ordnance Category—Landmines
Ordnance Group—Chemical
Ordnance Category—Underwater Ordnance Closing
Appendix A: Logic Trees
Appendix B: Common Ordnance Related Abbreviations
Appendix C: Definitions of Ordnance-Related Terms
Appendix D: Explosives Commonly Used in
Ordnance
Appendix E: Metric and Standard Conversion Chart
Bibliography
Index