Ordnance Servic

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CHAPTER VIII
ORDNANCE SERVICE

The Ordnance promotional exams is taken from the Basic and Advance
NCO Career Course.
Emphasis is on the duties and responsibilities of ordnance personnel and
their role in support to operations.
May this reviewer enlighten the OS personnel.
MAJ JOSE C CLET (QMS) PA
Career Adviser for Ordnance Service
INDORSEMENT
The Promotional Examinations (PROMEX) Reviewer is a pioneer
reference guide in preparing the soldier for evaluation. It does not only prepare
him for the upcoming exams but also guides him on what he ought to learn and
do.
I am indorsing the PROMEX for Ordnance so that the Ordnance personnel
be guided in their military growth.
May the Ordnance keep the battle going by continuously learning through
this reviewer.
NOEL B MIANO
COLONEL (MNSA) OS PA
Chief of Ordnance Service
AFPOS: Ordnance
Rank: Corporal
Topics for Review
1. Fundamentals of Armaments
2. Supply Procedures
3. Grenades
4. Landmines
5. Rockets
6. Ammo, Explosives and FAs
7. Intro to Military Vehicle
8. Fundamentals of Ballistics
9. Fundamentals of Welding Operation
10. Intro to Ammunition
11. Bombs
Sample Questions

A. FUNDAMENTALS OF ARMAMENTS
1. Small arms weapons are those weapons which have a bore diameter of 37
mm and below.
a. True b. False
2. The interior of the barrel through which the projectile passes.
a. bore c. muzzle
b. chamber d. groove
B. SUPPLY PROCEDURES
3. Under what General Classification of Supplies do food and subsistence/
ration belong?
a. Class I c. Class III
b. Class II d. Class IV
4. A fire truck is a supply.
a. True b. False
C. GRENADES
5. The type of grenade used for riot control which may be incendiary or smoke.
a. Fragment c. Chemical
b. Offensive d. Practice training
6. This type of grenade is used to provide illumination to the terrain and target.
a. Offensive c. Illuminating
b. Fragmentation d. Chemical
D. LANDMINES
7. This type of mine is secretly placed on the ground or attached to an obstacle,
such as tree or pole, in the expected path of the enemy.
a. Bobby trap c. Fixed directional type
b. Bounding type d. None of the above
8. Is designed primarily to kill, wound and incapacitate enemy personnel.
a. Anti-tank Mine c. APERS Mine
b. Landmine d. Mine
E. ROCKETS
9. A ____ is a missile propelled by a discharging jet of gas.
a. Landmine c. Grenades
b. Bomb d. Rocket
10. Typically a/an _______ is used once and discarded.
a. Igniter c. Expendable launcher
b. Tube d. Rail
F. AMMO, EXPLOSIVES AND FA’S
11. Confiscated firearms, explosive, and ammunition are those seized by virtue
of law enforcement operation from the person who are unauthorized to carry said
items.
a. True b. False
12. All confiscated and recovered explosives and ammunitions shall be turned-in
at FSSUs.
a. True b. False
G. INTRO TO MILITARY VEHICLE
13. The distance between level ground and the lowest point on the undercarriage
of the vehicle.
a. Ground vehicle c. Flotation
b. Ground clearance d. NOTA
14. The weight of cargo or passenger including crew which maybe imposed on a
vehicle.
a. Pay load c. Net weight
b. Passenger capacity d. NOTA
H. FUNDAMENTAL OF BALLISTICS
15. According to Newton’s third law of motion, the forward push on the projectile
is equal to the rearward push of the gun carriage or of the wider base plate upon
the ground.
a. True b. False
16. It is desirable that the projectile travel nose - first at all times, otherwise, the
streamline shape cannot reduce air resistance.
a. True b. False
I. FUNDAMENTAL OF WELDING OPERATION
17. The joining of metal parts by fusing the material together when it is in molten
state.
a. Welding c. Oxy-acetylene welding
b. Electric welding d. Flame welding
18. Are made of woven hair-like strands of copper wire covered with insulated
rubber.
a. Electrode c. Cables
b. Electric welding d. Flame welding
J. INTRO TO AMMUNITION
19. Any high explosive, chemical, pyrotechnic, or practice munitions designed for
aerial delivery.
a. Guided missile c. Rockets
b. Bomb d. None of these
20. Designed for use in guns, howitzer, mortars and recoilless rifles ranging from
37 mm through 280 mm.
a. Small arms ammo c. Grenade ammo
b. Artillery ammo d. Service ammo
K. BOMBS
21. The fragmentation bomb is designed to kill personnel by fragments only.
a. True b. False
22. ______ is a type of bomb used for underwater targets.
a. Fragmentation bomb c. Fire bomb
b. Depth charge d. Incendiary bomb
---GOOD LUCK---
AFPOS: Ordnance
Rank: Sergeant
Topics for Review
1. Fundamentals of Armaments
2. Grenades
3. Landmines
4. Rockets
5. Supply Procedures
6. Fundamentals of Welding Operation
7. Fundamentals of Ballistics
8. Intro to Ammunition
9. Intro to Military Vehicle
10. Bombs
11. Ammo, Explosive and Firearms
Sample Questions
A. FUNDAMENTALS OF ARMAMENTS
1. Rifling is the helical or spiral grooves and ridges along the bore surface
imparting rotation to the bullet.
a. True b. False
2. The firing device that has no spring on the pin, and the pin is free from the
force of another body.
a. percussion c. firing mechanism
b. free floating d. fixed
3. Firearms whose barrel moves back and forth during firing and uses recoil
energy to operate.
a. gas operated c. recoil operated
b. manually operated d. direct gas action
B. GRENADES
4. The word “GRENADE” was derived from the latin word_________.
a. granada c. granates
b. grenades d. granatus
5. Fragmentation grenade is used to produce casualty through high velocity
explosion to through fragments.
a. true b. false
6. A small bomb filled with HE or chemical designed to be thrown by individual
soldier.
a. hand grenade c. rifle grenade
b. grenade cartridge d. special grenade
7. A type of grenade that is usually used for riot control.
a. fragmentation c. chemical
b. pillbox d. practice/training
C. LANDMINES
8. Landmine is a device filled with explosive or chemicals intended for
placement on the ground or beneath the surface.
a. true b. false
9. It is designed primarily to destroy or damage the enemy’s vehicle.
a. anti-tank mine c. mine
b. landmine d. APERS mine
10. Fragmentation mine that explodes approximately 3 to 6 feet above the
ground. What is this type of fragmentation mine?
a. fixed directional type c. blast type
b. bounding type d. all of these
D. ROCKETS
11. _______holds the rockets, and provides initial guidance and electric contact
for firing.
a. igniter c. rocket launcher
b. nozzle d. propelling charge
12. Rockets are identified by standard nomenclature and lot number.
a. painting c. marking
b. drawing d. label
13. A venturi is the shape of the tail of a rocket.
a. true b. false
E. SUPPLY PROCEDURES
14. It includes all kinds of property for public use except real state.
a. supplies c. supply economy
b. products d. all of these
15. These are properties which are unserviceable and beyond economical
repair.
a. captured enemy property c. responsibility
b. Beyond economical repair d. none of these
16. An ammunition of all types is a supply.
a. true b. false