APPENDIX A: Naval Ordnance Station SWIPES
Surface analyses of mines sampled at Naval Ordnance Station in 1992. One acetone-saturated cottom swab (5-cm2 surface area)
per mL acetonitrile, HPLC-UV analysis (254 nm).
Origin
Mine
Type
Casing
Charge
Booster
TNT
RDX
China
72
AP
Plastic/rubber
TNT/RDX(1/1)
RDX/WAX
95
5
Czechoslovakia
PT MI-K
AT
Metal
TNT
16
10
"
12
7
"
8
9
"
7
7
"
12
5
"
21
7
"
27
5
PP MI-SR
AP
Steel/plastic
TNT
26
16
France
MB 51/55
AP
Steel
Picric acid ?
490
110
"
540
26
"
420
23
"
96
10
Italy
SH 55
AT
Plastic
Comp B
RDX
27
200
"
13
35
"
11
23
SB MV
AT
Plastic
Comp B
RDX-A3
<2
<2
VS HCT2
AT
Plastic
Comp B
3
7
VS-2.2
AT
Plastic
TNT/RDX
<2
68
VS-1.6
AT
Plastic
TNT/RDX
<2
590
VS 50
AP
Plastic
RDX
<2
30
VALMARA 69
AP
Plastic
TNT/RDX
RDX
23
43
Soviet Union
OZM-72
AP
Steel
TNT
Tetryl
10
9
"
8
100
"
<2
37
"
25
13
"
150
27
"
430
20
"
430
23
US
M 16
AP
Metal
TNT
Tetryl
<2
<2
"
<2
<2
"
<2
<2
"
<2
<2
"
<2
<2
"
<2
<2
"
<2
<2
"
22
<2
M15
AT
Metal
Comp B
21
<2
"
<2
<2
"
23
<2
"
<2
<2
"
6
<2
"
9
<2
"
3
<2
"
12
<2
Yugoslavia
PROM 1
AP
Steel
TNT
510
250
TMA5
AT
Plastic
TNT
RDX
24
<2
TMA4
AT
Plastic
TNT
Tetryl
127
<2
"
39
<2
"
23
<2
TMA3
AT
None*
TNT
19,000
10,000
*Cast TNT.
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