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It would help to have some of the acronyms spelled out such as PBXN7. What's that?? Thanks![[User:Mary Ash|Mary Ash]] 02:12, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
It would help to have some of the acronyms spelled out such as PBXN7. What's that?? Thanks![[User:Mary Ash|Mary Ash]] 02:12, 15 August 2010 (UTC)


:As far as I know, that's a designation, not an acronym. My guess is that it derives from [[PBX (explosive)]], with various additives. [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/explosives-compositions.htm] describes it simply as an explosive composition from China Lake. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 02:34, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
:As far as I know, that's a designation, not an acronym. My guess is that it derives from [[PBX (explosive)]], with various additives. [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/explosives-compositions.htm] describes it simply as an explosive composition from China Lake.
 
:Just as an example, PBX-9404 is not an acronym, but a designation for a mixture of 94% [[HMX (explosive)]], 3% NC, 3% Tris(2-chloroethyl)phosphate (CEF); I don't know what NC is. [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 02:34, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

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Fixed typo

Changed firing pink to firing pin.Mary Ash 02:06, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

-) You must admit that sounds like something that Combat Barbie would use. Howard C. Berkowitz 02:34, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

Clarification

It would help to have some of the acronyms spelled out such as PBXN7. What's that?? Thanks!Mary Ash 02:12, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

As far as I know, that's a designation, not an acronym. My guess is that it derives from PBX (explosive), with various additives. [1] describes it simply as an explosive composition from China Lake.
Just as an example, PBX-9404 is not an acronym, but a designation for a mixture of 94% HMX (explosive), 3% NC, 3% Tris(2-chloroethyl)phosphate (CEF); I don't know what NC is. Howard C. Berkowitz 02:34, 15 August 2010 (UTC)