The explosive breaching portion does not have a certification and is used only to raise the awareness of the student to advanced methods of www. The Explosive Breaching Characterization Handbook is a technical reference guide for use during explosive breaching training and operations.
Breaching is conducted by rapidly applying concentrated force at a point, or 5 points, to penetrate the obstacle and rupture the defense. Breaching is a combined-arms effort. At the time, the minimum safe distances between the tactical teams and the explosive breach were being calculated based on safety guidelines created for explosive ordinance disposal EOD technicians to destroy unexploded ordnance UXO.
It was also never intended to be applied in an urban environment which includes reflective surfaces. In urban areas, a blast wave can bounce off of walls, floors, ceilings and other surfaces before coming back at tactical entry teams from multiple angles.
Mike Vining told Connecting Vets. Is it really critical in training to be that close to the breach? Any discussion, release or confirmation of them would negatively affect the force and could compromise operations.
He points to a still used procedure in which tactical teams using a ballistic shield or blanket will shorten the distance between themselves and the breach point, believing the shield protects them from blast overpressure. He said he witnessed this by the Marine Corps, and a search of the Department of Defense photo archive DVIDs readily shows photo after photo of Marines right on top of an explosive breach while holding a ballistic blanket in front of themselves.
Scott believes there are some technological innovations that could decrease the risk that explosive breaching poses for tactical teams, and reduces the number of traumatic brain injuries that occur during their service. He argued the military should first and foremost explore how to reduce the number of explosives used, but that there is another branch of energetics technologies that may also help. Our soldiers could stand very close to a device like this with low risk of injury due to blast effects.
There is also work to be done to develop better protective equipment for tactical teams. Helmets could be developed that help dissipate blast waves from explosive breaches. A corner and spine on a helmet also forces the energy in the blast wave to be redirected and lose substantial energy within the helmet material. There are significant engineering challenges to resolve in order to turn these concepts into useable equipment that soldiers can apply in the field, Scott said, but that making their development a priority in private industry and governmental agencies will ultimately provide better protective gear and breaching equipment for the troops.
Army photo by Staff Sgt. If explosive entry techniques are abused, then no amount of technology will save operators from injury. It is operator culture itself that has to change, he argued. The blast is mitigated by the door and the air gap between him and the door. He will close his eyes and lean back on that trigger. The retired Delta operator mentioned working with a SEAL unit that explosively breached every door they came to, carrying primed charges in their backpacks on target. They needed to maintain their momentum during the assault with shock and awe tactics, or so they thought.
The retired sergeant major conceded that he made mistakes as well when it came to explosive breaching. The entry team in the hallway absorbs more of the blast than anyone on the other side of the door. Lauritsen also has experience in the aircraft industry, where he performed structural analysis and testing of aircraft components, including Finite Element Analysis of metals and composite materials. ESi's expertise spans dozens of industries and specializations organized across several practice groups, each staffed by dozens of in-house experts with the technical knowledge, hands-on expertise, and courtroom experience required to execute projects for and with our clients from start to finish.
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Security contractors must also provide similar sponsoring government agency information. A number of Federal agencies, including the Technical Support Working Group, have collaborated on the release of the third edition of the Improvised Explosives Device IED Trigger Recognition Guide which is now available for Federal, State, and local government personnel dealing with combating terrorism activities and the threat of IEDs.
The guide was prepared to assist with the field identification of electronic triggers used with improvised explosive devices. Each trigger has a full page front and back write-up with accompanying pictures and statistics e. More detailed technical information, including additional photography and schematic diagrams, is available for each device. This information should be considered sensitive and protected accordingly. The Technical Support Working Group has released the Indicators and Warnings for Homemade Explosives as a quick reference guide for military, first responders, federal, state, and local government personnel.
The goal of this guidebook is to provide awareness level information that will allow on-scene personnel to rapidly assess that a situation involves the presence of homemade explosives to alert military EOD team or state or local bomb squad personnel. This guidebook is divided into three sections: Homemade Explosives, Chemical Components, and Manufacturing Equipment that addresses 9 homemade explosives, 20 precursor chemicals, and 6 types of manufacturing equipment.
The Homemade Explosives section describes the key identifiers, hazards, commercial uses, chemical components, and equipment used in the manufacture of homemade explosives. The Chemical Components section describes the key identifiers, hazards, commercial uses, commercial sources, and the homemade explosives it can be used to create. The Manufacturing Equipment section summarizes the laboratory and improvised equipment that can be utilized during the manufacturing process.
It is not for public use, but is intended for use by military, first responders, federal, state, and local personnel. To order this guidebook, request stock number It is comprised of a web-based learning management system that is located on a central server, as well as a 3D simulation package that is downloaded locally to user machines.
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