2. KINETIC INITIATED CORE MUNITIONS (KICM™) 0.50 Caliber
Presented by: Keith Enlow Green Ammo Program Manager IR & D ATK LAKE CITY SMALL CALIBER AMMUNITION Randall Busky Chemical Engineer IR & D ATK LAKE CITY SMALL CALIBER AMMUNITION

3. Introducing ATK Lake City’s KICM™ 50 Caliber SAPHEI
KICM™ SAPHEI Features:
Insensitive HE Mix Using “Reactive Material”
Delayed Explosive Effects Inside Targets
Exposed Steel Tip For Efficient Penetration
Heavy Metal Free Projectile Components
Provides Enhanced “Standoff” Performance:
Penetrates Ballistic Armor Similar
to M8, M20 And Mk 211
Creates Overpressures at Secondary Impact
Generates Incendiary Event On
Secondary Impact
Produces Shrapnel at Primary Impact

4. The .50 Caliber Family Is Ready For Improvements
Background
 Caliber .50 family developed starting in 1919, M8 in 1941.
KICM™ Introduction Plan
Replace M8 API
“Family of Munitions” Concept
Replace linked ammunition with more lethal “Family” combination
A567 ( 4 X API, 1 APIT)
AA06 (MP, AP, MP, AP, Tracer)
with new KICM™ linked series
( AP, API(T), SAPHEI, HEI, TRNG (Ball))

5. KICM™ Family Has Product Life Cycle Advantages
Safe Compositions:
RMs are extremely insensitive under normal handling
Environmentally “Friendly”
Heavy metal free
Non-explosive disposal while incinerating
Lean Manufacturing:
Modular Design
Customized Mass Production
Shared general process
Additional steps add value for specific characteristics
Improved Performance
Same ballistic performance for all cartridges in belt
Increase lethality with single burst to disable target
Provide different terminal effects in belt
Provide same ballistic performance in belt
Increase effectiveness range

6. KICM™ Releases Its Chemical Energy After Penetration
This product’s innovation: KICM differentiates from the legacy cartridges by releasing chemical energy after initial penetration.
Direction of Fire M8
MK211
KICM SAPHEI

7. Reactive Materials do not act like legacy High Explosives
RM’s produce little to no gas phase products
during oxidation
Direction of Fire
Condensation shock wave

8. Disabling An APC With The KICM™ Cartridge Is Possible6”
1/4th” Back Plate
5/8th” Front Plate
BMP2 side armor is approx. 5/8th inches

9. KICM™ Improves 50 Caliber Family Lethality
Changes In KICM’s™ Modular Design Produces Different Explosive Effects
Direction of Fire
Secondary Impact Ignition
Deep Impact Ignition
Point Ignition

10. KICM™’s Introduction At The Infantry School Has Generated Other Interests

11. High Speed Video Reveals Impact Detonation On Second Plate
Primary Impact Plate
Secondary Impact Plate
Terminal Ballistics Improvement: Ignition inside or exit of the target has a greater chance of secondary explosions to immobilize target.

12. KICM™ Penetrator Design Is Based On Best Features Of More Than 50+ Years Of 0.50 Caliber Ideas
Fifty Caliber Shooters Association

13. KICM™ Review
KICM™ SAPHEI - Technical Readiness
Initiation, Reaction and Penetration performance empirically understood and demonstrated
Legacy performance in penetration and accuracy
Improved performance in safety of design, impact pressure generation, incendiary effects and vehicle mobility lethality

14. Future KICM™ Family Development Ideas
Next step - Assess “extreme range” performance
HEI – the introduction of 1.1 Explosives into the RM Mixes similar to “dynamite”
API – the use of extremely hard materials for penetrator and body
SRSD – chemically timed fragmentation
What does the customer want? Tunable design.

15. ATK Leads Small Cal Cartridge Innovation and Design
“Team ATK” to enhance KICM™ -
ATK Joint Technological Strengths Key to Success of RM Program
Ordnance Ground Systems for Penetration and Body Fragmentation studies
Alliant Ammo and Powder for Enhanced Velocity Propellant
ATK Thiokol for Reactive Materials
ATK Federal and CCI/Speer for “Heavy Metal Free” Primers
ATK Lake City – World Leader in small caliber ammunition production, design, and innovation.

16. ATK Lake City Leads Small Cal Cartridge Design Capabilities
ATK Lake City – World Leader in small caliber ammunition production, design, and innovation.
State-of-the-art Materials Analysis Lab
World Class Ballistics Testing Lab
200 yd – 2400 Yd Range Testing capabilities to assess ballistic performance
Gelatin testing capabilities for tissue simulation
High Speed Video
Extreme High Speed Multiple Exposure Photography
High Speed Flash X-Ray
Doppler Radar Decel
PRODAS Ballistic Modeling
Internal, External, and Terminal Ballistic Modeling
Whole Bullet Recovery capabilities after firing
Ballistic modeling capabilities to assess internal, external, and terminal ballistics performance
Full Research and Development Manufacturing Lab

17. KICM™ Team Members And Their Contributions
Jim Bourdlais – ATK Lake City – Project Engineer
Ed Bray – ATK Lake City – Design Engineer
Tod Botcher – ATK Lake City – IR& D Lab Manager
Steve Baker – ATK Lake City - Process Engineer
Dan B. Nielson – ATK Thiokol – Principal Scientist
Randy Busky – ATK Lake City – Chemical Engineer
Robert Contaldi – ATK Lake City – IR&D Engineering Manager
Keith Enlow – ATK Lake City – Business Development