1. ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War Testing of an UltraCem® Coated Beretta 92FS Michael J. Daniti Weapons Technology Group Small and Medium Caliber Weapon Systems Branch US Army ARDEC Bldg 65N Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806 973-724-5223 - mdaniti@pica.army.mil

2. ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War Objectives:  Evaluate UltraCem ® Coating  Proof of Concept for Pistols/PDW’s  Endurance Testing  Environmental Testing

3. ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War Process Development Stage Levels of Process Application Level 1: Basic Coating Parameters For individual part feasibility demonstration Strip original coating Establish pre-treat and coating process based on metallurgy specified in drawing package Apply coating thickness based on best approximation or historic data Level 2: Early Prototype Coating Parameters Level 3: Advanced Prototype Coating Parameters Level 4: Production

4. ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War  Chemically deposited Nickel-Boride coating  Columnar growth Coating  Uniform thickness regardless of shape or metal alloy  Coefficient of Friction  UltraCem™:.08  Hard Chrome: 1.3 - 1.35  Gunpowder residue doesn’t stick to weapon parts  Residue and coating does not bond chemically UCT Defense’s UltraCem™

5. ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War  Claimed Benefits  Superior mechanical wear resistance  Metallurgical bond to substrate  Superior hardness  Ductility – no brittleness  Low coefficient of friction  Uniform coating thickness  Corrosion resistance  Highly temperature resistant  Environmentally friendly process (Chrome Replacement) UCT Defense’s UltraCem™

6. ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War UCT Defense’s UltraCem™

7. ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War Weapon Preparation:  Pistols stripped of OEM finish and chrome barrel lining  Nickel-Boride deposited on parts  Uniform thickness around parts  Parts were coated by UCT with little input from ARDEC  Quick dimensional analysis  Tested fired by UCT before shipment  Weapon functioning was verified

8. ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War  Three M9 Pistols and One UltraCem™ 92FS  Firing Sequence  M9 - 120rnds then cool (Eight mags), 130 rnds then clean (Eight 15rnd mags, One 10 rnd mag)  UltraCem ® - 120 rnds then cool (4x) then clean  Non-destructive testing (NDT) inspections at 5k, 10k, 14k, 17k, 20k, 22k, 24k, 26k, 28k, and 30k rnds  Targeting and Accuracy every 5k rnds Endurance Testing:

9. ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War Environmental Testing:  Three M9 Pistols and One UltraCem 92FS  500 rnds fired at 60° C (140° F) and -40° C (-40° F)  NDT inspections before & after  Collected Stoppage Rate Data

10. ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War Environmental Testing: WEAPON CYCLE456Ultracem 12- FFD 1-FFR 1-FRR 1-FEJ 2-FEJ 2-FRR OK 21-FRROK 1-FEJ 2-FFD 3OK 1-FRR 46-FFDOK 51-FEJ 1-FFD 1-FEX OK FFD-Failure to feed FRR-Failure of slide to remain to rear FEJ-Failure to eject FEX-Failure to extract

11. ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War Endurance Weapon:

12. ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War M9 and UltraCem® Environmental Slide Time-Displacement Video

13. ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War Slide Time-Displacement Data

14. ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War M9 and UltraCem® Endurance Slide Time-Displacement Video

15. ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War Slide Time-Displacement Data

16. ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War Slide Time-Displacement Data

17. ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War Slide Time-Displacement Data

18. ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War Slide Time-Displacement Data

19. ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War Endurance Weapon:

20. ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War Endurance Weapon:

21. ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War  Total cost ~ $12K = large amount of good information  No noticeable mechanical wear  No apparent gun degradation after 15,000 rnds  Easy to remove some residue  Hard to Clean Carbon  A thin layer of CLP on the gun could aid in carbon removal **Not a Chrome Replacement in Barrels** Conclusions

22. ARDEC Providing America Advanced Armaments for Peace and War QUESTIONS??