Since 1811, adding value to Armed Forces

CHILEAN ARMY´S FACTORIES

AND ARMOURIES

DEMILITARIZATION OF CLUSTER

AMMUNITION

CAPTAIN MANUEL ESPINOZA A.

September 2013

Lusaka, Zambia

Government own company

Relates to the Government through

the NMD

Relates to the Army through the Military Industry command

Autonomous

Administration

Own Patrimony

FAMAE

Small calibre ammunition

Manufacturing

Rockets & Missiles System Plant

Diagnosis -Certification – Useful

life extension

Ammunition

De-militarization

Army´s armoured Vehicles

Maintenance Service

Small calibre Armament

Manufacturing & recovery

maintenance

ISO 9001 - 2008

Legal Structure And Operative

Capabilities

Transportation of ammunition to Demilitarization

facilities Disasambling

Disassembling of screwed elements

Disassembling of engarced

elements

Papers

Metallic

Woods Propellants

Packing recycling

Metals classification

Igniters neutralization

Charge removal

Primary Explosives

Others Others

Aluminium

Cooper

Steel

DE-MILITARIZATION PROCESS

Components Removal & Destruction

Desmilitarizado Cohetes con Cabeza de Racimo

FAMAE´s Technical capabilities

• FAMAE has performed demilitarization of different calibres ammunition

since 1979, reaching up to more than 2,500 tons of de-militarized

ammunition.

• To achieve such capability, the corresponding processes and

machinery was developed, in accordance with each type of

ammunition.

• Among the demilitarization, FAMAE´s experiences incudes the support

to Ecuador in 2009 for the equipment and implementation of its

ammunition demilitarization center.

Desmilitarizado Cohetes con Cabeza de Racimo

• According to specification and range of dangerousness, each

requires an specific demilitarization process. This process must be

performed with safe and secure procedure in order to protect the

civilian and military personnel.

• FAMAE has developed clean processes minimizing environmental

impact. However, in order to preserve security, some components

must be destroyed through monitored detonations in controlled

áreas, qualified for this purpose. After the necessary detonations

the affected area is supervised and inspected to verify the no

existence of unexploded ordnances “UXOs”.

Desmilitarizado Cohetes con Cabeza de Racimo

Desmilitarizado Cohetes con Cabeza de Racimo

CABEZA DE GUERRA (HE o RACIMO)

OJIVA POLIAMIDA

ESPOLETA

TREN DETONANTE INICIADOR

PROPELENTE

ESTABILIZACIONPERNO GUIA

CARGA EXPLOSIVA o SUBMUNICION

SISTEMA DE

(CERRADO)

CONECTOR

Demilitarization of Rockets

Analysis of the

ammunition

configuration to

establish the

proper procedure

FUZE - OGIVE – WARHEAD POLIAMIDE – EXPLOSIVE CHARGE

EXPLOSIVE TRAIN – IGNITER – PROPELENT - CONNECTOR

Design and

manufacture of a

workstation to

disassemble a rocket

Desmilitarizado Cohetes con Cabeza de Racimo

Design and manufacture a

workstation to burn the

motor’s propellant

Desmilitarizado Cohetes con Cabeza de Racimo

Disassemble the warhead of a

cluster ammunition

Extraction of bombs from the

warhead of a cluster

ammunition

Desmilitarizado Cohetes con Cabeza de Racimo

Organizing the bombs to a controlled

destruction

Bomb’s destruction

Desmilitarizado Cohetes con Cabeza de Racimo

Verification of the detonation place to verify

the no existence of UXOs

The metallic elements from the destruction

are sent to a foundry.

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Desmilitarizado Cohetes con Cabeza de Racimo

Cluster Ammunition Kind

Quantity Number of Batches Explosive submunition type

Total Quantity of explosive submunitions

Number of Batches

Aditional Information

LAR Systems Rockets (160mm)

13 3-194 1-92

104 in each ogive

No available

160mm war cluster head Rockets. Production year: 1992. Total existence was demilitarized (249 units).

13 3-195

13 3-219

13 3-221

13 3-224

13 3-226

13 3-229

13 3-230

13 3-233

13 3-234

9 3-235

13 3-238

10 3-239

13 3-241

13 3-245

13 3-253

13 3-255

11 3-256

13 3-258

11 3-260

Total 249 Total 25.896

Demilitarized Cluster Ammunition

End of Presentation

Thank you very much

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