Posted on 05/04/2022 6:23:24 AM PDT by Cronos
Amid the country's ongoing military conflict in Ukraine, an ammunition plant near the Ural Mountains in Russia suffered a massive explosion which resulted in fatalities
The FKP Perm Powder Plant, which produces gunpowder and is located in the city of Perm, reportedly endured an explosion at approximately 8 p.m. local time, according to local authorities. The resulting fire eventually killed two workers and injured others. The incident has so far been pinned on "a product" that "caught fire."
"According to the information received, on 05/01/2022, at about 20:00, a product caught fire at the production site N 12 of the Plastmassa production facility at the Perm Powder Plant FKP," the Russian State Labor Inspectorate for the Perm Territory said in a statement. "As a result of the incident, 3 employees were injured, 1 of them died on the spot, 2 were taken to the hospital. Subsequently, another 1 worker died in the hospital."
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I wonder if that is the Tulla plant that has stocked so many Americans with cheap steel cased ammo.
Once is an accident, twice is a coincidence, three times is enemy action. We’re way beyond 3 by now.
‘Mysterious’ has become the new ‘Unexpectedly’.
Pushing for maximum production can result in accidents.
Exacerbated by half the staff being drunk half the time...
Russian ammunition plant in Perm - isn’t that the area where the suicide hotline calls get routed to the plants HR office?
“Authorities remain baffled...”
My favorite James Bond quote!
My favorite James Bond quote!
Another mysterious explosion? Seems like the same thing happened to the ship Moskva. Just a run of bad luck I guess.
I would think they would be wanting to take out the hyper sonic missile production plant next.
More ‘mysterious’ fires in the Rodina.
The power plant that was sabotaged the other day even further away. Four huge forest fires rage in Siberia with no attempt to halt them.
“No modern military weapon uses gunpowder (to the best of my knowledge) ...
Modern weapons use what is generically called cordite ... originally known as ‘smokeless powder’ for the amazing difference to original gunpowder. ... generally phased out of weapon use in the late 1800s.” [SES1066, post 16]
You are incorrect.
“Gunpowder” - often called black powder today - has not been completely superseded in military munitions employment. Small amounts (compared to the main propelling charge) are still used in igniters, and in additives to tube artillery propellants, intended to reduce fouling; also in saluting charges.
Cordite is a British term. It does not refer to its chemical composition (which as a nitro {”smokeless”} propellant is composed of nitrated cellulose, nitroglycerin, and a binder of petroleum jelly), but to its physical shape: several strands of spaghetti-like appearance are loaded into a cartridge, instead of a specific volume of small granular particles.
Black powder was superseded by nitro propellants in military rifle rounds pretty hurriedly after 1886, when the French began loading “Poudre B” (literally, “white powder”) into their new 8x50Rmm Lebel rounds. The United States military formally adopted a smokeless-powder rifle round in 1892 - the last of all major powers to do so.
But it lingered as a shotshell propellant for some years, and as a propellant in handgun cartridges originally designed to handle it, prior to that.
Black powder was used in 45-70 ammunition for the M1873 “Trapdoor” Springfield rifle, which remained in storage in some National Guard Armories as late as 1940. Black powder was loaded in the 45 Colt revolver cartridge (last issued for the M1909 Colt’s double action revolver, adopted by the Army and by USMC), for initial loadings of the 32 S&W Long (1896) and the 38 Special (1899). 44 Special - an “upgrade” of S&W’s venerable 44 Russian - was the first revolver cartridge designed from the outset to be loaded with nitro propellant.
Sporting use of black powder continues, by historical reenactors, and devotees of hunting/target shooting using orginal pattern arms.
” wonder if that is the Tulla plant that has stocked so many Americans with cheap steel cased ammo.” [MachIV, post 21]
Tula ammunition is made in Tula, about 100 miles south of Moscow. The explosion happened in Perm, some 900 miles east of Moscow.
Is this damage, you know, PERM-ament?
It is a long ways from Ukraine.
Thanks for the information.
That is so true!
On a project I worked on in Africa we used to say, "if you can find a Rooskie sober after 12-noon, he's a keeper."
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