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U.S. Army Installation – Picatinny Arsenal

Picatinny Arsenal is a large military installation providing a wide variety of guns, ammunition, products and related services to all branches of the U.S. military.  Picatinny Arsenal is located in northern New Jersey near Interstate 80 (I-80) about 35 miles west of New York City.

As of 2019 Picatinny Arsenal employed over 5000 people most of them  civilians with approximately one-third of these employees engineers and scientists. There are an additional 400 plus employees working for affiliated organizations at Watervliet Arsenal, Rock Island Arsenal, Aberdeen Proving Ground.

History

Picatinny Arsenal was established in September 1880, it was first known as the Dover Powder Depot.  Then a few days later they changed their name to Picatinny Powder Depot and in 1907 the Army changed the name to Picatinny Arsenal.  Powder (black powder, gun powder) and munitions were some of the first products to be produced at Picatinny.  Today the organization has expanded tremendously.

Picatinny Arsenal installation is home to several organizations, with more than 1,010 permanent structures and 64 laboratories, there is a lot going on at their 6,500 acre campus.

Organizations

  • Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Armaments Center
  • Joint Program Executive Office Armaments & Ammunition (JPEO A&A)
  • U.S. Army Garrison
  • Picatinny Network Enterprise Center (NEC)
  • PM-Soldier Weapons
  • Program Executive Office Ground Combat Systems (PEO GCS)
  • Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division’s (NSWC IHEODTD) Picatinny Detachment
  • Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) Picatinny
  • Army Contracting Command – New Jersey

Picatinny Arsenal is a research and development, engineering and production facility for weapons systems.  New weapons, munitions and auxiliary equipment are produced and fielded by Picatinny.  All branches of the U.S. armed services, including infantry, artillery, armor, aircraft and engineers benefit from what Picatinny has created.

Products and Services – Below is a sample of what Picatinny Arsenal is involved with

Smart Munitions:

  • 155mm Copperhead – M172 Cannon Launched Guided Projectile (CLGP)
  • Precision Guided Mortar Munition (PGMM)
  • 155mm – XM982 Excalibur Extended Range Projectile
  • Sense and Destroy Armor (M898-SADARM)
  • 120mm Mid-Range Munition (MRM)

Mortar Systems:

  • 60mm Mortar systems – M224 and M224A1
  • 81mm Mortar systems- M252 and M252A1
  • 120mm Mortar systems – M120 and M121

Warheads:

  • Shaped Charge Warhead (SC)
  • EFP warheads for the Sense and Destroy Armor (SADARM) projectile
  • Gun Propellants
  • 120mm M829A2 Armor Piercing, Fin Stabilized Discarding Sabot-Tracer (APFSDS-T) Cartridge
  • M933/934 High Explosive Cartridge
  • 120mm M935 Precision Guided Mortar Munition (PGMM)

Medium Caliber Weapons:

  • Systems larger in caliber than .50 caliber machine guns and usually includes cannons 20mm-60mm

Combat Vehicle Armaments

Countermines:

  • Ground Standoff Mine Detection System (GSTAMIDS)
  • Mine Protected Clearance Vehicle (MPCV)
  • Handheld Standoff Mine Detection System (HSTAMIDS)
  • Airborne Minefield Detection System (ASTAMIDS)
  • Antipersonnel Obstacle Breaching System (APOBS)
  • Mongoose Explosive Standoff Minefield Clearer (ESMC)

Non-Lethal Capabilities:

  • Non-Lethal Capabilities Set (NLCS)
  • Portable Vehicle Arresting Barrier (PVAB)
  • Modular Crowd Control Munition (MCCM)
  • Aversive Audible Acoustic Device (A3D)

Fuzes:

  • M767A1 Electronic Time (ET) Fuzes
  • M734A1 Mortar Fuze
  • M732A2 Proximity Fuze

Logistics Research and Development

Artillery Systems:

  • M777A2 155mm Joint Lightweight Howitzer (LW155)
  • M119A2 105mm Howitzer
  • M198 155mm Towed Howitzer
  • D-30 Howitzer

Conventional Munitions:

  • M105 ammunition
  • M106 ammunition
  • M107 ammunition
  • M483A1 Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition (DPICM)

Weapon Aiming and Fire Control

Explosives:

  • Picatinny Arsenal Explosive (PAX) formulations
  • PAX-2A High performing IM (insensitive munition) explosive
  • PAX-21

Small Caliber and Infantry Weapons:

  • XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement (CDTE) System
  • M4/M4A1 5.56mm Carbine
  • M16A2/A4 Series 5.56mm Rifle
  • M320 Grenade Launcher
  • M26 12-Gauge Modular Accessory Shotgun System (MASS)
  • M107 Semi-Automatic Long Range Sniper Rifle (LRSR)
  • XM2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle (ESR)
  • M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System (SASS)
  • M14 7.62MM Enhanced Battle Rifle (EBR)
  • M240L 7.62mm Medium Machine Gun (Light)
  • M249 5.56mm Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW)

Aircraft Armaments:

  • Hydra 70 Rocket System
  • Turreted Gun System (TGS)

Tank Munitions Development:

  • XM578 kinetic energy round
  • 105mm KE cartridge M833
  • M829A1
  • M829E3

Antipersonnel Landmine Alternatives:

  • Non-Self Destruct Alternative (NSD-A)

Demolitions:

  • Fighting Position Excavator (FPE)
  • Modern Demolition Initiator (MDI)
  • Selectable Lightweight Attack Munition (SLAM)
  • Penetration Augmented Munition (PAM)
  • Sympathetic Detonator-Timer (SYDET)

Advanced Energy Weapons Systems

Environmental Program:

  • Lifecycle Environmental Assessment (LCEA)

Pyrotechnics:

  • Counter measure flares

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