U.S. Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PCW-D, Bldg10, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000

13 -- 7.62MM SHORT RANGE TRAINING AMMUNITION (SRTA), AND 7.62MM SRTA-TRACER (SRTA-T) DUE 122396 POC Mary Ann Moreau email=mmoreau, Contract Specialist, 201-724-2016; Michael W. O'Connell, Jr., Contracting Officer, 201-724-6630. This is a sources sought/market survey for Non Developmental Items (NDI): 7.62mm SRTA and 7.62mm SRTA-T short range training ammunition cartridges (SRTA/SRTA-T) shall be capable of functioning in both the M60 and M240 machine-guns without any ancillary devices or modifications to either weapon or belt/link, and must present no unusual risks or hazards to the user allowing the training effect within 100 meters to be identical to that currently obtained with service ammunition. No specialized procedures, techniques, tools or test equipment other than those in the field manuals, technical manuals, and prescribed local operating procedures should be required for operational use. The 7.62 SRTA/SRTA-T besides being ballistically comparable to the service ammunition out to 100 meters must have a maximum range no greater than 600 meters. The dispersion of the SRTA/SRTA-T, when fired in 10-round bursts will be, at 100 meters, no greater than the dispersion pattern of the M80/M62 service ammunition fired at 400 meters. The SRTA/SRTA-T must impact with sufficient force to indicate a target hit/kill on the Army standard E- and F- type silhouette target mechanisms out to 10 meters. The SRTA/SRTA-T must be designed to operate in the range of temperatures from minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit to 104 degrees Fahrenheit. It is mandatory that the SRTA/SRTA-T meet U.S. Military standards for health and safety pertaining to toxic fumes as is applicable to the operator, maintenance personnel, and personnel adjacent to fumes. The SRTA/SRTA-T shall replicate the noise and recoil of the M80/M62 service ammunition. The SRTA/SRTA-T will not exceed the single hearing protection impulse-noise criteria for unlimited numbers of exposures per day MIL-STD-1474. The SRTA-T must be visible to the unaided eye in daylight, and at night from the weapon to at least 100 meters, and must maintain the visual similarity (except color) of the service ammunition. The minimum acceptable value of mean rounds between stoppages attributable to the ammunition shall be 850 when the SRTA/SRTA-T is fired from both the M60 and M240 machine-guns. The automatic fire cyclic rate in the M60 and M240 machine-guns shall be equal for both the service ammunition and the SRTA/SRTA-T. The SRTA/SRTA-T projectile must not ricochet back to the weapon vicinity when fired at the following materials: 1/2 inch thick plywood, 16 inch thick concrete block, 1/4 inch thick mild steel plate. The SRTA/SRTA-T shall be waterproof. After packaging, the SRTA/SRTA-T must be capable of surviving a 7 foot drop test. The SRTA/SRTA-T besides being easily identifiable should have its packaging and individual cartridges color coded (blue) to designate it as a training round. The SRTA-T tracer projectile shall have its tip colored (orange) to designate it as a tracer round. All responsible interested sources are encouraged to submit their capabilities/qualification data in regard to the above training rounds no later than 23 Dec 96 to: Commander, U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC, ATTN: AMSTA-AR-PCW-D, Mary Ann Moreau, Bldg. 10, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000. All information is to be submitted at no cost or obligation to the Government. Please include Company name, address, telephone number, technical point of contact, brochures/literature. This is only A Market Survey. A Draft Solicitation for this action will be released about January 1997 to allow industry input followed by release of a formal request for proposal. Information regarding this action can be accessed at http://procnet.pica.army.mil (see Note 25). (0326)

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