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(a) Ammunition

items

having

and hand grenades, except incendiary and chemical.

comparable storage risks are grouped together in the

same storage category.

(d) Category D.

Pyrotechnics and

(b) Within each storage category, the

chemical ammunition of all types, including chemical

,filled rockets; gas, smoke, and incendiary bombs; gas

maximum quantity of ammunition to be stored within

and smoke artillery ammunition; incendiary and

each stack and within each Field Storage Unit (FSU),

chemical grenades, smoke pots, GB and VX filled

and the minimum distance between FSU's and the

mines, and bulk packed incendiary and small-arms

minimum distance between FSU's and categories, are

tracer cartridges.

specified in quantity-distance table 4-1 through 4-5 for

the storage of ammunition in the field.

(e) Category E.

All Demolition

(c) Normally, only one kind of

explosives, antitank and antipersonnel mines (except

GB and VX loaded), and components such as blasting

ammunition is stored in a stack. Ammunition should be

caps, firing devices, detonating cord, and safety fuze.

arranged in stacks in the best manner to facilitate

inventory and inspection. Where camouflage is a

(f) Category F.

Rockets, rocket

consideration, stacks may be stepped in toward the top

motors, and rifle grenades, except chemical.

(terraced or pyramid stacking) to decrease shadows.

(g) Category G. The following items of

Whenever desirable, components of complete rounds

Air Force class V supply-all unfuzed high-explosive

may be stored within the same FSU.

bombs, aircraft mines, aircraft torpedoes, and

(d) Small-arms ammunition, except

fragmentation bombs, fuzes and/or primer-detonators

bulk packed incendiary and tracer cartridges (which

for the above items; and fragmentation bomb clusters,

must be stored in category D) may be stored with any

fuzed or unfuzed. The remainder of Air Force class V

category.

items must be stored in other applicable categories.

(2) Categories for storage of conventional

b. Quantity-Distance Tables for Field Storage

ammunition.

For storage purposes, conventional

Categories. Procedures set forth in quantity-distance

ammunition is divided into the following categories:

tables 4-1 through 4-5 are to be used as a guide in the

(a) Category A. Fixed and semifixed

storage of ammunition in the field only.

These

procedures are based upon the necessities incident to

artillery ammunition, except incendiary and chemical.

the storage of ammunition in the field. It must be

(b) Category B. Propelling charges,

emphasized that any reduction of distances or increase

fuzes, primers, flash reducers and separate loading

in tonnages to those prescribed increases the probability

artillery projectiles including HE and AP, but excluding

of loss of life and ammunition.

incendiary and chemical projectiles.

Table 4-1. Category A, B, or D

Minimum distance in feet between

Gross tons

Stacks

FSU

per stack

per FSU

Unbarricaded

Barricaded

Unbarricaded