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The M1 ammo crate held a total of 1,000 belted or linked rounds packed in 4 M1 ammo boxes and the later M1A1 ammo crate held a total of 1,000 belted or 1,100 linked rounds packed in M1A1 ammo boxes. There were two .50 M2 ammo boxes to a crate (for a total of 220 belted or 210 linked rounds) with a volume of 0.93 cubic feet.
The MIL-STD-1168 is a set of standard codes used to identify munitions (ammunition, explosives and propellants). It was designed to replace the previous confusing Ammunition Identification Code (AIC) system used by the United States Army Ordnance Department.
This ammunition vehicle has no turret, but has a taller superstructure to store 90-95 rounds (depending on the model) with a corresponding number of powders and primers. For the M992 and M992A1 there is a maximum of 90 conventional rounds, 45 each in two racks, and three M712 Copperhead rounds.
Weight, complete round Projectile weight Explosive filling Muzzle velocity Notes L35 HESH United Kingdom: 1962 (L35A2) 20.02 kg 11.35 kg 5.1 kg [6] of Composition A-3 (L35A1) 1.97 kg of Hexogen: 732 m/s used by the Swedish army as Slspgr m/61: M393 HEP-T United States: 1965 (M393A1) 21.2 kg 11.3 kg 2.86 kg of Composition A-3 (M393A1)
The Scranton Army Ammunition Plant (SCAAP) is a United States Army Joint Munitions Command (JMC) facility that manufactures large-caliber metal projectiles and mortar projectiles for the Department of Defense. [1]
The Scranton Army Ammunition Plant cuts and forges 2,000-pound (907-kilogram) bars of steel into 155 mm howitzer rounds that are then shipped to Iowa to.
The submunitions, which became old and less reliable, had to be extracted. After a careful "soft touch" disassembly fully intact [4] D563 shell casings from M483-series 155-mm projectiles [5] were being refilled with explosives, recycling them for use as inexpensive training ammunition. [6]
The plant, managed by General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, is part of a broader effort by the Army to update its industrial base and achieve a goal of making 155mm artillery shells at a ...