Fire Retardant Treatments for Ammunition Packaging

Abstract

An analysis of fires at ammunition supply points showed that packaging materials were the main cause of the spread of fires. In the case of packaged tank and artillery ammunition, the external wooden box and the internal fiber container were major contributors to the ammunition fires. Described in this report is work performed to optimize fire-retardant treatment systems for ammunition packaging and to develop an end item pack. The results of fire tests conducted on stacks of 105-mm ammunition packaged in fire retardant materials and the results of physical and exposure testing are also presented. The results of these tests show that fire retardant packaging can be used to protect stacked ammunition by eliminating the spread of fire when one or more rounds in the stack is ignited without compromising the protection of rounds.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA132233

Entities

People

  • Harry J. Reeves
  • Robert L. Fortunato

Organizations

  • United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Artillery
  • Artillery Ammunition
  • Body Weight
  • Drop Tests
  • End Items
  • Explosives
  • High Explosives
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Testing
  • Munitions
  • Munitions Testing
  • Packaging
  • Projectiles
  • Propelling Charges
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods

Readers

  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.
  • Materials Science
  • ballistics.