FM 10-553: Airdrop of Supplies and Equipment-Rigging Ammunition

FM 10-553 Airdrop of Supplies and Equipment-Rigging Ammunition

FM 10-553

Airdrop of Supplies and Equipment-Rigging Ammunition

Army · FM · Dec 1981 · 186 pages

About

1-1. Scope • This manual tells and shows how to rig certain types of ammunition and explosives • in A-22 cargo bags and A·7A cargo slings for low- or high-velocity airdrop. These proce dures apply only to the items listed in this manual. Special Con8ideratioDS CAUTION: Explosives and ammunition mUlt be handled with car. at ,II tim••. Th. explosives elements in primer. and fuze••,. • se"'itive to shock and hiliJh temperatur••. Rigging perlonnel will inlure that or containers of explosive. and ammunition .,. not dropped. thrown. tumbled. or dragged. a. Hazardous Materials. These loads contain hazardous material, explosives or ammunition, 8S defined in AFR 71·4ITM 38 250. Hazardous materials must be packed. marked, and labeled 88 described in AFR 71 4/TM 38-250. b. Mixed Load•. Mixed ammunition loads must comply with AFR 7l-41TM 38 250. c. Boxed Aml7UUlition.

DesignationFM 10-553

EditionDec 1981

StatusSuperseded

Pages186

FunctionSustainment

CollectionRecent Archive

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

References 18

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