See ae wee ge et ¢ S a He REQUIRES EXTRAORDINARY CONTROL, HANDLING, AND SECURITY 1S STRINGENTLY CONTROLLED AMMUNITION CHARACTERISTICS The term ammunition refers to devices charged with explosives, propelients, pyrotechnics, initiating composition, or nuclear or chemical material. 11 is used in connection with defense or offense, including demolitions. Certain ammunition can be used for training, cer ial, or ip purposes. Ammunition is Divided Into Two Categories. Conventional Ammunition. This category includes small arms, tank and artillery ammunition; high-density, low-maintenance rockets and missiles; mines, grenades, pyrotechnics, and high explosives; and certain chemical ammunition items (ammunition filled with smoke, incendiary, and riot control agents). Bursters and igniters for chemical ammunition and thickeners for flame fuels are also grouped as conventional ammunition.
DesignationFM 9-84
EditionJul 1981
StatusSuperseded
Pages56
FunctionSustainment
CollectionRecent Archive
Public domain (U.S. Government work)