Fire Retardant Treatments for Ammunition Packaging

摘要

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.