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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.
McAlester Army Ammunition Plant (MCAAP) is a weapons manufacturing facility for the United States Department of Defense in McAlester, Oklahoma, US. The facility is part of the US Army Joint Munitions Command. Its mission is to produce and renovate conventional ammunition and ammunition related components. The plant stores war reserve and ...
The facilities at CAAA include more than 200 production buildings, a 72,000-square-foot (6,700 m 2) machine shop, roughly 1,800 storage buildings for both explosive and inert ammunition with a total capacity of 4,800,000 square feet (450,000 m 2), an 80-acre (320,000 m 2) demolition range and 40 acres (160,000 m 2) of ammunition burning grounds.
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.
This was intended to reduce waste of capital, material shortages, storage and transportation needs. In 1926, at the time of official founding of the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturer's Institute, over 4,000 different shotshell loads were on the market. The government sanctioned program- conducted by SAAMI- eliminated more than 95% of them.
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SCAAP is housed on 15.3 acres (6.2 ha) with seven buildings and storage capacity of 495,000 square feet (46,000 m 2). [10] The SCAAP facilities have a number of key forging and machining capabilities including: [10] Nine 155mm M795 Rotating band welders; 5 Forge Presses (3 Gas-fired Rotary Hearth Furnaces, and 3 Electric Induction Furnaces)
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