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Sierra Army Depot (SIAD) is a United States Army post and military equipment storage facility located near the unincorporated community of Herlong, California.It was built in 1942 as one of several ammunition storage facilities located far enough inland to be safe from Japanese attack, yet close enough to western military posts and ports to facilitate shipment of supplies. [2]
An ammunition dump, ammunition supply point (ASP), ammunition handling area (AHA) or ammunition depot is a military storage facility for live ammunition and explosives. The storage of live ammunition and explosives is inherently hazardous. There is the potential for accidents in the unloading, packing, and transfer of ammunition. Great care is ...
M2 Browning with metal ammunition box Paperboard boxes of .22 rifle ammunition. An ammunition box or cartridge box is a container designed for safe transport and storage of ammunition. It is typically made of metal, wood, and corrugated fiberboard, etc. Boxes are labelled with caliber, quantity, and manufacturing date, lot number, UN dangerous ...
The Central Ordnance Munitions Depot was established in 1937 by the British Royal Engineers in preparation for the Second World War to combat the Japanese Invasion, and served as a secure military facility for ammunition and weapon storage. [3] It was composed of 12 pairs of underground bunkers, a depot headquarters and a sentry box.
The ammunition storage area aboard a warship is referred to as a magazine or the "ship's magazine" by sailors.. Historically, when artillery was fired with gunpowder, a warship's magazines were built below the water line—especially since the magazines could then be readily flooded in case of fire or other dangerous emergencies on board the ship.
BHOD was renamed "Black Hills Army Depot" (BHAD) in 1962. [1] Over the years, BHOD was used for storage and testing of chemical weapons, including sarin [4] and mustard gas. [5] Additionally, during World War II, the site also held Italian prisoners of war. [3] The Depot was closed on June 30, 1967, and the Igloo community was abandoned. [1]
NWS Seal Beach occupies 5,256 acres (2,127 ha) and has 230 buildings and 128 ammunition depots providing 589,299 square feet (54,747.7 m 2) of ammunition storage space. Ammunition was moved from storage to the docks on 56 miles (90 km) of railroad line; the tracks closed in 2008 and were taken out in 2010, after which 80 miles (130 km) of road ...
Letterkenny Army Depot was established in 1941 as an ammunition and general supply storage depot. In 1961, its Directorate of Ammunition Operations began supporting Army air defense missiles and Air Force intercept missiles. In 1991, the Directorate of Ammunition Operations was renamed Letterkenny Munitions Center with command and control ...