INTRODUCTION
As an ammunition inspector in a surveillance position, you may be required to inspect various types of
ammunitions. You will be required select and use ammunition drawings, and to determine if the item
meets all specifications. In mass production, the inspector exercises a form of quality control. The
maintenance of existing stocks, especially ammunition, demands adherence to published standards and
specifications. Ammunition drawings are essential tools for the ammunition inspector. They enable him
to perform his job effectively.
An ammunition drawing gives you a technical description of an item of ammunition. It conveys all the
dimensional information about the item fully and explicitly. Complete sets of ammunition drawings will
contain a full graphic representation of the assembled and its parts. They will also contain packing and
marking instructions.
When using drawings and specifications as standards for inspection, care must be taken to ensure that
the item is compared with a drawing, and/or specification with the same revision under which it was
manufactured or modified. If there is a conflict between defect classifications in surveillance Supply
Bulletin (SBs) and the specification or the drawing, information in the SB will take precedence. When
classifying defects for ammunition in field service accounts, a request for ammunition drawings will be
made to the applicable commands as follows:
a. Army (Except chemical and GM/LR):
Commander
U.S. Army Armament, Munitions, and Chemical Command ATTN: AMSMC-TDR-TF
Rock Island, IL 61299-6000
b. Army Chemical (Conventional):
Commander
U.S. Army Chemical Research and Development Center Chemical System
Laboratory Tech Support Division ATTN: AMSMC-TDC
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21020-5423
c. Army Guided Missiles and Large Rockets:
Commander
U.S. Army Missile Command
ATFTN: AMSMI-WD
Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5290
d. Air Force:
Commander
Hill Air Force Base
ATTN: MMEDT
Hill Air Force Base, UT 84056-5609
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