PART A - AMMUNITION STORAGE REQUIREMENTS
1. Magazine Storage. The storage of Class V supplies requires storage facilities unique to the type of
ammunition that will be stored. Explosives and ammunition should be stored in buildings designed,
designated, and isolated for that specific purpose. For the remainder of this lesson, we will be
concerned with ammunition storage operations, which includes storage structures, safety, and the
actual storage of ammunition.
a. Earth-Covered Magazines are preferred for the storage of ammunition. Ammunition items
stored in these magazines are better protected from outside sources of exposure than in
aboveground magazines or outdoor storage. Earth-covered magazines provide temperature
stability and are particularly desirable for the storage of propellants and pyrotechnics. Earth-
covered magazines are the best and safest type of storage facilities. For that reason, they
should be used to store separate loading projectiles and bulk high explosives if space is
available. There are three basic types of earth-covered magazines. (See Figure 1.)
Figure 1. Types of earth-covered magazines
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