Descriptive name of article

Ammunition for cannon with explosive projectiles. Ammunition for cannon with gas projectiles. Ammunition for cannon with smoke projectiles. Ammunition for cannon with incendiary projectiles.

Ammunition for cannon with illuminating projectiles.

Characteristic properties, cautions, markings required

Ammunition for cannon is all fixed, semi-fixed, or separate-loading ammunition fired from a cannon, mortar, gun, howitzer, or recolless rifle as distinguished from ammunition fired from a device such as a pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun or similar firearm.

Fixed ammunition assembled in a unit consisting of the cartridge case containing the propelling charge and pri mer, and the projectile or shell, fuzed or unfuzed. Detonating fuzes, tracer fuzes, explosive or ignition devices, or fuze parts with explosives contained therein must not be assembled in ammunition or included in the same outside package unless shipped by, for, or to the Departments of the Army, Navy, or Air Force of the United States Government or unless of a type approved by the Department of Transportation.

Each outside package must be plainly marked with the appropriate descriptive name of the contents as: "Ammunition for cannon with explosive projectiles." "Ammunition for cannon with gas projectiles." "Ammunition for cannon with smoke projectiles." "Ammunition for cannon with incendiary projectiles" or "Ammunition for cannon with illuminating projectiles.', Ammunition, nonexplo- Nonexplosive ammunition is

sives.

defined as a device which contains no explosives or other dangerous articles, such as cartridges cases, dummy or drill cartridges; empty, sand loaded or solid projectiles with or without tracers (containing not in excess of one ounce of tracer composition), empty mines, empty bombs, solid projectiles, empty torpedoes, or practice bombs. It also includes devices containingno explosives, or other dangerous articles, except installed electric squibs, primers, propellants or thermal batteries required for the activation of the device, provided that it has been proven by test that when Initiated the full energy release is contained within the outside shipping container. Rotating bands should be protected against deformatlon by method or packing or loading.

Ammunition-Projectiles, grenades, bombs, mines and torpedoes: Explosive projectiles...

Explosive hand grenades.

Explosive rifle grenades.

Explosive bombs...

Explosive mines....

Shells, projectiles, warheads, or rocket heads, loaded with explosives or bursting charges, with or without other materials, for use in cannons, guns, tubes, mortars or other firing or launching devices.

Small metal or other contain

ers designed to be thrown by hand or projected from a rifle.

They are filled with an explosive or a liquid, gas, or solid material such as a toxic or tear gas or an incendiary or smoke producing material and a bursting charge. When shipped without explosives or bursting charges, see "Chemical ammunition, Class A or B poisons", as set forth in §§ 146.25-100 and 146.25-200. For tear gas grenades see § 146.25-300. Metal or other containers filled with explosives. They are used in warfare and include aeroplane bombs and depth bombs.

Metal or composition containers filled with high explosives.

Explosive torpedoes.... Metal devices containing a

means of propulsion and a quantity of high explosives. DOT packing regulations require that detonating fuzes, tracer fuzes, explosive or ignition devices, bouchons, or fuze parts with explosives contained therein must not be assembled in explosive projectiles, explosive grenades, explosive bombs, explosive mines, explosive torpedoes, or included in the same outside package with these articles unless shipped by, for or to the Departments of the Army, Navy, or Air Force of the U. S. Government or unless of a type approved by the Bureau of Explosives. Each outside package or each projectile, bomb, mine or torpedo that is shipped unboxed must be plainly marked with the appropriate descriptive name of the contents as: "Explosive projectile," "Explosive torpedo," "Explosive mine," "Explosive bomb," "Hand grenades or "Rifle gre.

nades."

Outside containers: Strong wooden or metal boxes. Gross weight of a box containing more than one projectile, grenade, bomb or mine must not exceed 250 lb. Explosive bombs packed more than one per shipping container having gross weights not in excess of 1400 pounds may be shipped by, for, or to the Departments of the Army, Navy and Air Force of the United States Government. Explosive projectiles, explosive torpedoes, explosive mines, or explosive bombs, exceeding 90 lbs. in weight, and explosive projectiles of not less than 4% inches in diameter, may be shipped without being boxed only by, for, or to the Departments of the Army, Navy and Air Force of the United States Government when securely blocked and braced in accordance with methods approved by the Bureau of Explosives.