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

Explosive hand nades.

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Explosive rifle nades.

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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 ex-
plosive 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 ex-
plosives 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 in-
clude aeroplane bombs and
depth bombs.
Metal or composition con-
tainers filled with high ex-
plosives.

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 grenades."

Stowage: Magazine or in a compartment entirely allotted for stowage of these articles, which compartment may be located: "On deck under cover." "Tween decks," or "Under deck."

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 434 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.

Descriptive name of article

Ammunition chemical, explosive. Includes such explosive ammunition as: gas projectiles, smoke projectiles, incondiary projectiles, illuminating projectiles, gas bombs, smoke bombs, incendiary bombs, gas grenades, smoke grenades, and incendiary grenades. Also miscellaneous apparatus, such as: cloud-gas cylinders, smoke generators, etc., used to project chemicals.

Ammunition for small arms with incendiary projectiles Ammunition for small arms with explosive projectiles.

Table A-Classification: Class A;

Characteristic properties, cautions, markings required

Label required

Chemical ammunition used in warfare is all kind of explosive chemical projectiles, shells, bombs, grenades, etc., loaded with toxic, tear, or other gas, smoke or incendiary agent; also such miscellaneous apparatus as cloud-gas cylinders, smoke generators, etc., that may be utilized to project chemicals.

These articles must be shipped in accordance with the requirements for "Ammuni tion-Projectiles, grenades, bombs, mines and torpedoes."

Fixed ammunition of caliber 20 millimeter to be used in machine guns or cannons, and consists of a metallic cartridge case, the primer and the propelling charge, with explosive of incendiary projectile with or without detonating fuze, the component parts necessary for one firing being all in one assembly.

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, and 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 "AMMUNI TION FOR SMALL ARMS WITH EXPLOSIVE PROJECTILES" or "AMMUNITION FOR SMALL ARMS WITH INCENDIARY PROJECTILES".

Required conditions for transportation

Cargo vessel

When chemical elements of ammanition are shipped assembled with their detonating fuzes or bursting charges, they must be shipped in conformity with the regulations prescribed for “Ammunition projectiles, grenades, bombs, mines and torpedoes", Class A. For shipment of these articles assembled with their ignition elements or expelling charges but without detonating or bursting charges see "Fireworks, special," section 146.20200-Table B-Class B explosives.

For shipment of these articles not containing ignition elements, bursting charges, detonating fuzes, or other explosive components, see "Chemical ammunition (containing class A poisons, liquids, от gases.)" "Chemical ammunition (containing class B poisons, liquids, or gases.)" or "Chemical ammunition (containing class C poisons, liquids, gases, or solids)." Stowage: Magazine..

Outside containers: Strong wooden or metal containers. The gross weight of the outside package must not exceed 150 lb.