US Army, Technical Manual, TM 9-1305-201-34, SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION TO 30 MILLIMETER INCLUSIVE, (FEDERAL SUPPLY CLASS 1305), 1994

US Army, Technical Manual, TM 9-1305-201-34, SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION TO 30 MILLIMETER INCLUSIVE, (FEDERAL SUPPLY CLASS 1305), 1994

Scope
a. This is one of a series of manuals on maintenance of small arms ammunition. (Federal Supply Class 1305 which includes ammunition through 30 millimeter.) Information in this manual is limited to the responsibilities of direct and genera support maintenance personnel.

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
Section I. General
1-1. Scope
1-2. Forms, Records, and Reports
Section II. Description and Data
1-3. General
Section III. Safety, Care, and Handling
1-4. General
CHAPTER 2. TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
2-1. General
2-2. Packing Materials, Accessories and Tools
2-3. Fabricated Tools and Equipment
CHAPTER 3. INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS
Section I. General
3-1. Inspection and Purpose
3-2. Ammunition Surveillance Program
3-3. Inspection Methods
3-4. General Inspection Procedure
3-5. Inspections
Section II. Classification of Material Defects
3-6. Method of Classifying Defects
3-7. Acceptable Quality Level (AQL)
3-8. In-Process and Final Inspection
3-9. Disposition of Lots
CHAPTER 4. MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES
Section I. Introduction
4-1. General
4-2. Direct Support Maintenance
4-3. General Support Maintenance
4-4. Unpacking and Repacking
4-5. Inspection
CHAPTER 4 MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES - Continued
Section II. Cleaning
4-6. Ammunition of Caliber .50 and Less
4-7. Ammunition above Caliber .50
4-8. Components
Section III. Repair
4-9. Packaging Materials
Section IV. Touchup, Painting, and Marking
4-10. General
4-11. Touchup
4-12. Painting
4-13. Color Coding of Boxes With Light Loads
4-14. Marking
APPENDIX A REFERENCES
APPENDIX B PACKING MATERIALS, ACCESSORIES, AND TOOLS
APPENDIX C EXPENDABLE AND DURABLE ITEMS LIST
APPENDIX D MARKING FOR CARTRIDGES



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
3-1 Twist inspection
3-2 Case defects
3-3 M791 APDS-T ammunition
3-4 M919 APFSDS-T ammunition
3-5 M792 HEI-T ammunition
3-6 M793 TP-T ammunition
3-7 M910 TPDS-T ammunition
4-1 Box, wirebound
4-2 Typical markings on metal packing box
4-3 Typical packing and marking for 5.56mm ammunition box
4-4 Typical packing and marking for 7.62mm cartridges NATO boxes and cartons
4-5 Typical markings on M21 can
4-6 Typical packing and markings for linked 20mm in M21 and box Mark 1
4-7 Typical packing and marking for 20mm cartridges in can M21 and box M23
4-8 Link 20mm cartridges packed in shipping and storage container M528
4-9 Typical markings on shipping and storage container M548
4-10 Typical markings for container, PA125
4-11 Palletizing
D-1 Typical marking for Cartridge 20mm HEI, M56A3
D-2 Typical markings for cartridge 20mm HEI-T-SD, M246
D-3 Typical markings for cartridge 25mm; APDS-T, M791
D-4 Typical markings for cartridge 25mm HEI-T, M792
D-5 Typical markings for cartridge 25.4mm Decoy, M839
D-6 Typical markings for cartridge 30mm TP, XM788
D-7 Typical markings for cartridge 20mm, MPT-SD, M940
D-8 Typical marking for Cartridge 25mm, TPDS-T, M910

LIST OF TABLES
3-1 Classification of Material Defects
3-2 Inspection Criteria for 25MM Ammunition