Ammunition and Explosive Storage Magazines
RC Box, with Non-Propogating Walls Modular Ready Magazine (MRM)
| Magazine MCE | ECM Designation | Designer & Drawing Number | DDESB Approval Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 | Undefined | NFESC RC Box, with internal non-propogating walls. Modular Ready Magazine (MRM) | 31-Jul-97 |
Documentation -
- Approval Letter
(PDF 428 KB, 2 pgs) - Basis of Design
(PDF 2.5 MB, 64 pgs)
Comments -
The allowable NEW for each of the five bays in the MRM is 500 pounds HD 1.1. The internal non-propagating walls limit the MCE to 500 pounds NEW. The ESQD associated with this ECM design is 1,250 out the front and 700 feet for the sides and rear. Constructed at MCAS Kaneohe Bay.
Designer Considerations -
The MRM is a five-cell ECM designed to store one, loaded AERO 51 trailer in each cell. The only ordnance items permitted within the cells are MK50 Torpedoes; GM Tactical Penguin; Sonobuoy HE, SSQ-110; GM Tactical Maverick; Bomb, GP MK 82; Bomb, GP MK 83; Bomb, Rockeye MK 20; MK 46 Torpedo (MK 103 Warhead); and GM Tactical Harpoon Missile. Other limitations are: the maximum height from the floor of any ordnance item is 6.5 feet; a 1.5-foot separation distance is required between weapon and walls; a stand-off of 1- foot is required from the floor; bombs cannot be fuzed while in MRM storage; and the Maverick and MK 50 Torpedo (directed energy weapons) must be oriented so that their directed effects are towards the front or back wall of the MRM. The Basis for Design of the MRM, constructed at MCAS Kaneohe, HI, is found in NFESC Technical Report TR-2056-SHR, May 96.
Magazines (Earth-Covered and Above Ground) and Containers with Reduced News and/or Reduced QD
