Ammunition and Explosive Storage Magazines

by Transystems Corporation (Compiled for the Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC))

Steel Arch ANG-DWG-00-001

Comments -
This is a 26 foot X 60 foot ECM containing 3 barricaded cells.

Designer Considerations -
Approved for up to 425 pounds NEW HD 1.1. of Sensitivity Group (SG) 1 through 4 per cell as permitted by DDESB-KT memo of 30 Sep. 2002, subject: Approval of Multi-Barricaded Storage Cell. Magazine Design ANG-DWG-00-001. The conditions and restrictions established for ANG-DWG-00-001 also apply to ANG-DWG-94-001, ANG-DWG-94-002, ANG-DWG-96-001, and ANG-DWG-99-001, ANG-DWG-00-001.Those designs all have layouts that provide multiple internal cells, separated by sand- filled (2.5 feet sand thickness) Styrofoam walls (Blast Tamer). Those internal walls prevent prompt propagation thereby allowing the ECM's MCE to remain the largest explosive quantity in one cell, not to exceed 425 lbs. A QD of 250 feet applies from the sides of these ECM. A 700-foot QD arc applies from the front sector of these ECM, except with one exception. When the MCE is 150 pounds of HD 1.1 or less, a 500-foot QD arc can be used from the front sector of these ECM. The front sector of the ECM is defined by arcs of plus and minus 15 degrees, drawn normal to the door. When SG 5 munitions are placed inside any cell. A minimum of 3 feet of sand is required to separate the SG 5 from munitions in adjacent cells. A layer of sandbags can be used to augment the existing Blast Tamer wall in order to obtain the thickness requirement.

Magazines (Earth-Covered and Above Ground) and Containers with Reduced News and/or Reduced QD