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AFMAN 24-204(I)/TM 38-250/NAVSUP PUB 505/MCO P4030.19H/ DLAI 4145.3
11 DECEMBER 2001
A27.3. Ammunition for Small Arms with Incendiary Projectiles and Ammunition for Small Arms with
Explosives Projectiles. Package in strong wooden or metal containers approved by military specifications or
drawings not to exceed 175 pounds gross weight.
A27.4. Black Powder and Low Explosives.
A27.4.1. Metal kegs, DOT 1, not less than 7 inches long. Net weight not less than 6 ¼ pounds and no more than
150 pounds.
A27.4.2. Wooden boxes, DOT 14, 15A, 16A, or 19B with inside fiber or metal containers, not over 1 ½ pound
capacity each, or cotton bags at least 4-ounce cotton duck not over 25-pounds capacity each. The maximum gross
weight must be 140 pounds for DOT 14 and 200 pounds for DOT 15A, 16A, or 19B wooden boxes.
A27.4.3. Wooden boxes, DOT 14, 15A, 16A, or 19B with inside cylindrical fiber cartridge not over 5 inches in
diameter nor over 18 inches long, with fiber at least 0.05 inch thick paraffined on outer surface, with joints securely
glued or cemented, or strong paraffined paper cartridges not over 12 inches long authorized only for compressed
pellets (cylindrical block) seven-eighths of an inch or more in diameter. Boxes must be completely lined with strong
paraffined paper, or other suitable waterproofed material, without joints or other openings at the bottom or sides.
Authorized gross weight must not be over 75 pounds.
A27.4.4. Fiberboard boxes, DOT 12H, 23F, or 23H, with inside cylindrical fiber cartridges not over 5 inches in
diameter nor over 18 inches long, with fiber at least 0.05 inch thick paraffined on outer surface with joints securely
glued or cemented, or strong paraffined paper cartridges not over 12 inches long authorized only for compressed
pellets (cylindrical block) seven-eighths of an inch or more in diameter. Authorized gross weight must not be over
65 pounds.
A27.4.5. Black Powder (not low explosive), in addition to containers specified above, may be shipped in the
following specification containers:
A27.4.5.1. Wooden boxes, DOT 14, 15A, 16A, or 19B with inside cloth or paper bags not over 25 pounds net
weight. The completed shipping package must be capable of withstanding a drop of 4 feet without rupture of inner
or outer containers. The completed package must not contain more than 50 pounds net weight of black powder.
A27.4.5.2. Fiberboard boxes, DOT 12H, 23F, or 23H with inside cloth, paper, or securely closed polyethylene bags
constructed of material not less than 0.004 inch thick. The maximum net weight must not exceed 25 pounds for
cloth or paper bags and 50 pounds for polyethylene bags. Inside fiber or metal containers not over 1 pound net
capacity each may be used, provided the completed shipping package is capable of withstanding a drop of 4 feet
without rupture of the inner or outer containers. The tubes of the box may be eliminated and a single tube as
specified in DOT 23F may be substituted. The completed package must not contain more than 50 pounds net weight
of black powder.
A27.4.6. Black pellet powder, primed with the electric squib, secured inside the coaxial hole of the pellet powder
(with loose ends of the wire of the squib effectively short-circuited) may be shipped in wooden boxes, DOT 14,
15A, 16A, or 19B with inside strong paraffined paper cartridges not over 12 inches long, and authorized only for
compressed pellets (cylindrical block) seven-eighths of an inch or more in diameter. Boxes must be lined as
prescribed for cylindrical fiber cartridges. Gross weight must be not be over 65 pounds.
A27.4.7. Low explosives (not black powder), in addition to the containers specified, may be shipped in the
following specification containers:
A27.4.7.1. Wooden boxes, DOT 14, 15A, 16A, or 19B with strong paper bags not over 25 pounds capacity. Gross
weight of DOT 15A or 16A boxes must not be over 200 pounds. Gross weight of DOT 14 box must not be over 140
pounds.
A27.4.7.2. Fiberboard boxes. DOT 12H, 23F, 23H, with inside strong paper bags not over 25 pounds capacity.
Gross weight must not be over 65 pounds.
A27.4.7.3. Wooden boxes, DOT 15A or 19B, lined with paper, DOT 2L. Authorized for rods or cylinders not less
than five-eighths of an inch in diameter.
A27.5. Detonators, Class A Explosives and Detonators, Class C Explosives. Detonators must fit snugly in
strong inside packaging and must be snugly overpacked in outside containers as specified in A27.5.1 and A27.5.2
below.
- For devices containing no more than 10 grams of explosives (excluding ignition and delay charges):
- No more than 50 devices may be packed in one inside packaging and no more than 500 devices may be
packed in one outside packaging.
- The gross weight of the completed package must not be over 150 pounds or the gross weight permitted
by the specification for the outside packaging used, whichever is less.
