384AFMAN 24-204(I)/TM 38-250/NAVSUP PUB 505/MCO P4030.19H/ DLAI 4145.311 DECEMBER 2001A27.24.12.1. Wooden boxes or wooden boxes fiberboard lined, DOT 15A, 15B, or 15E, with inside polyethylenebottles having taped screw cap closures, not over 1-gallon capacity each. Each bottle must be entirely containedwithin a polyethylene or other suitable plastic bag formed of material not less than 0.004-inch thickness, with endssecurely closed. Each bottle in the plastic bag must be enclosed in a tight metal container, and be surrounded on allsides with at least 2 inches of incombustible cushioning material. Cans in the outside box must also be cushionedfrom each other and the sides, top, and bottom of the container.A27.24.12.2. Metal barrels or drums, DOT 5B, 6B, 6C, 6D, or 17C, with inside polyethylene, DOT 2S, containerpacked inside a strong, tight metal drum and securely closed, or inside glass-lined aluminum carboy not over a 12-gallon capacity. Inside steel or glass-lined carboy must be surrounded on all sides with at least 2 inches ofincombustible absorbent cushioning material uniformly distributed. Polyethylene containers are authorized only forliquids that do not react dangerously with plastic or result in container failure.- Containers must not be entirely filled; sufficient interior space must be left vacant to prevent leakage ordistortion of containers due to expansion of the contents from increased temperatures during transit.A27.24.13. Propellant Explosives (solid) with small arms primers, must be packed as follows:A27.24.13.1. Inside containers must be tightly closed metal cans or fiber containers, not over 1-pound each or notcontaining more than one-grain of propellant (not exceeding 5 pounds each). The inside container must be packedto prevent movement within the outside container.A27.24.13.2. Not more than 1,000 small arms packed as prescribed in A26.7.3. may be included in one outsideshipping container with solid propellant explosives. The inside container must be packed to prevent movementwithin outside container.A27.24.13.3. Wooden boxes, DOT 15A, 15B, 15C, or 19B.A27.24.13.4. Fiberboard boxes, DOT 12B, 23F, or 23H. Not more than 10 pounds of propellant explosives may beshipped in one outside container.A27.24.14. Document destroyer with starter must be packaged as follows:A27.24.14.1. Metal or fiber drums with inside containers and items consisting of five 20-pound packages of sodiumnitrate in kraft bags lined with polyethylene; 2 pounds of sodium nitrate, 0.2-0.4 percent Anticaking TricalciumPhosphate, and 2 pounds of sugar mixed with ¼ pound of charcoal in kraft bags lined with polyethylene; TwoIgniter Incendiary M-25 consisting of the M-201A1 fuse adapted to the M-1 fire starter approximately 1 inch indiameter by 2 ½ inches high cellulose acetate body filled with petroleum jell; one 24-inch two mesh wire screen;safety matches. Net weight of contents must not be more than 120 pounds.A27.24.14.2. Metal drums (Army drawing D-4 11-34) with inside fiber drums and items consisting of sodiumnitrate, a 2-inch tube filled with charcoal, sodium nitrate, and sugar. The inside drum is positioned to form a 2-inchannulus which is filled with sodium nitrate.A27.25. Rocket Ammunition with (Inert Loaded Projectiles, Solid Projectiles, Empty Projectiles, ExplosiveProjectiles, Gas Projectiles, Smoke Projectiles, Incendiary Projectiles, or Illuminating Projectiles).Pack instrong wooden or metal containers or aluminum containers approved by military specification or drawings.A27.26. Small Arms Ammunition and Small arms Ammunition, Tear Gas Cartridges. Pack in pasteboard orother inside boxes, or in partitions designed to fit snugly in the outside container, or pack in metal clips. Thepartitions and metal clips must be designed to protect the primers from accidental damage. The inside boxes,partitions, and metal clips must be packed in securely closed strong outside wooden or fiberboard boxes or metalcontainers. Blank industrial power load cartridges may be packed in bulk in securely closed fiberboard boxes.A27.27. Toy Caps.Toy caps must not contain more than an average of ¼ grain of explosive composition per cap,and must be packed in inside packages constructed of paperboard not less than 0.013-inch thick, or metal not lessthan 0.008-inch thick, or noncombustible plastic not less than 0.015-inch thick. The material must provide acomplete enclosure, and the minimum dimensions of each side or end of such package must be not less than 1/8 ofan inch in height.- The number of caps in an inside package must be limited so that not more than 10 grains of explosivecomposition is packed into 1 cubic inch of space, and not more than 17.5 grains of explosive composition oftoy caps is packed in any inside container.A27.27.1. Pack Toy Caps In:A27.27.1.1. Wooden boxes, DOT 15A, 15B, 16A, 19A, or 19B. Gross weight must not be over 150 pounds.A27.27.1.2. Fiberboard boxes, DOT 12B. Gross weight must not be over 65 pounds.A27.27.1.3. Wooden boxes in good condition, and weighing not more than 100 pounds gross.
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