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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Description of Munitions in the Blue Grass Army Depot Stockpile." National Research Council. 2002. Analysis of Engineering Design Studies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons at Blue Grass Army Depot. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10509.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Description of Munitions in the Blue Grass Army Depot Stockpile." National Research Council. 2002. Analysis of Engineering Design Studies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons at Blue Grass Army Depot. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10509.
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Appendix A Description of Munitions in the Blue Grass Army Depot Stockpile

Figures A-1 through A-3 are cutaway drawings of the 155-mm shell, the 8-inch howitzer, and the 115-mm rocket. Information is also included on the size, weight, energetics, and packaging of each projectile.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Description of Munitions in the Blue Grass Army Depot Stockpile." National Research Council. 2002. Analysis of Engineering Design Studies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons at Blue Grass Army Depot. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10509.
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FIGURE A-1 A 155-mm howitzer projectile, M110, H/HD; M121A1, VX. The drawing typifies projectiles of this sort. SOURCE: U.S. Army (1983).

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Description of Munitions in the Blue Grass Army Depot Stockpile." National Research Council. 2002. Analysis of Engineering Design Studies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons at Blue Grass Army Depot. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10509.
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FIGURE A-2 An 8-in. howitzer projectile, M426, GB. The drawing typifies projectiles of this sort. SOURCE: U.S. Army (1983).

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Description of Munitions in the Blue Grass Army Depot Stockpile." National Research Council. 2002. Analysis of Engineering Design Studies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons at Blue Grass Army Depot. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10509.
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FIGURE A-3 A 115-mm rocket, M55, GB, VX. The drawing typifies a rocket of this sort. SOURCE: Feinberg (2001).

REFERENCES

Beth Feinberg, Office of the Project Manger for Alternative Technologies and Approaches, Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization, Briefing to the Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program, Irvine, Calif., March 28, 2001.


U.S. Army. 1983. Final Demilitarization Plan for Operation of the Chemical Agent Munitions Disposal System (CAMDS) at the Tooele Army Depot, Utah, June. Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.: USATHAMA.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Description of Munitions in the Blue Grass Army Depot Stockpile." National Research Council. 2002. Analysis of Engineering Design Studies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons at Blue Grass Army Depot. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10509.
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