EXPLANATION OF TERMS - TM-9-1300-2770134

TM 9-1300-277

requirements of a mound will be applicable to the single

classification of ammunition; ammunition components

revetted barricade.

and explosives in movement; storage and use to

determine the current degree of serviceability and rate

Site-The locations within a range which are reserved

of deterioration.

Inspections during salvage and

demilitarization operations to assure compliance with

exclusively for use in conducting specific functions

approved standards.

involving munitions. A range may have one or several

sites, i.e., disposal, training, bombing and gunnery, etc.

Toxicity-The property possessed by a material which

Small Arms Ammunition -Ammunition for small arms,

enables it to injure the physiological mechanism of a

i.e., all ammunition up to and including caliber .60, and

living organism by chemical means, with maximum

all gauges of shotgun shells.

effect being death.

Solid Propellants-Low explosives used to propel

Unbarricaded-Without effective barricade between

projectiles, rockets, etc., and to generate gases for

magazines, operating buildings, stacks, etc., opposed

powering auxiliary devices.

one to another.

Standard Igloo Magazine-An earth-covered, arch-type

Waiver-Written authority from a theater commander,

magazine, with or without a separate door barricade,

permitting deviation from a mandatory rule for a limited

constructed according to an approved standard drawing.

time, pending correction of the condition, or written

authority from an installation commander, permitting

Static Fire-Firing, or functioning as designed, a munition

deviation from an advisory provision. The latter type,

in a hold-down position.

local waivers, are also granted for specific periods of

time.

Static Test Stand-Locations whereon liquid propellant

Warhead or Warhead Section That portion of a rocket

engines or solid propellant motors are tested in place.

or guided missile containing the high explosives charge

Storage Compatibility-A relationship between different

or other destructive agent.

items of ammunition, explosives, and other dangerous

materials whose characteristics are such that a quantity

Warning-An operating procedure, practice, etc., which if

of two or more of the items stored or transported

not correctly followed, could result in injury to personnel

together is no more hazardous than a comparable

or loss of life.

quantity of any one of the items stored alone.

Wind Direction Indicator-Weather vanes, smoke pots,

Substantial Dividing Wall-An interior wall designed to

smoke grenades or similar devices used for indicating

prevent simultaneous detonation of quantities of

the direction the wind is blowing.

explosives on opposite sides of the wall.

Wind Velocity Indicator-An anemometer.

Surveillance/Quality

Assurance-The

observation,

inspection, test, evaluation, and condition code

B-10