- Author
- Finnerty, A. E.
- Title
- Fire Tests of Ammunition in Wooden Boxes. Final Report. October 1989-September 1990.
- Coporate
- Army Ballistic Research Lab., Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
- Report
- BRL-MR-3936, August 1991, 30 p.
- Distribution
- AVAILABLE FROM National Technical Information Service (NTIS), Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, VA 22161. Telephone: 1-800-553-6847 or 703-605-6000; Fax: 703-605-6900. Website: http://www.ntis.gov
- Keywords
- ammunition | fire tests | intumescent coatings | wood | firestops | paints | blankets
- Identifiers
- ammunition containers; Zero Wood; thermal blanket
- Abstract
- Five approaches were tested in an attempt to find a low cost method which would substantially reduce the tendency of ammunition to burn. All tests involved 105-mm, semifixed artillery rounds in wooden boxes. Various methods were used to protect the boxes of ammunition. The most successful approach involved a surface coating applied to both the insides and outsides of the boxes. The cellulosic tubes, which contained the ammunition inside the boxes, were also treated. A close second in performance was a simple treatment (two coats) of the exterior only of the boxes with an intumescent paint. A thermal insulating blanket designed to be placed over untreated boxes of ammunition did not perform up to expectations in inhibiting the spread of fire.