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INDEX

ITEM PAGE(S)

GENERAL NOTES AND MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2-4

DETAILS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5

TYPICAL UNITIZATION DETAILS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6-7

LESS-THAN-FULL-LAYER UNIT LOADS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8-9

TYPICAL FILLER ASSEMBLIES - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10

APPROVED, COMBAT CAPABILITIES DEVELOPMENT

COMMAND ARMAMENTS CENTER

APPROVED, U.S. ARMY JOINT MUNITIONS COMMAND

APPROVED BY ORDER OF COMMANDING GENERAL,

U.S. ARMY MATERIEL COMMAND

U.S. ARMY DEFENSE AMMUNITION CENTER

PROJECT

FSA 16-59

DRAWING

19-48-4015

GENERAL NOTES

A. THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED AND ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AR

740-1 AND AUGMENTS TM 743-200-1 (CHAPTER 5) AND CONFORMS TO MIL-STD-

1660.

B. APPROVED SPECIFICATIONS, COVERING THE ASSEMBLAGE AND UNITIZATION OF

BOX-PACKED WHITE PHOSPHORUS (WP) OR PLASTICIZED WHITE PHOSPHORUS

(PWP) FILLED AMMUNITION INTO UNIT LOADS, ARE SET FORTH IN THIS DRAWING.

THIS DRAWING WILL BE CONSIDERED THE BASIC DOCUMENT FOR THE UNITIZA-

TION OF WP AND PWP FILLED AMMUNITION ITEMS PACKED IN BOXES. THIS

DOCUMENT INCLUDES MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS AND UNITIZING STANDARDS

APPLICABLE TO UNITIZATION, PLUS INFORMATION RELATIVE TO TYPICAL POSI-

TIONING OF BOXES ON A PALLET AND INSTALLATION OF UNITIZING STEEL

STRAPPING. FOR TYPICAL UNITIZATION PROCEDURES SEE PAGES 6 AND 7. AD-

DITIONALLY, PROCEDURES FOR LESS-THAN-FULL-LAYER UNIT LOADS ARE DE-

LINEATED ON PAGES 8 AND 9.

C. APPENDICES PERTAINING TO THIS BASIC DOCUMENT WILL BE ISSUED SEPA-

RATELY. ALL APPENDICES, HOWEVER, ARE A PART OF THIS BASIC PROCEDURE

DRAWING. EACH APPENDIX WILL COVER THE APPROVED CONFIGURATION FOR

A UNIT LOAD, THE SPECIFIC UNITIZATION SPECIFICATIONS AND THE PERTINENT

TABULAR DATA FOR ONE ITEM OF AMMUNITION OR FOR A CATEGORY OF AM-

MUNITION ITEMS.

D. ALL WP AND PWP FILLED AMMUNITION COVERED BY THIS DRAWING AND ITS

SEPARATELY ISSUED APPENDICES WILL BE PLACED ON THE PALLET IN THE

NOSE-END UP CONFIGURATION, EXCEPT FOR RIFLE GRENADES, 3.5” ROCKETS,

AND 2.75” ROCKET WARHEADS AND ROCKETS. RIFLE GRENADES AND 3.5”

ROCKETS WILL BE PALLETIZED IN A NOSE-END DOWN CONFIGURATION. 2.75”

COMPLETE ROCKETS, ASSEMBLED OR UNASSEMBLED, AND 2.75” ROCKET WAR-

HEADS ARE TO BE PALLETIZED IN SUCH A MANNER SO AS TO BE MOST CON-

DUCTIVE TO SAFE HANDLING, SHIPPING AND STORAGE PRACTICES. 2.75” COM-

PLETE ROCKETS AND/OR 2.75” ROCKET WARHEADS DO NOT HAVE TO BE PAL-

LETIZED IN A NOSE-END UP OR DOWN (VERTICAL) CONFIGURATION UNLESS

DEEMED SAFER AND MORE ECONOMICAL THAN HORIZONTAL PALLETIZATION.

NOTE: HORIZONTAL ITEM ORIENTATION ON A PALLET IS ONLY APPROVED FOR

USE WITH 2.75” COMPLETE ROCKETS, ASSEMBLED OR UNASSEMBLED, AND 2.75”

ROCKET WARHEADS.

E. GENERALLY, UNIT LOADS SHOWN IN THE APPENDICES WILL CONFORM TO THE

STANDARDS LISTED BELOW.

1. GROSS WEIGHTS OF PALLETIZED UNIT LOADS ARE BASED ON AN OPTIMUM

WEIGHT OF 2,464 POUNDS, DUE TO MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT CON-

SIDERATIONS. UNLESS SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED BY ANOTHER AUTHORI-

TATIVE DOCUMENT, THE MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION UNIT

LOADS IS 4,000 POUNDS.

2. UNIT LOADS SHOULD NOT EXCEED 44" IN LENGTH BY 54" IN WIDTH FOR

STYLE 1 (40" X 48") PALLETS, 39" IN LENGTH BY 51-1/2" IN WIDTH FOR STYLE

1A (35" X 45-1/2") PALLETS, OR 44" IN LENGTH BY 59" IN WIDTH FOR STYLE 1B

(42" X 53") PALLETS. UNIT LOAD HEIGHT, INCLUDING PALLET HEIGHT,

SHOULD NOT EXCEED 54". ANY OR ALL OF THE STATED DIMENSIONS FOR

THE LENGTH, WIDTH OR HEIGHT OF A UNIT LOAD, HOWEVER, CAN BE IN-

CREASED OR DECREASED, DEPENDING UPON PECULIARITIES OF THE COM-

MODITY BEING UNITIZED AND IDENTIFIABLE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE TO-

TAL COST EFFECTIVENESS THROUGHOUT THE AMMUNITION LOGISTICS SYS-

TEM.

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MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS

PALLET - - - - - - -: MIL SPEC MIL-DTL-15011; 4-WAY ENTRY, STYLE 1,

1A OR 1B, TYPE I, CLASS 1, PRESERVATIVE AND

HEAT TREATED. SEE GENERAL NOTE “KK” ON PAGE

4.

LUMBER - - - - - - -: SEE TM 743-200-1 (DUNNAGE LUMBER) AND VOLUNTARY

PRODUCT STANDARD PS 20 FOR FILLER ASSEMBLIES.

ASTM D 6199; CLASS 2, GROUP II, III, OR IV,

PRESERVATIVE AND HEAT TREATED FOR OTHER DUNNAGE

ASSEMBLIES. NOTE: ONLY GROUP IV LUMBER IN AC-

CORDANCE WITH ASTM D6199 WILL BE ACCEPTABLE FOR

THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PALLET. SEE GENERAL

NOTES "BB" ON PAGE 3 AND “KK” ON PAGE 4.

NAILS - - - - - - -: ASTM F1667; COMMON STEEL NAIL (NLCMS OR

NLCMMS). ALT: UNDERLAYMENT NAIL (NLUL), PAL-

LET NAIL (NLPL), OR COOLER NAIL (NLCL) OF SAME

SIZE. SEE GENERAL NOTE "HH" ON PAGE 4.

PLYWOOD - - - - - -: COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION A-A-55057, INDUS-

TRIAL PLYWOOD, INTERIOR WITH EXTERIOR GLUE,

GRADE C-D. IF SPECIFIED GRADE IS NOT AVAILA-

BLE, A BETTER INTERIOR OR AN EXTERIOR GRADE MAY

BE SUBSTITUTED.

STRAPPING, STEEL - -: ASTM D3953; FLAT STRAPPING, TYPE 1, HEAVY DUTY,

FINISH B (GRADE 2), SIZE 3/4" X .035" OR .031"

OR .029". ALTERNATIVE SIZE 1-1/4" X .035" OR

.031" OR .029". NOTE: IF EDGES DO NOT MEET

THE PREECE TEST FOR GRADE 2, ANY BRITE OR SLIT

EDGES SHALL HAVE FINISH A OVERLAY APPLIED.

SEAL, STRAP - - - -: ASTM D3953; CLASS H, FINISH B (GRADE 2), DOUBLE

NOTCH TYPE, STYLE I, II, III, OR IV. ALTERNA-

TIVE SEAL FINISH: SIGNODE OR DELTA PAINTED

SEALS MAY BE USED AS AN ALTERNATIVE IF ALL SUR-

FACES ARE PAINTED. GRITTED BACKING IS NOT PER-

MITTED.

STAPLE, STRAP - - -: ASTM F1667; STFCS-189 OR STFCS-207, 15/16" OR

1" CROWN WIDTH X 3/4" LEG LENGTH FOR 3/4"

STRAPPING OR STFCS-224, 1-17/32" CROWN WIDTH X

3/4" LEG LENGTH FOR 1-1/4" STRAPPING. SEE GEN-

ERAL NOTE “Q” ON PAGE 3.

(GENERAL NOTES CONTINUED)

3. THE UNIT LOAD SHOULD EITHER BE FLUSH WITH OR SLIGHTLY OVERHANG

THE PALLET ON ALL FOUR SIDES. OVERHANG IS DEFINED AS THE DISTANCE

THAT THE AMMUNITION ITEM PACKAGE(S) EXTENDS BEYOND THE EDGE OF

THE PALLET. WHEN THE EDGE OF THE AMMUNITION ITEM PACKAGE(S) DOES

NOT REACH THE EDGE OF THE PALLET, SPACER ASSEMBLIES OR BATTENS

WILL BE POSITIONED WITHIN THE UNIT LOAD IN ACCORDANCE WITH SPECIFI-

CATIONS OF THE APPLICABLE APPENDIX AND AS TYPICALLY SHOWN ON

PAGE 7. SEE GENERAL NOTE "W" ON PAGE 3.

4. AN AMMUNITION BOX (EXTERIOR PACK) WILL NOT CONTAIN MORE THAN ONE

LOT OF AMMUNITION PER BOX. UNIT LOADS WILL NOT CONTAIN MORE THAN

TWO LOTS PER UNIT LOAD, EXCEPT WHERE REQUIRED FOR BALLISTIC SAM-

PLE SHIPMENT OR FOR TROOP USE AT POST, CAMP OR STATION. SEE GEN-

ERAL NOTE "S" ON PAGE 3, AND GENERAL NOTE "EE" ON PAGE 4 FOR ADDI-

TIONAL GUIDANCE.

5. LESS-THAN-FULL BOXES OF AN AMMUNITION ITEM (LIGHT BOXES) ARE LIM-

ITED TO ONLY ONE LIGHT BOX PER ITEM LOT. A UNIT LOAD WILL NOT CON-

TAIN MORE THAN ONE LIGHT BOX PER ITEM LOT ON A PALLET. ADDITIONAL

REQUIREMENTS ARE SPECIFIED IN THE "PROVISIONS FOR LESS-THAN-FULL-

LAYER UNIT LOADS" ON PAGES 8 AND 9.

6. A UNIT LOAD, SUCH AS THE LAST UNIT LOAD FOR AN AMMUNITION LOT, CAN

BE ASSEMBLED WITH LESS LAYERS THAN SPECIFIED FOR THE BASIC UNIT

LOAD. THE UNIT LOAD CAN ALSO BE ASSEMBLED WITH A PARTIAL TOP LAY-

ER PROVIDING IT IS TO BE SHIPPED WITHIN CONUS TO A DEPOT, DEPOT AC-

TIVITY, POST, CAMP, OR STATION. FOR OCONUS OR FOREIGN MILITARY

SALES (FMS) SHIPMENTS, HOWEVER, THE UNIT LOAD MUST NOT BE ASSEM-

BLED WITH A PARTIAL LAYER. EMPTY BOXES OR FILLER ASSEMBLIES WILL

BE USED TO ACHIEVE FULL-LAYER CONFIGURATION. FOR ADDITIONAL GUID-

ANCE, SEE GENERAL NOTE "G" AND THE "LESS-THAN-FULL LAYER UNIT

LOADS" PROCEDURES ON PAGES 8 AND 9.

F. ANY REQUEST FOR DEVIATION FROM THE STANDARDS DESCRIBED IN GENERAL

NOTE "E" OR FROM THE PROCEDURES DELINEATED IN AN APPENDIX MUST BE

DIRECTED TO THE COMMANDER, DEVCOM ARMAMENTS CENTER, ATTN: FCDD-

ACE-LTP, ROCK ISLAND, IL 61299-7300, FOR SPECIFIC APPROVAL. FOR EXAMPLE,

SPECIFIC APPROVAL MUST BE OBTAINED FOR UNITIZATION OF AN ITEM WHEN

PACKED IN BOXES WHICH ARE DIFFERENT IN SIZE THAN THOSE SHOWN IN THE

APPENDIX FOR THAT ITEM, EVEN THOUGH THE UNIT LOAD MAY COMPLY WITH

THE STANDARDS DESCRIBED IN GENERAL NOTE "E". CONFIGURATION MAN-

AGEMENT PROCEDURES CONTAINED IN MIL-STD-973 DO NOT APPLY TO THIS

DRAWING OR ANY APPENDICES THERETO. OR FOR EXAMPLE, BOXES OR CON-

TAINERS NOT SPECIFICALLY INCLUDED IN THE APPENDICES TO THIS BASIC

DRAWING SHOULD BE PALLETIZED IN GENERAL CONFORMANCE TO THIS DRAW-

ING.

G. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE STATED WITHIN GENERAL NOTE "E.6" ABOVE, UNIT

LOADS MUST ONLY BE MADE UP WITH FULL LAYERS. FOR REDUCED QUANTI-

TIES, HOWEVER, ONE OR MORE FULL LAYERS MAY BE OMITTED, AND/OR A FULL

LAYER MAY CONSIST OF BOXED ITEMS AND A FILLER ASSEMBLY OR AN EMPTY

BOX(ES). SEE THE PROVISIONS FOR "LESS-THAN-FULL-LAYER UNIT LOADS" ON

PAGES 8 AND 9. ONLY ONE UNIT LOAD HAVING A REDUCED QUANTITY OF ITEMS

SHOULD BE PERMITTED PER LOT OF THAT ITEM. EACH LAYER OF BOXES WILL

BE POSITIONED SO AS TO BE CENTERED LENGTHWISE AND WIDTHWISE ON THE

DECK OF THE PALLET. CARE SHALL BE TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT THE BOXES

ARE EVENLY ALIGNED HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY SO THAT THE SIDES

AND ENDS OF THE UNIT LOAD DO NOT EXCEED A 1/2" TOLERANCE, RELATIVE TO

THE PALLET DECK. SEE "UNIT ASSEMBLY TOLERANCES" DETAILS ON PAGE 5.

ALSO, SEE GENERAL NOTE "X" ON PAGE 3 AND THE "TYPICAL FILLER ASSEM-

BLIES" ON PAGE 10.

H. GENERALLY, WHEN UNITIZING BOXES WITH TOP CLEATS, BOXES WILL BE POSI-

TIONED ON THE UNIT LOAD WITH CLEATS UPWARD. IF BOXES ARE OF THE

HINGED-TOP TYPE, THE OUTSIDE BOXES IN THE TOP LAYER WILL BE POSI-

TIONED SO THAT THE HINGES WILL BE INWARD. CAUTION: ROCKETS AND

ROCKET MOTORS IN A PROPULSIVE STATE WILL BE POSITIONED IN THE UNIT

LOAD WITH ALL NOSE ENDS IN ONE DIRECTION. UNIT LOAD STRAPS, IN THESE

INSTANCES, MAY PASS OVER HINGES OF BOXES. ALSO, SEE GENERAL NOTE

"CC" ON PAGE 3.

J. A PLUS-OR-MINUS 1/4" IS ALLOWED ON OVERALL DIMENSIONS OF A FILLER AS-

SEMBLY, SPACER ASSEMBLY OR ANY OTHER DUNNAGE ASSEMBLY. HOWEVER,

SIMILAR PIECES IN AN ASSEMBLY MUST BE WITHIN 1/8" OF THE SAME DIMEN-

SION. AN AMMUNITION BOX (EXTERIOR PACK) WILL NOT CONTAIN MORE THAN

ONE LOT OF AMMUNITION PER BOX.

K. DIMENSIONAL LUMBER SPECIFIED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCEDURAL DRAWING

IS OF NOMINAL SIZE UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. FOR EXAMPLE, 1" X 4" MA-

TERIAL IS ACTUALLY 3/4" THICK BY 3-1/2" WIDE AND 2" X 4" MATERIAL IS ACTUAL-

LY 1-1/2" THICK BY 3-1/2" WIDE.

L. IN ORDER TO OBTAIN COMPACT (SOUND) UNITS, ALL STRAPS SHALL BE LOCAT-

ED IN PROPER ALIGNMENT AND TENSIONED UNTIL THEY CUT INTO THE EDGE OF

THE BOXES AND/OR THE PALLET DECK. AFTER TENSIONING, EACH STRAP WILL

BE SECURED USING ONE SEAL AND TWO PAIR OF NOTCHES PER SEAL. SEE

"ALLOWABLE TOLERANCES FOR ASSEMBLING UNITS" DETAILS ON PAGE 5.

SEALS MAY BE LOCATED ON A SIDE OR ON THE TOP OF THE UNIT, AS REQUIRED

BY OPERATIONAL NECESSITY. ALSO, SEE GENERAL NOTE "JJ" ON PAGE 4 FOR

ACCEPTABLE SEALLESS OR CLIPLESS TOOL INFORMATION.

M. WHEN APPLYING ANY STRAP, CARE MUST BE EXERCISED TO ENSURE THAT THE

END OF THE STRAP ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE JOINT EXTENDS AT LEAST 6"

BEYOND THE SEAL. THIS EXTRA MINIMUM LENGTH OF THE STRAP IS REQUIRED

TO PERMIT SUBSEQUENT TIGHTENING OF LOOSENED STRAPPING. RETENSION-

ING CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT REPLACING STRAPPING OR SPLICING

STRAPPING THROUGH THE USE OF A MANUAL OR PNEUMATIC FEEDWHEEL

TYPE TENSIONING TOOL AND THE APPLICATION OF ONE ADDITIONAL SEAL. SEE

"STRAP RETENSIONING TAB" VIEW ON PAGE 6.

(CONTINUED ON PAGE 3)

(GENERAL NOTES CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2)

N. DETERMINATION OF LENGTH OF STRAPPING. THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS

APPLY:

L = LENGTH OF STRAP REQUIRED IN INCHES

A = LENGTH OF UNIT IN INCHES

W = WIDTH OF UNIT IN INCHES

H = HEIGHT OF UNIT, INCLUDING PALLET, IN INCHES

1. THE LENGTH OF A LOAD STRAP REQUIRED FOR A SPECIFIC UNIT, WHERE

THE STRAP PASSES THROUGH THE STRAP SLOT OR ABOVE THE PALLET

DECK, WILL BE DETERMINED BY USING THE FOLLOWING FORMULA:

L = 2W + 2H + 2".

2. THE LENGTH OF A HORIZONTAL STRAP REQUIRED FOR A SPECIFIC UNIT,

WHERE THE STRAP ENCIRCLES THE UNIT LOAD, WILL BE DETERMINED BY

USING THE FOLLOWING FORMULA: L = 2A + 2W + 12".

3. THE LENGTH OF A TIEDOWN STRAP REQUIRED FOR A SPECIFIC UNIT,

WHERE THE STRAP PASSES UNDER THE PALLET DECK, WILL BE DETER-

MINED BY USING THE FOLLOWING FORMULA: L = 2A + 2H + 2".

O. PALLET UNIT LOADS SHALL BE INSPECTED FOR TORN, DETERIORATED OR

LOOSENED STRAPPING PRIOR TO SHIPPING.

1. TORN OR BROKEN STRAPS SHOULD BE REPLACED BY CONTRACTORS,

BUT MAY BE REPAIRED AT THE DEPOT/FIELD LEVEL BY SPLICING IN A

MANNER SIMILAR TO THAT DESCRIBED IN “O.4(B)” BELOW.

2. DETERIORATION DUE TO A MINOR AMOUNT OF RUST WILL NOT NECES-

SARILY BE CAUSE FOR REPLACING A STRAP. HOWEVER, AN EXTENSIVELY

RUSTED/SCALED/PITTED STRAP IS CAUSE FOR REPLACING THE STRAP.

3. A DAMAGED OR DEFECTIVE SEAL IS SUFFICIENT CAUSE FOR REPLACE-

MENT OF THE SEAL.

4. LOOSE STRAPS SHOULD BE CHECKED FOR DEGREE OF LOOSENESS BY

POSITIONING THE HOOK OF A SCALE (COMMONLY KNOWN AS A FISH

SCALE) BEHIND THE STRAPS NEAR THE MIDPOINT AT THE TOP OR SIDE OF

THE UNIT LOAD. PULL THE SCALE UNTIL A READING OF 20 POUNDS IS OB-

TAINED. THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE BOX AND THE STRAP MUST NOT

EXCEED 1-1/2". IF MEASUREMENT EXCEEDS 1-1/2", THE STRAP MUST BE

TIGHTENED OR REPLACED. SEE PAGE 6 FOR GUIDANCE. TIGHTENING

CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY EITHER OF TWO METHODS.

(A) A STRAP TENSIONING TOOL CAN BE USED IF THE STRAP HAS AT

LEAST A 6" LONG TAB AT THE SEAL. SEE GENERAL NOTE "M" ON PAGE

2.

(B) AN 18" OR LONGER STRAP CAN BE USED AS A SPLICE PIECE. CUT THE

LOOSE STRAP ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ORIGINAL SEAL AND DISCARD

THE CUT OUT SECTION. OVERLAP ONE END OF THE STRAP SPLICE

PIECE TO ONE END OF THE ORIGINAL STRAPPING SO AS TO PRO-

TRUDE SLIGHTLY BEYOND THE END OF THE SEAL TO BE USED. POSI-

TION AND SECURE SEAL TO OVERLAPPED SECTION WITH TWO PAIR

OF NOTCHES. USING A STRAPPING TOOL, TENSION AND SEAL THE

LENGTHENED STRAP. THE STRAP SPLICE PIECE MAY BE CUT FROM

NEW STRAP OR USED STRAP, PROVIDED IT IS AT LEAST OF AS GOOD

A QUALITY AS THE STRAP TO WHICH IT IS BEING SECURED. NOTE:

ONLY ONE SPLICE PER STRAP IS ALLOWED ON UNIT LOADS OF AM-

MUNITION.

5. CAUTION: WHEN A STRAP IS REPLACED/SPLICED OR RETENSIONED, AND

THE OTHER STRAPS ON A UNIT LOAD ARE NOT, CARE MUST BE EXER-

CISED TO ENSURE THAT THE TENSION ON THE AFFECTED STRAP IS NEAR-

LY THE SAME AS THAT OF THE OTHER STRAPS.

P. AMMUNITION UNITIZED PRIOR TO DISTRIBUTION OF THIS DRAWING OR OF AN

APPENDIX THERETO, NEED NOT BE REUNITIZED SOLELY TO CONFORM TO

THE STANDARDS SPECIFIED HEREIN OR TO THE METHOD SHOWN IN AN AUG-

MENTING APPENDIX. HOWEVER, BOX AND STRAP ALIGNMENT MUST CON-

FORM TO THE TOLERANCE STANDARDS SPECIFIED ON PAGE 5 OF THIS

DRAWING BEFORE A UNIT IS ACCEPTABLE FOR SHIPMENT. ALSO, THE CON-

DITION OF THE UNITIZING STRAPPING ON A UNIT LOAD MUST COMPLY WITH

THE CRITERIA OF GENERAL NOTE "O" ABOVE.

Q. ROOFING NAILS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM F1667 NL RF R-02Z MAY BE

USED AS AN ALTERNATE TO STAPLES FOR SECURING STEEL STRAPS TO

BOARDS. NAILS MUST BE APPLIED NEXT TO THE STRAPPING SUCH THAT THE

NAIL HEADS OVERLAP THE STRAPPING. APPLY TWO NAILS IN PAIRS (TO RE-

PLACE ONE STAPLE) ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STRAP, WITH THE SECOND NAIL

APPLIED APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES FROM THE FIRST NAIL.

R. UNIT LOAD MARKING WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DAC

DRAWING ACV00561, UNIT LOAD MARKING FOR SHIPMENT AND STORAGE,

AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVES.

S. IF THE REQUISITION QUANTITY IN SUPPORT OF AN AMMUNITION SHIPMENT IS

LESS THAN A FULL LAYER QUANTITY OF BOXES FOR A UNIT LOAD, THE BOXES

NEED NOT BE PALLETIZED FOR SHIPMENT. THE BOXES MAY BE PALLETIZED,

HOWEVER, FOR ENHANCED HANDLING, CLASSIFIED/SENSITIVE ITEM CONSID-

ERATIONS, ETC., BUT DO NOT REQUIRE FILLER ASSEMBLIES TO COMPLETELY

FILL OUT THE PALLET. NOTE THAT THE METHOD FOR BRACING AND STAYING

ON THE LOOSE OR PALLETIZED BOXES MUST COMPLY WITH THE METHODS

SPECIFIED WITHIN THE APPLICABLE 19-48 SERIES OUTLOADING PROCEDURAL

DRAWING.

T. OUTLOADING AND STORAGE OF PALLET UNITS SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED IN

ACCORDANCE WITH DRAWINGS IDENTIFIED WITHIN AMC DRAWING 19-48-75-5,

OR WITH APPLICABLE PROCEDURAL DRAWINGS AS IDENTIFIED IN THE AP-

PENDICES FOR SPECIFIC UNITS. SOME OF THESE DRAWINGS ARE AVAILABLE

ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.DAC.ARMY.MIL.

U. CONVERSION TO METRIC EQUIVALENTS: DIMENSIONS WITHIN THIS DOCU-

MENT ARE EXPRESSED IN INCHES, AND WEIGHTS ARE EXPRESSED IN

POUNDS. WHEN NECESSARY, THE METRIC EQUIVALENTS MAY BE COMPUTED

ON THE BASIS OF ONE INCH EQUALS 25.4MM AND ONE POUND EQUALS 0.454

KG.

V. WHEN ASSEMBLING A COMPLETE PALLET UNIT, CARE SHALL BE TAKEN TO

ENSURE THAT THE AMMUNITION ITEM PACKAGES AND DUNNAGE ASSEM-

BLIES, AS APPLICABLE, ARE EVENLY ALIGNED SO THAT THE SIDES AND ENDS

OF THE PALLET UNIT DO NOT EXCEED A 1/2" TOLERANCE, RELATIVE TO THE

PALLET. SEE THE "ALLOWABLE TOLERANCES FOR ASSEMBLING UNITS" DE-

TAILS ON PAGE 5.

W. A SPACER ASSEMBLY WILL BE DESIGNED SO THAT BOXES ON EACH SIDE OF

A VOID WITHIN A UNIT LOAD WILL BE BRACED AS STRONGLY AS IF THE VOID

WAS OCCUPIED BY THE BOXES THAT MAKE UP THE UNIT LOAD. ALSO, A

SPACER ASSEMBLY WILL BE DESIGNED IN A MANNER THAT WILL PREVENT

DAMAGE TO ADJACENT BOXES. GENERALLY, VERTICAL PIECES OF AN AS-

SEMBLY WILL BE INSTALLED AT THE OUTER EDGES OF A UNIT LOAD AND AT

LOCATIONS TO BE CENTERED ON ALL VERTICAL JOINTS BETWEEN ADJACENT

STACKS. ADDITIONALLY, AS GENERAL GUIDANCE, HORIZONTAL PIECES OF

AN ASSEMBLY WILL BE INSTALLED AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE TOP

AND BOTTOM LAYERS, RESPECTIVELY, AND AT LOCATIONS TO BE CENTERED

ON ALL HORIZONTAL JOINTS BETWEEN LAYERS. WHEN A SPACER ASSEMBLY

IS REQUIRED TO BE USED WITHIN A UNIT LOAD, THE CONSTRUCTION SPECI-

FICATIONS AND DETAIL WILL BE PROVIDED WITHIN THE APPLICABLE APPEN-

DIX FOR THE ITEM TO BE UNITIZED.

X. FILLER ASSEMBLIES ARE DESIGNED SO AS TO PROVIDE LATERAL AND LONGI-

TUDINAL BRACING WITHIN THE UNIT LOAD EQUIVALENT TO OR GREATER

THAN THE STRENGTH OF THE BOX(ES) BEING OMITTED FROM A LAYER.

WHEN A FILLER ASSEMBLY IS REQUIRED TO BE USED WITHIN A UNIT LOAD,

THE CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS AND DETAILS WILL BE PROVIDED IN

THE APPLICABLE APPENDIX FOR THE ITEM TO BE UNITIZED. SEE THE TYPI-

CAL FILLER ASSEMBLY DETAILS ON PAGE 10.

Y. WHEN UNITIZING ITEMS PACKED IN WIREBOUND BOXES, AN END CLEAT OF A

BOX MAY BREAK OR BECOME DEFORMED TO AN UNACCEPTABLE DEGREE

DUE TO STRAP TENSIONING. IN THE INITIAL ASSEMBLY OF A UNIT LOAD AT A

FACILITY, SUCH AS A MANUFACTURING PLANT, A BOX WITH A BROKEN OR

BADLY DEFORMED END CLEAT WILL BE REPLACED AND THE UNIT RE-

STRAPPED AS REQUIRED. IF IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO INSTALL A UNITIZING

STRAP NEAR A BOX END CLEAT, A 1" X 3" FILLER BLOCK MAY BE PLACED UN-

DER A STRAP TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL STRENGTH FOR THE BOX. THE FILLER

BLOCK LENGTH WILL BE CUT-TO-FIT BETWEEN OPPOSITE CLEATS, AND IT

WILL BE SECURED TO THE STRAP WITH TWO STAPLES. DUNNAGE GRADE OR

A BETTER GRADE LUMBER CAN BE USED FOR FILLER BLOCKS. IF DURING

HANDLING, OUTLOADING OR STORAGE OPERATIONS A UNIT LOAD IS FOUND

WITH A BOX WHICH HAS A BROKEN OR DEFORMED END CLEAT AND A RE-

PLACEMENT BOX IS NOT AVAILABLE OR IT IS DEEMED IMPRACTICAL TO RE-

PLACE THE BOX, AN ACCEPTABLE "FIX" CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY USING A

FILLER BLOCK AS SPECIFIED ABOVE. INSERT A BLOCK BETWEEN CLEATS AT

THE BREAK OR DEFORMATION. RETENSION EXISTING STRAPPING IF POSSI-

BLE OR INSTALL NEW STRAPPING AS REQUIRED. SEE THE "SPECIAL REIN-

FORCEMENT FOR WIREBOUND BOXES" DETAIL ON PAGE 6.

Z. WHEN UNITIZING ITEMS PACKED IN WIREBOUND BOXES, ALLOWABLE OVER-

HANG FOR THE BOXES IS AS FOLLOWS: WIREBOUND BOXES CONTAINING

RECTANGULAR METAL CONTAINERS AS INNER PACKS CAN OVERHANG THE

PALLET AS SPECIFIED IN GENERAL NOTE "E" ON PAGE 2. WIREBOUND BOXES

WITH INNER PACKS OTHER THAN RECTANGULAR METAL CONTAINERS WILL

NOT OVERHANG THE PALLET IN EXCESS OF ONE-HALF THE THICKNESS OF

THE BATTENS OR END CLEATS OF THE BOX, UNLESS SUPPORTED BY DUN-

NAGE MATERIAL FASTENED TO THE PALLET DECK, OR AS SPECIFIED WITH A

SEPARATELY ISSUED APPENDIX.

AA. DIMENSIONS GIVEN FOR DUNNAGE ASSEMBLIES WILL BE FIELD CHECKED

PRIOR TO THEIR ASSEMBLY. THIS GUIDANCE MUST BE APPLIED PRIOR TO

BEGINNING A PALLETIZING OPERATION. ALSO, DUE TO VARIATIONS OF

PACKAGE DIMENSIONS, ADJUSTMENTS MAY BE REQUIRED AS TO THE LOCA-

TION OF CERTAIN PIECES ON DUNNAGE ASSEMBLIES. THESE ASSEMBLIES

SHALL NOT PROTRUDE PAST THE TOP AND/OR SIDES OF THE BOXES.

BB. ALL WOODEN DUNNAGE USED IN UNIT LOADS SHALL BE TREATED WITH EI-

THER TYPE I OR TYPE III WOOD PRESERVATIVE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH AR-

DEC DRAWING 13064136. IF THE DUNNAGE CONSISTS OF MORE THAN ONE

COMPONENT, IT MUST BE ASSEMBLED PRIOR TO TREATMENT. PRESERVATIVE

MARKING SHALL BE APPLIED TO AT LEAST ONE LOCATION ON THE ASSEMBLY

OR COMPONENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 3.3.6 OF ARDEC DRAW-

ING 13064136.

CC. WHEN UNITIZING BOXES WITH TOP CLEATS AND THE BOXES ARE POSITIONED

ON THEIR SIDES, THE BOXES LOCATED IN THE OUTER STACKS MUST HAVE

THE TOP CLEATS TURNED INWARD, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN

DAC DRAWING ACV00561.

(CONTINUED ON PAGE 4)

(GENERAL NOTES CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3)

DD. WHERE 3/4" UNITIZING STEEL STRAPPING IS SPECIFIED FOR USE BY AN AP-

PENDIX THAT AUGMENTS THIS DRAWING, 1-1/4" STRAPPING MAY BE SUBSTI-

TUTED FOR THE 3/4" STRAPPING, PROVIDED THAT TWO BASIC REQUIREMENTS

ARE SATISFIED. ALL OF THE SPECIFICATION CRITERIA SET FORTH UNDER THE

"MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS" FOR THE 3/4" STRAPPING AND STRAP SEALS WILL

BE USED FOR THE 1-1/4" STRAPPING AND SEALS, EXCEPT FOR THE SIZE CRI-

TERION. APPROVAL TO USE THE ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS MUST BE AC-

QUIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GUIDANCE SET FORTH BY GENERAL NOTE

"F" ON PAGE 2 PRIOR TO USING THE 1-1/4" STRAPPING AND SEALS. NOTICE:

REQUESTS TO USE SUBSTITUTE MATERIALS MUST BE HANDLED ON A CASE BY

CASE BASIS. AN APPROVAL TO USE 1-1/4" MATERIALS IS NOT A BLANKET AP-

PROVAL TO ALL APPENDICES.

EE. GENERAL NOTE "E.4" ON PAGE 2 SPECIFIES THAT NO MORE THAN TWO LOTS

OF AMMUNITION WILL BE CONTAINED ON A PALLET UNLESS IN SUPPORT OF

BALLISTIC SAMPLE SHIPMENT OR TROOP USE AT POST, CAMP, OR STATION.

THIS IS INTENDED TO BE APPLIED TO PALLETIZING OPERATIONS BEING PER-

FORMED AT A LOAD, ASSEMBLE AND PACK PLANT OR TO MAJOR MAINTE-

NANCE OPERATIONS BEING PERFORMED AT AN AMMUNITION DEPOT WHEN

THE QUANTITY OF BOXES COMPRISING A LOT IS GREAT ENOUGH TO CON-

STRUCT MORE THAN ONE PALLET UNIT. NOTICE: MULTIPLE (MORE THAN TWO)

LOTS ARE PERMITTED TO BE PALLETIZED TOGETHER AS A UNIT LOAD WHEN A

SINGLE LOT QUANTITY IS INSUFFICIENT TO COMPLETE ONE FULL-SIZE OR RE-

DUCED-LAYER (TO SATISFY A SMALL-QUANTITY SHIPMENT) UNIT LOAD. ADDI-

TIONALLY, MULTIPLE LOTS ON A PALLET MAY CONSIST OF ONE OR MORE

NSNS, PROVIDED ALL ITEMS ARE COMPATIBLE AND THEY ARE BEING SHIPPED

TO A SINGLE CONUS POST, CAMP OR STATION. PALLETS CONTAINING MULTI-

PLE NSNS WILL NOT BE SHIPPED TO CONUS OR OCONUS DEPOTS. MULTIPLE

NSN PALLET UNITS WILL HAVE STEEL STRAPPING APPLIED SIMILAR TO PALLET

STRAPPING GUIDANCE CONTAINED IN THE APPLICABLE ITEM APPENDIX. ALL

ITEM BOXES ON THE PALLET MUST BE RESTRAINED IN SUCH A MANNER TO

PROVIDE A SAFE, SECURE, AND COMPACT PALLET UNIT FOR SHIPMENT. MUL-

TIPLE LOT/NSN UNIT LOADS WILL BE MARKED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DAC

DRAWING ACV00561.

FF. TWO METHODS ARE APPROVED FOR DETERMINING THE AVERAGE WEIGHT

THAT IS TO BE SHOWN ON PALLETIZED UNITS OF AMMUNITION THAT ARE BE-

ING PRODUCED AT LOAD, ASSEMBLE AND PACK PLANTS.

1. PREFERRED METHOD: RANDOMLY SELECT FIVE UNIT LOADS FROM THE CUR-

RENT MONTH'S PRODUCTION. WEIGH EACH UNIT LOAD. THE CALCULATED AV-

ERAGE WEIGHT OF THE FIVE UNIT LOADS (TOTAL WEIGHT OF THE FIVE UNIT

LOADS DIVIDED BY FIVE) WILL BE USED AS THE UNIT LOAD WEIGHT FOR

WHICHEVER IS LESS, EITHER A 60-DAY PERIOD OR UNTIL A DIMENSIONAL OR

CONFIGURATION CHANGE IS MADE TO THE UNIT LOAD.

2. ALTERNATIVE METHOD: RANDOMLY SELECT AND WEIGH FIVE GROUPS OF

UNIT LOAD COMPONENTS (PALLET, STRAPPING, SEALS, SPACER ASSEMBLIES,

BATTENS, ETC.) FROM THE CURRENT MONTH'S PRODUCTION AND ADDING TO

IT THE WEIGHT OF THE LOADED BOXES TO BE PLACED ON THE PALLET. THE

WEIGHT OF THE LOADED BOXES WILL BE DETERMINED BY USING THE FOLLOW-

ING PROCEDURES:

(A) WEIGH FIVE LOADED BOXES INDIVIDUALLY AND RECORD THE TOTAL WEIGHT.

(B) WEIGH THREE INDIVIDUAL GROUPS OF FIVE LOADED BOXES EACH AND REC-

ORD EACH GROUP WEIGHT.

(C) WEIGH THREE INDIVIDUAL GROUPS OF TEN LOADED BOXES EACH AND REC-

ORD EACH GROUP WEIGHT.

(D) TOTAL ALL RECORDED WEIGHTS AND DIVIDE BY 50. THE RESULT IS THE AP-

PROVED LOADED BOX GROSS WEIGHT.

THE APPROVED LOADED BOX GROSS WEIGHT WILL THEN BE MULTIPLIED BY

THE QUANTITY OF BOXES TO BE PLACED ON THE PALLET AND ADDED TO EACH

GROUP OF UNIT LOAD COMPONENTS. THE CALCULATED AVERAGE WEIGHT OF

THE FIVE UNIT LOAD GROUPS (TOTAL WEIGHT OF THE FIVE UNIT LOAD

GROUPS DIVIDED BY FIVE) WILL BE USED AS THE UNIT LOAD WEIGHT FOR

WHICHEVER IS LESS, EITHER A 60-DAY PERIOD OR UNTIL A DIMENSIONAL OR

CONFIGURATION CHANGE IS MADE TO THE UNIT LOAD.

GG. WHEN UN PERFORMANCE ORIENTED PACKAGING (POP) MARKING IS REQUIRED

ON BOXES, THIS MARKING WILL SHOW IN AT LEAST ONE PLACE ON THE UNIT-

IZED LOADS.

HH. COOLER NAILS MAY BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE COMMON NAILS AS SPECIFIED

WITHIN EACH APPENDIX BY APPLYING THE FOLLOWING GUIDANCE. THE NUM-

BER OF COOLER NAILS TO BE USED WILL BE THE NUMBER OF COMMON NAILS

MULTIPLIED BY 1.2 AND ROUNDED UP TO THE NEXT WHOLE NUMBER. THE SIZE

OF THE COOLER NAILS TO BE USED WILL BE THE SAME AS SPECIFIED FOR THE

COMMON NAILS (4d, 6d, 10d, ETC.) BUT WILL CONFORM TO THE SIZE AND

WEIGHT TOLERANCES SPECIFIED WITHIN ASTM F1667 FOR COOLER NAILS.

JJ. REFER TO DAC DRAWING ACV00617 FOR APPROVED SOURCES FOR SEALLESS

(CLIPLESS) SEALING TOOL. THESE APPROVED SEALING TOOLS CAN BE USED

IN PLACE OF SEALS CURRENTLY SPECIFIED IN THE "MATERIAL SPECIFICA-

TIONS" ON PAGE 2.

KK. ALL NON-MANUFACTURED WOOD USED IN PALLETIZED LOAD SHALL BE HEAT

TREATED AND MARKED TO SHOW CONFORMANCE TO THE INTERNATIONAL

PLANT PROTECTION CONVENTION STANDARD (IPPC), ISPM-15. SEE DAC DRAW-

ING ACV00831 FOR ISPM-15 CERTIFICATION MARKING AND PLACEMENT DETAILS.

REVISIONS

REVISION NO. 1, DATED MAY 1985, CONSISTS OF:

1. ADDING GENERAL NOTES “Z” AND “AA”.

2. UPDATING DRAWING TO CONFORM TO CURRENT STANDARDS.

REVISION NO. 2, DATED MAY 1989, CONSISTS OF:

1. UPDATING GENERAL NOTES.

2. ADDING “TYPICAL FILLER ASSEMBLIES” DETAILS ON PAGE 8.

REVISION NO. 3, DATED JUNE 2007, CONSISTS OF:

1. UPDATING DRAWING.

2. UPDATING GENERAL NOTES.

3. CHANGING DRAWING IN ACCORDANCE WITH ECP R07K3003.

REVISION NO. 4, DATED MAY 2011, CONSISTS OF CHANGES PER ECP

R07K3013 INCLUDING:

1. UPDATING GENERAL NOTES.

2. UPDATING DRAWING TO CONFORM TO CURRENT STANDARDS.

REVISION NO. 5, DATED DECEMBER 2016, CONSISTS OF CHANGES PER

ECP MI-R0891 INCLUDING:

UPDATING PALLET CRITERIA IN MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS.

REVISION NO. 6, DATED NOVEMBER 2021, CONSISTS OF CHANGES PER

ECP MI-P1690R2A1 INCLUDING:

ADDING HYDRA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION TO NOTES 2 AND 5 ON PAGE 8

(PAINT AND MARKING).

PAGE 5ALLOWABLE TOLERANCES FOR ASSEMBLING UNITS

UNIT LENGTH VIEW

UNIT WIDTH VIEW

L

DC

INDICATES

STRAP

E

K

B

A

F

J

E

F

C

H

J

G D

INDICATES

STRAP

UNIT TOP VIEW

G

SPECIAL NOTES:

1. DIMENSIONS APPLICABLE TO ALLOWABLE TOLERANCES ARE EXPRESSED IN

INCHES AND IDENTIFIED BY LETTERS AS FOLLOWS.

A = UNIT LENGTH

B = PALLET LENGTH

C = UNIT WIDTH

D = PALLET WIDTH

E = LENGTHWISE OVERHANG = (A-B) / 2 WITH A PLUS OR MINUS 1/2" TOLER-

ANCE FOR EACH LAYER AND FOR EACH STACK

F = ALLOWABLE UNIT LENGTH = "A" PLUS 1/2" MAXIMUM

G = WIDTHWISE OVERHANG = (C-D) / 2 WITH A PLUS OR MINUS 1/2" TOLER-

ANCE FOR EACH LAYER AND FOR EACH STACK

H = ALLOWABLE UNIT WIDTH = "C" PLUS 1/2" MAXIMUM

J = UNIT HEIGHT

K = VERTICAL STRAP ALIGNMENT = J / 40 = MAXIMUM INCHES FROM TRUE

ALIGNMENT (E.G., IF J = 50", K = 50” / 40" = 1-1/4" MAX)

L = TRANSVERSE STRAP ALIGNMENT = C / 40 = MAXIMUM INCHES FROM TRUE

ALIGNMENT (E.G., IF C = 55", L = 55” / 40" = 1-3/8" MAX)

2. BOX ALIGNMENT TOLERANCES APPLY TO EACH LAYER AND TO EACH STACK

RELATIVE TO THE PALLET DECK. SEE GENERAL NOTES "G" ON PAGE 2 AND

"V" ON PAGE 3.

3. STRAPPING TOLERANCES APPLY TO ALL STRAPS AND TO ALL SURFACES

WHICH EACH STRAP ENCOMPASSES, I. E., TOP, BOTTOM, AND BOTH SIDES.

UNIT LENGTH UNIT WIDTH

UNIT HEIGHT

4-WAY ENTRY

PALLET

FILLER BLOCK, 1" X

3" BY CUT-TO-FIT BE-

TWEEN OPPOSITE

END-CLEATS OF BOX.

POSITION UNDER

STRAP.

INDICATES A PREFERRED

LOCATION FOR ALL

UNITIZING STRAPS

(NEAR A CLEAT WHICH

IS PARALLEL TO THE

STRAP).

INDICATES BROKEN

END-CLEAT

INDICATES A

HORIZONTAL STRAP

FILLER BLOCK FOR

HORIZONTAL STRAP

INDICATES

WIREBOUND BOX

TYPICAL PALLET UNIT

SPECIAL REINFORCEMENT FOR WIREBOUND BOXES

SEE GENERAL NOTE “Y” ON PAGE 3.

STRAP RETENSIONING TAB

SEE GENERAL NOTE “M” ON PAGE 2.

INDICATES A TIEDOWN OR

LOAD STRAP THAT CANNOT

BE INSTALLED AT THE PRE-

FERRED LOCATION. STAPLE

STRAP TO FILLER BLOCK

W/2 STAPLES.

STRAP RETENSIONING

TAB. SIX INCH MINIMUM

LENGTH TAB ON END

OF UNDERNEATH STRAP.

OTHER STRAP END

ON TOP SIDE.

STRAP SEAL

STEEL STRAPPING

INDICATES BROKEN

END-CLEAT

INDICATES STAPLE

UNITIZATION NOTES

○1 POSITION BOXES SO THEY ARE CENTERED LENGTHWISE AND WIDTHWISE ON

THE PALLET DECK. IF BOXES ARE OF THE HINGED-TOP TYPE, THE OUTSIDE

BOXES IN THE TOP LAYER WILL BE POSITIONED SO THAT THE HINGES WILL BE

INWARD. SEE GENERAL NOTE "H" ON PAGE 2.

○2 LOAD STRAP, 3/4" X .035" OR .031" OR .029” BY LENGTH TO SUIT STEEL STRAP-

PING (AS REQD). MAY BE INSTALLED THROUGH THE STRAP SLOT OF A PALLET

OR PRE-POSITIONED ON THE PALLET DECK PRIOR TO PLACING BOXES ON THE

PALLET. SEE GENERAL NOTES "L" AND "M" ON PAGE 2, AND "N" ON PAGE 3.

STRAPS SHALL NOT BE PLACED UNDER THE STRINGER BOARDS.

○3 HORIZONTAL STRAP, 3/4" X .035" OR .031" OR .029” BY LENGTH TO SUIT STEEL

STRAPPING (AS REQD). INSTALL STRAP TO ENCIRCLE A LAYER OF BOXES ON

THE PALLET AS SHOWN. SEE GENERAL NOTES "L" AND "M" ON PAGE 2, AND "N"

ON PAGE 3.

○4 TIEDOWN STRAP, 3/4" X .035" OR .031" OR .029” BY LENGTH TO SUIT STEEL

STRAPPING (AS REQD). INSTALL EACH STRAP TO PASS UNDER THE DECK

BOARDS OR DECK/STRINGER BOARDS OF THE PALLET AS SHOWN. SEE GEN-

ERAL NOTES "L" AND "M" ON PAGE 2, AND "N" ON PAGE 3.

○5 SEAL FOR 3/4" STRAPPING (AS REQD, 1 PER STRAP). CRIMP EACH SEAL WITH

TWO PAIR OF NOTCHES. SEE GENERAL NOTE "L" ON PAGE 2.

UNIT

HEIGHT

UNIT WIDTH

UNIT LENGTH

INDICATES TYPICAL

SPACER ASSEMBLY

INDICATES TIEDOWN STRAP

INDICATES A CENTER STACK WITHIN THE

UNIT LENGTH FOR POSITIONING ONE OR

MORE FILLER ASSEMBLIES WHEN REQUIRED.

INDICATES HORIZONTAL STRAP

4-WAY ENTRY PALLET

TYPICAL PALLET UNIT WITH ONE SPACER ASSEMBLY

THIS VIEW DEPICTS THE APPLICATION OF A TYPICAL SPACER ASSEMBLY, POSITIONED LENGTHWISE IN THE UNIT LOAD, TO ENLARGE THE UNIT WIDTH TO SLIGHTLY OVERHANG OR TO MATCH THE WIDTH DIMENSION OF THE PALLET DECK.

SIMILARLY, TO ENLARGE THE UNIT LENGTH, A SPACER ASSEMBLY WOULD BE POSITIONED WIDTHWISE IN THE LOAD. SEE

GENERAL NOTES "E.3" ON PAGE 2 AND "W" ON PAGE 3.

TYPICAL PALLET UNIT WITH THREE SPACER ASSEMBLIES

THIS VIEW DEPICTS THE APPLICATION OF THREE TYPICAL SPACER ASSEMBLIES TO ENLARGE BOTH THE WIDTH AND THE LENGTH OF THE UNIT LOAD TO PROVIDE A SLIGHT OVERHANG ON THE PALLET OR TO MATCH THE WIDTH AND/OR LENGTH DIMENSIONS OF THE PALLET DECK. SEE GENERAL NOTES "E.3" ON PAGE 2 AND "W" ON PAGE 3.

INDICATES TYPICAL

SPACER ASSEMBLY

INDICATES A CENTER STACK WITHIN THE

UNIT LENGTH FOR POSITIONING ONE OR

MORE FILLER ASSEMBLIES WHEN REQUIRED.

UNIT LENGTH

4-WAY ENTRY PALLET

INDICATES TIEDOWN STRAP

INDICATES HORIZONTAL

STRAP

UNIT

HEIGHT

UNIT WIDTH

TYPICAL APPLICATION OF FILLER

(ONE BOX OMITTED)

TYPICAL APPLICATION OF FILLER

(FOUR BOXES OMITTED)

TYPICAL FILLER ASSEMBLY

FOR ONE OMITTED BOX.

TYPICAL FILLER ASSEMBLY OR

ASSEMBLIES FOR FOUR OMITTED BOXES.

INDICATES CENTER

STACK OF UNIT

LENGTH.

INDICATES CENTER

STACK OF UNIT

LENGTH.

INDICATES CENTER STACKS

OF UNIT WIDTH.

INDICATES CENTER

STACKS OF UNIT

WIDTH.

LESS-THAN-FULL-LAYER UNIT LOADS

PROVISIONS FOR LESS-THAN-FULL-LAYER LOADS

1. THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS SET FORTH THE SPECIFICATIONS THAT MUST BE

FOLLOWED IF A FILLER TYPE ASSEMBLY IS USED TO ACHIEVE A FULL-LAYER

PALLET UNIT.

A. FILLERS ARE DESIGNED FOR USE IN THE PLACE OF ONE OR MORE BOXES

OF A UNIT. FILLER ASSEMBLY DETAILS WILL BE DEPICTED IN THE APPENDIX

APPLICABLE TO THE SPECIFIC ITEM TO BE UNITIZED. SEE GENERAL NOTE

"X" ON PAGE 3 AND THE TYPICAL FILLER ASSEMBLY DETAILS ON PAGE 10.

B. FILLERS WILL BE POSITIONED IN THE TOP LAYER OR LAYERS OF THE CEN-

TER STACK OR STACKS WITHIN THE UNIT LENGTH OF A UNIT LOAD AS

SHOWN IN THE TWO "TYPICAL APPLICATIONS OF FILLER" VIEWS ABOVE AND

REFERENCED IN PALLET UNIT DETAILS ON PAGE 7. FILLERS CAN ALSO BE

POSITIONED IN THE TOP LAYER OR LAYERS OF THE CENTER STACK OR

STACKS WITHIN THE UNIT WIDTH OF A UNIT LOAD WHEN THE QUANTITY OF

FILLERS POSITIONED WITHIN THE UNIT LENGTH IS INSUFFICIENT TO SATIS-

FY THE OMITTED-BOX QUANTITY REQUIREMENTS.

2. EMPTY BOXES, PREFERABLY "REJECTS", CAN BE USED AS FILLERS INSTEAD OF

WOODEN DUNNAGE ASSEMBLIES INDICATED ABOVE, TO ACHIEVE A FULL-

LAYER PALLET UNIT. HOWEVER, EMPTY BOXES WILL BE USED ONLY IN THE

TOP LAYER OF A PALLET UNIT AND POSITIONED AT ANY OF THE FOUR COR-

NERS OF THE LAYER (NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAYER). NOT MORE THAN

FOUR EMPTY BOXES MAY BE USED IN A UNIT LOAD. WHEN EMPTY BOXES ARE

USED TO FILL OUT A LAYER, THE EMPTY BOXES WILL BE PAINTED AND MARKED

AS SPECIFIED IN DAC DRAWING ACV00561 AND ARDEC DRAWING 12982865.

FOR HYDRA-70 CONFIGURATION ONLY, PAINT AND MARK AS SPECIFIED IN

AMCOM DRAWING 13643712. SEE NOTE 6 BELOW.

3. IF EMPTY WOODEN BOXES ARE USED AS FILLERS, WOOD REINFORCING

BLOCKS OF 2" THICK MATERIAL BY LENGTHS REQUIRED, MAY BE POSITIONED

INSIDE THE BOXES TO PREVENT THEM FROM CRUSHING OR COLLAPSING

WHEN UNITIZING STRAPS ARE TENSIONED. TO HOLD THE BLOCKS IN PLACE,

DRIVE 6d NAILS THROUGH THE BOX AND INTO THE ENDS OF THE REINFORCING

BLOCKS. SEE THE "TYPICAL INSTALLATION OF REINFORCING BLOCKS IN AN

EMPTY BOX" DETAIL ON PAGE 9.

4. IF EMPTY WIREBOUND BOXES ARE TO BE USED AS FILLERS, ONLY THOSE HAV-

ING EMPTY RECTANGULAR METAL CONTAINERS AS INNER PACKS CAN BE

USED. FILLER ASSEMBLIES MUST BE USED IN PLACE OF WIREBOUND BOXES

TO SATISFY LESS-THAN-FULL-LAYER LOAD REQUIREMENTS WHEN THE INNER

PACKS OF THE WIREBOUND BOXES DO NOT CONSIST OF RECTANGULAR MET-

AL CONTAINERS.

(PROVISIONS FOR LESS-THAN-FULL-LAYER LOADS CONTINUED)

5. LESS THAN FULL BOXES OF AMMUNITION (LIGHT BOXES) WILL BE PAINTED AND

MARKED AS SPECIFIED IN ARDEC DRAWINGS 8796522 OR 12982865. LIGHT

BOXES WILL ONLY BE PLACED IN THE TOP LAYER OF A UNIT AND LOCATED AT

ANY OF THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE LAYER (NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAY-

ER). NOT MORE THAN TWO LIGHT BOXES (ONE PER LOT) WILL BE PLACED IN A

UNIT LOAD. FOR HYDRA-70 CONFIGURATION ONLY, PAINT AND MARK AS SPEC-

IFIED IN AMCOM DRAWING 13643712. SEE NOTE 6 BELOW.

6. TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A FULL-LAYER UNIT, IT IS PERMISSIBLE

TO USE A COMBINATION OF EMPTY AND LIGHT BOXES IN THE TOP LAYER.

HOWEVER, IF A TOTAL OF FOUR EMPTY AND LIGHT BOXES DOES NOT PROVIDE

FOR A FULL LAYER, ONE OR MORE FILLER ASSEMBLIES MUST BE USED IN THE

MIDDLE OF THE LAYER TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE LIMITATIONS SPEC-

IFIED IN NOTES 2 AND/OR 5 ABOVE.

7. EACH PALLET UNIT LOAD CONTAINING EMPTY AND/OR LIGHT BOXES WILL HAVE

A WEATHER RESISTANT PLACARD OR TAG PREPARED AND APPLIED TO THE

UNIT LOAD AS STATED IN DAC DRAWING ACV00561.

8. EXCEPTION TO THE RULE: THIS EXCEPTION ADDRESSES THE USE OF A FILLER

ASSEMBLY OR FILLER ASSEMBLIES WITHIN A UNIT LOAD TO CONSTRUCT A

COMPLETE-LAYER UNIT LOAD. THE SPECIFICATIONS DELINEATED WITHIN THIS

DRAWING ARE BASED ON UNIT LOADS THAT CONTAIN SEVERAL AMMUNITION

PACKS WHICH ARE ARRANGED IN MULTIPLE LAYERS AND MULTIPLE STACKS

ON A PALLET BASE. FOR THESE TYPES OF UNIT LOADS A FILLER OR FILLERS

ARE TO BE PLACED AS SPECIFIED ELSEWHERE HEREIN, IN THE TOP LAYER OR

LAYERS OF MIDDLE STACKS (NOT IN A CORNER STACK). THERE ARE, HOWEV-

ER, MANY PALLET UNITS THAT ONLY CONTAIN ONE LAYER OF AMMUNITION

PACKS, OR PALLET UNITS WHERE THE PACKS ARE ARRANGED IN ONLY TWO

OR FOUR STACKS ON A PALLET BASE. THE USE OF A FILLER OR FILLERS IN

THESE TYPES OF PALLET UNITS IS PERMITTED; HOWEVER, THE METHODS FOR

FILLER APPLICATION WILL HAVE TO DEVIATE FROM THE BASIC RULES SPECI-

FIED ELSEWHERE WITHIN THIS DRAWING. THIS IS ALSO THE CASE WHEN ONLY

ONE PALLET UNIT OF A SPECIFIC COMMODITY IS BEING PREPARED AND THE

PALLET UNIT BEING CONSTRUCTED WILL ONLY HAVE THREE OR FEWER

PACKS, WHERE NORMALLY SEVERAL PACKS ARE REQUIRED TO FILL OUT A

LAYER. BASICALLY, THE PERMITTED DEVIATION FROM THE BASIC RULES GOV-

ERNING PLACEMENT OF FILLER OR FILLERS IN A UNIT LOAD CONSISTS OF

PLACING A FILLER OR FILLERS IN ONE OR MORE OF THE CORNER STACKS OF A

PALLET UNIT. IF AN EMPTY "ORANGE" PACK OR PACKS ARE AVAILABLE TO FILL

OUT A LAYER ON A PALLET UNIT, THE EMPTY PACK OR PACKS SHOULD BE

USED IN A CORNER STACK LOCATION INSTEAD OF A FILLER ASSEMBLY. AN-

OTHER DEVIATION FROM THE BASIC RULES AS THEY APPLY TO USE OF FILLER

ASSEMBLIES IS ALSO PERMITTED. THIS DEVIATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH SIN-

GLE-LAYER UNIT LOADS, AND PERMITS THE USE OF FILLER ASSEMBLIES WITH

TWO UNIT LOADS RATHER THAN WITHIN JUST ONE, TO ACHIEVE SOUND AND

EFFECTIVE UNIT LOADS. SPECIFIC GUIDANCE RELATIVE TO THE USE OF THIS

LATTER DEVIATION IS SET FORTH IN APPLICABLE INDIVIDUAL APPENDICES

THAT AUGMENT THIS BASIC PROCEDURES DRAWING.

USE OF EMPTY/LIGHT BOXES TO ACHIEVE A

FULL LAYER

UNITIZING STRAPS HAVE BEEN OMITTED FROM THE DETAIL

ABOVE FOR CLARITY PURPOSES.

TYPICAL INSTALLATION OF REINFORCING

BLOCKS IN AN EMPTY BOX

UNITIZING STRAPS HAVE BEEN OMITTED FROM THE DETAIL

ABOVE FOR CLARITY PURPOSES.

LIGHT BOXES

TYPICAL LOCATION OF

WEATHER RESISTANT

PLACARD.

LESS-THAN-FULL-LAYER UNIT LOADS

HORIZONTAL REINFORCING BLOCK

VERTICAL REINFORCING BLOCK

EMPTY BOXES

TYPICAL FILLER ASSEMBLY A

SEE SPECIAL NOTES BELOW.

TYPICAL FILLER ASSEMBLY B

TYPICAL FILLER ASSEMBLY C

TYPICAL FILLER ASSEMBLY D

1"

1"

BOX LENGTH

BOX LENGTH

BOX WIDTH

BOX LENGTH

BOX WIDTH

BOX LENGTH

BOX WIDTH

BOX WIDTH

BOX HEIGHT

BOX HEIGHT

BOX

HEIGHT

BOX HEIGHT

INDICATES APPROPRIATELY

SIZED NAILS (AS REQD).

INDICATES APPROPRIATELY

SIZED NAILS (AS REQD).

INDICATES APPROPRIATELY

SIZED NAILS (AS REQD).

INDICATES APPROPRIATELY

SIZED NAILS (AS REQD).

INDICATES 1" X 4"

DUNNAGE LUMBER.

INDICATES 1" X 4"

DUNNAGE LUMBER.

INDICATES 1" X 4"

DUNNAGE LUMBER.

INDICATES 2"

DUNNAGE LUMBER.

INDICATES 2"

DUNNAGE LUMBER.

INDICATES 2"

DUNNAGE LUMBER.

INDICATES 2"

DUNNAGE LUMBER.

SPECIAL NOTES:

1. TYPICAL FILLER ASSEMBLIES “A” AND “B” ARE TYPICAL OF THE ASSEMBLIES

USED TO REPLACE CLEATED WOODEN BOXES, AND TYPICAL FILLER ASSEM-

BLIES “C” AND “D” ARE TYPICAL OF THE ASSEMBLIES USED TO REPLACE

WIREBOUND BOXES. THE DECISION OF WHICH FILLER ASSEMBLY TO USE

WILL BE BASED UPON MATERIAL AVAILABILITY AND CONSTRUCTION ECONOM-

ICS.

2. FILLER ASSEMBLIES MUST BE ASSEMBLED WITHIN ALLOWABLE TOLERANCES.

SEE GENERAL NOTE "J" ON PAGE 2.

3. SEE THE APPLICABLE APPENDIX TO DETERMINE THE RECOMMENDED FILLER

ASSEMBLY FOR A PARTICULAR ITEM. SEE GENERAL NOTE "X" ON PAGE 3.