Insensitive munitions testing: protecting ourselves from our ammunition

An article in the March-April issue of Army Logistician, "Preserving Readiness Through Ammunition Packaging," described the lengths to which packaging engineers go to protect ammunition from problems created by the transportation system and the environment. Bullet- and fragment-impact tests are performed to check a munition's reaction to small-arms fire and impact from high-speed fragments that may come from sources such as exploding bombs or artillery shells.