Readiness ammunition
As a willingness ammunition is ammunition referred to shielding from immediately and without great effort and is ready for use.
General
Depending on the type of weapon, ready-to-use ammunition is handled a little differently. Infantry units have a certain number of ready ammunition on their man. More ammunition is replenished or stored in ammunition depots or containers in barracks or field camps. In addition to ready-to-use ammunition, various units carry their ammunition partially dismantled or in special bunkers and ammunition containers. In fortress batteries, the ammunition is also stored in bunkers or z. B. stored in concrete niches. In mobile artillery units, ammunition is carried on transport vehicles, in the past on carts , in ammunition boxes directly on the gun or in depots on vehicles with artillery superstructures , in addition to ready-to-use ammunition . With gun readiness ammunition, the fuse, propellant charge and projectile do not have to be put together first. A certain number is always assembled and close to the gun.
Examples from different units
In the main battle tank Leopard 2, 15 rounds of ready-to-use ammunition are stored within reach for the loader behind a pressure-tight bulkhead in the tower. Further ammunition is stored in the tub, not directly accessible. The Austrian infantry fighting Ulan has 200 rounds of ready ammunition for its 30mm automatic cannon and 600 rounds for its 7.62mm machine gun .
The ship guns on the frigate Hamburg are ammunitioned with 80 rounds of ready-to-use ammunition. More ammunition is dismantled and stored in ammunition bunkers on the ship.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.univie.ac.at/igl.geschichte/europa/FR/Worel/artillerie.htm
- ↑ Paul-Werner Krapke: Leopard 2. His becoming and his performance. Self-published, sl 2004, ISBN 3-8334-1425-1 .