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Insensitive Munitions Provide Enhanced Survivability
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A motor pool fire in the North Compound at Camp Doha, Kuwait, in July 1991 involved an M992 ammunition carrier loaded with 155mm artillery projectiles. An explosion spread the fire and caused massive secondary explosions. The resulting series of explosions and fires devastated vehicles and equipment and scattered uneexploded ordnance and debris over much of the camp.
The Army lost more tanks in that one incident than it had during the entire 1991 war against Iraq. Forty-nine individuals were injured, 3 Soldiers were killed while clearing the area of damaged ordnance and 102 vehicles were either damaged or destroyed. Losses exceeded $ 15 million in damaged or destroyed ammunition. If the ...
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