Dud Policing and Disposal

TM 9-6920-361-13&P

retrieving personnel. If M181 and M182 projectiles have

the side of the body, parallel to the ground and with the

been fired, the retrieving equipment must protect

fuze end forward. Dud projectiles will be disposed of by

personnel against fragmentating in case fuze functioning

blowing the projectile in place utilizing standard

occurs during retrieval. Long handle tongs (24-inch) may

demolition methods or by collecting the duds and burning

be used only to retrieve dud projectiles from the M183

in an open pit. When using the open pit burning method,

cartridge. When picking up a dud with the tongs,

sufficient combustible material should be used to assure

position the projectile in the tongs so that the plastic cap

complete burning.

is away from the body. Dud projectiles will be carried at

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