"PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE MANUAL The object of this Manual is to establish safety principles and procedures to be used by NATO forces in host countries during the transport of conventional military ammunition and explosives by all modes of transport. These principles which apply to the movement of ammunition in peacetime should also be taken in consideration in times of tension and war whenever practicable and are also intended to form the basis of national regulations. These principles may also prove useful outside the NATO area where two or more member nations are acting together@ bearing in mind such nations would expect to operate under the local rules of a (non-NATO) host nation. These recommendations focus upon the transport of MILITARY ammunition. Military ammunition is robustly designed for rough handling under wartime conditions and for storage for long periods of time. Continuous condition checks are performed by trained quality assurance personnel to assure that no degradation occurs. The packaging further supports that design and the result is a product which is extremely safe to handle and transport within the civilian community. Some countries may not have regulations for the transport of military ammunition and explosives in all modes of transport and may use these regulations alone. Other countries may have more stringent regulations to be observed by visiting forces. The more stringent requirements of member countries are given in the relevant Annexes. The principles are not intended to inhibit a visiting force from applying its own more stringent regulations. In different modes of transport carriage of military ammunition and explosives will be done by civilian or military means. Detailed information for these circumstances are given in Parts II - VI. This Manual is not intended to be a substitute either for international codes@ recommendations or regulations@ or for national regulations@ but should be used in conjunction with them. A number of Standardization Agreements and International Codes on the transport of ammunition and explosives are already in existence. Those referred to in this Manual are: - ADNR Accord europ??en relatif au transport international des marchandises dangereuses par le Rhin; - ADR Accord europ??en relatif au transport international des marchandises dangereuses par route; - CSC Convention for Safe Containers; - ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization; - IMDG-Code International Maritime Dangerous Goods-Code; - IMO International Maritime Organization; - RID R??glement concernant le transport international ferroviaire des marchandises dangereuses; - SOLAS The convention for the Safety Of Life At Sea; - UIC-leaflets Union Internationale des Chemins de fer; - UN ""Orange Book"" Recommendations on the Transportation of Dangerous Goods; - STANAG 2023 Marking of Military Cargo for International Movement by all International Means of Transport; - AmovP 3@ Chap 3 Road Movement Bid and Credit; - AmovP 3@ Chap 4 Surface Transport Request and Reply to Surface Transport Request; - AmovP 3@ Chap 5 Forecast Movements Requirements -Rail@ Road and Inland Waterways; - AmovP 3@ Chap 6 Movements and transport documents used for movements by ship; - STANAG 2316 Marking of ammunition and its packaging of a caliber below 20mm; - STANAG 2322 Minimum Markings for the Identification of Ammunition (and its packiging); - STANAG 2828 Military Pallets@ Packages and Containers; - STANAG 2926 Procedures for the Use and handling of Freight Containers for Military Supplies; - STANAG 3854 Policies and Procedures governing the Air Transportation of Dangerous Cargo; - STANAG 4123 Methods to Determine and Classify the Hazards of Ammunition. Users of this Manual are invited to inform the Secretary of the AC/258 Group when an accident or incident occurs which may require a review of the principles in this manual or when their national regulations have been modified."