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Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC 10 April 2003 Safety Range Safety History. This is a new Department of the Army pamphlet. Summary. The Army and Marine Corps will use this pamphlet in conjunction with Army Regulation 385–63 / Marine Corps Order 3570.1B, to establish and maintain a comprehensive range safety program. Applicability. The standards and procedures in this pamphlet apply to all personnel and range operations and activities on Army or Marine Corps controlled property or within Army or Marine Corps jurisdiction. The provisions of this pamphlet apply in peacetime and contingency operations and are advisory for actual combat operations. Except for airspace and water traffic safety requirements, these provisions do not apply to development, proof and function test ranges, or laboratories. However, major Army commands and Marine Corps installations having such ranges and laboratories are required to develop and apply alternate standards that are appropriate to the mission and that ensure the preservation of life and property. Proponent and exception authority. The Chief of Staff, Army, is the Army proponent. The proponent has the authority to approve exceptions to this pamphlet consistent with controlling law and regulation. The proponent has delegated approval authority to the Director of Army Safety. Suggested Improvements. Army users are invited to send comments and suggested improvements on DA Form 2028 (Recommended Changes to Publications and Blank Forms) directly to the Director of Army Safety, Office of the Chief of Staff, DACS–SF, 200 Army Pentagon, Washington, DC 20310–0200. Marine Corps users will submit comments and suggestions for improvements to the Commanding General, Marine Corps Combat Development Command (C46R), 3300 Russell Road, Quantico, VA 22134–5001. Distribution. This publication is available to Army users in electronic media only and is intended for command levels A, B, C, D, and E for the Active Army, the Army National Guard of the United States, and the U.S. Army Reserve. Publication and distribution to authorized users for Marine Corps commands are indicated in the Table of Allowances for Publications. CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction Purpose References Explanation of abbreviations and terms Applicability Deviations Installation and unit level Range Safety Program guidelines Guidelines for range safety certification programs Chapter 2 Ranges Restricting access to impact areas Posting warning signs and markers Controlling other range usage Coordinating use of special use airspace Coordinating use of navigable waterways Safety requirements for indoor firing ranges Chapter 3 Ammunition Smoking Positioning and issuing ammunition and explosives Qualification and restriction of ammunition and explosives Suspension of ammunition and explosives involved in malfunctions UXO and misfire procedures and reporting Disposition of ammunition and explosives involved in malfunctions and accidents Destruction of UXO Policing the training complex Army requirements for areas known to contain ICMs and submunitions Chapter 4 Firing Special firing instructions Warning signs and signals Firing conditions for ADA guided missiles and rockets Firing conditions for antitank guided missiles and rockets Safety requirements for firing aerial pyrotechnics (Marine Corps only) Chapter 5 Targets General requirements for moving targets Airborne and ground targets Waterborne targets Radio controlled targets Aerial targets Ballistic aerial targets Chapter 6 Small Arms Firing conditions Overhead fire Flanking fire Shotgun ranges Surface danger zone Blank ammunition Recreational ranges Chapter 7 Grenades and Grenade Launchers Hand grenades Grenade launchers and grenade machineguns Chapter 8 Antitank Rockets Firing conditions Surface danger zone Chapter 9 Recoilless Weapons Firing conditions Surface danger zone Chapter 10 Mortars Firing conditions Surface danger zones Chapter 11 Field Artillery Procedures and precautions Safety certification program Field artillery cannons Field artillery cannon SDZs Antipersonnel ammunition (beehive) Cannon launched guided projectile (Copperhead) Flight corridors Improved conventional munitions Field artillery trainer Multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) MLRS reduced range practice rocket Chapter 12 Tank/Fighting Vehicle Gunnery Tank cannon firing conditions Surface danger zone Fighting vehicles Subcaliber tank gunnery devices Grenade launchers Weapons effect signature simulator Hazardous impulse noise exposure Firing vehicle status designations Close support of ground personnel in live-fire exercises Chapter 13 Aviation Gunnery Firing operations, general requirements Firing conditions, general procedures Gunnery operations Surface danger zones HELLFIRE antitank guided missile (semiactive laser) Stinger guided missile Chapter 14 Air Defense Artillery Weapon Systems General Firing conditions, general requirements Air defense artillery target missiles Redeye guided missile (Army) Stinger guided missile Chaparral guided missile Patriot guided missile Improved Hawk guided missile (Army) Trajectory corridor Chapter 15 Antitank Guided Missiles TOW missiles DRAGON and DRAGON generation II guided missiles JAVELIN Guided Missile Chapter 16 Chemical Agents and Smokes Chemical agents Riot control agents Smoke Smoke pots Oil smoke candles Chloroacetophenone Chapter 17 Mines, Firing Devices, Trip Flares, Simulators, and Explosive Charges General Firing devices Shaped charges Bangalore torpedoes Mine-clearing snakes Blast-driven earth rod Mine-clearing line charge Cratering charges Mines Firing devices Trip flares, M48, and M49 Simulators Training conducted in explosive entry techniques (USMC) Chapter 18 Laser Range Safety Fundamentals Range usage Force on Force tactical exercises Chapter 19 Live-Fire Exercises Safety during live-fire exercises Information for commanders Exercise planning Firing precautions Fire control Maneuver in temporary impact areas Air support Appendixes A. References B. Bat Wing Surface Danger Zones C. Surface Danger Zone Design End of Preview.
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