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Purpose

This regulation prescribes policy, responsibilities, and procedures for investigating and reporting malfunctions of ammunition and explosives (AE) and for suspending and restricting AE based on malfunctions. This regulation applies to standard and nonstandard munitions, including commercial and foreign munitions, approved by the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7 (DCS, G-3/5/7) for use by U.S. Forces. This includes: munitions used with developmental or experimental munitions (for example, a charge used to propel experimental projectiles); munitions issued for comparison purposes during research, developmental, or test phases of new AE; munitions used for seating, warming, spotting, or other purposes during AE testing; being evaluated for lot acceptance purposes or for fly-to-buy contracts (guided missiles and large rockets only).