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Purpose. This regulation-

a. Establishes the ammunition peculiar equipment (APE) adn ammunition gage program.

b. Prescribes authority, policy, and methods for providing worldwide ammunition peculiar equipment to support ammunition operations. These include surveillance, demilitarization, maitenance, renovation, modification, packaging, and preseervation.

c. Gives Headquarters, Department of the Army (DA) the means to provide this equipment and establish the goals, policies, and duties for the management, development, supply, and proper utilization of APE.

d. Estabishes a Nonstandard Ammunition Peculiar Equipment External Review Program for tools, kigs, and fixtures fabricated locally for ammunition research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) operations conducted within the U.S. Army Materiel command (AMC).

Applicability. This regulation applies to the Active Army, the Army National Guard, and U.S. Army Reserve activities that receive, store, ship, inspect, renovate, or demilitarize conventional and chemical ammunition in items and components. Contractor operated installations that perform ammunition depot-type operations are provided ammunition peculiar equipment under the provisions of their contracts. This regulation will not be used upon mobilization.