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Headquarters Task Group 7.2
Joint Task Foros SEVEN
APO 187 0/o Postmaster
San Franoiseoo, California
22 December 1953)
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Appendix III to Annex G to CTG 7.2 Operation Plan 3.53
AMMUNITION
1, Units of the Sniwetok Garrison Fores will maintain a “Basio
Load" of small arms ammunition in unit areas as indicated pelow:
_
Cal 430 Ml
Cal 030 Carbine
Cal
&
.45
Cal .50
2.
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Amunition for the 60mm Mortar, 57mm &ifle and two hundyed (200)
fragnentation
hand grenades for the Combat Company will be stored in
the Island Magazine Bldg 34137 (see map, Appendix X).~ Upon notification
of hostile alerts, unit commanders concerned will draw a “basio load" of
ammunition for these weapons »
;
3,
Ammunition resupply point for all ammunition will be the Island
4,
The Unit
5.
The prescribed basic load for each weapon is as follows:
Magazine (see rap, Appendix %)«
;
“basio load” will oonsist of the nunbor of rounds of
ammnition for gach type of weapon, multiplied by the number of waapons
in the unite
WEAPON
BASIC LOaD
RDS
WEN
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US Rifle, Cal 230 ML
BAR, Cal 30, M1918A2
|
96
200
US’ Carbine, Cal 50, M2
MG, Cal .30, M1O19A6mA4
Pistol, Auto, Cal .45, MI911Al
Mortar, 60mm, M2
Rifle, 5%mm, M-18
Aifle, 75mm, M-20
46
,
1800
21
38 (st=14y WPut )
18 (HB=10$ HEAT~S; WP.3)
13 (HB=105 IAT ~55 We-3)}
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OFFICIAL:
EDWARD H. LAHTI
Colonel, Infantry
Commander
Lh Sea Phatlsn
BARTON Je MALLORY
Major
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