[Lurker]

While I have no doubt most of this stuff wasn't anything close to properly stored what bothers me is what this Army staff puke said "we routinely destroy our ammo". WTF is up with that?

And I have visions of EOD guys just standing around waiting to blow all this old ComBloc ammo to Kingdom Come....

[Squantos]

Small arms ammo such as discussed here has to be burned vs demolition ............WW1 surplus ammo was properly sealed an stored...........this crap was in a mud hut open to the elements per se.

keep yer powder dry is not a myth to be ignored as you well know.

We destroy 10 times as much as we use over time IMO and experience.

Sad, but its just that way...........

Search youtube for afghan EOD videos......there is one there that is a sumbich of a shot. All abandoned bad ammo.