When I was in Iraq, I worked with the coalition forces- South Koreans, Bulgarians, etc... . We once had a Ukrainian munition ship arrive in Kuwait for off-load and transport into Iraq. I asked for a listing of the munitions and their compatibility codes so I could ensure right number of trucks were alloted and the trucks were loaded safely. The Ukrainians gave me a listing of the munitions, but did not know what compatibility codes were! I ended up sending the munition inventory to my ammunition unit in the US. The ammo unit sent the list to the intel guys who deciphered the ammo descriptions. The ammo guys then did "best guess" on the compatibility codes.
What really threw me for a loop was that the Ukrainian officers I worked with (logistics guys) really did not know what I was talking about. Since every Marine officer is taught compatibility codes, it brought home how well trained the US military is.
OBTW. A properly designed ammo dump is built so that if one ammo bunker explodes, nothing happens to the rest, i.e. distance between bunkers, bunkers are designed to vent upwards, etc... .
Pure luck there wasnt an accident.
Saw an ammo dump explode in Quang Tri.
Sappers snuck in and set it off about 1300.
The cook opened the mess hall and we got out chairs and
watched God knows how much firing off that night.