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The depot is located in Calhoun County, Alabama, 10 miles (16 km) west of Anniston. It covers 25 square miles (65 km 2) of land, or 15,200 acres (6,200 ha). [4] Its northern side is the Pelham Range portion of Fort McClellan. The central and northern portions of the depot span over 13,000 acres (5,300 ha) and serve as an ammunition storage area.
Anniston Chemical Activity. Coordinates: 33°37′36″N 85°59′9″W. Anniston Chemical Activity was a U.S. Army chemical weapon storage site located in Alabama. The Army had stored approximately seven percent of the nation’s original chemical weapons stockpile at the Anniston Army Depot since the early 1960s. In August 2003, the Army ...
In 2006, Anniston Army Depot completed a demonstrator AVLB based on the TITAN bridge from BAE Systems and an M1A1 chassis. The U.S. Marine Corps had a requirement for 29 vehicles. The Army later became involved in this program, seeking 168 systems. [4] In 2016 the Army chose this program as its replacement for the Wolverine.
Jul. 11—Col. Craig A. Daniel assumed his post as the 38th commander of the Anniston Army Depot during ceremonies held at the historical site Tuesday morning. The Houston, Texas, native received ...
Jul. 29—Leadership changed hands at Anniston Army Depot Thursday morning. Col. Marvin Walker, who took command of the depot almost exactly two years ago, passed that leadership role on to Col ...
Anniston Munitions Center. Coordinates: 33°37′36″N 85°59′9″W. The Anniston Defense Munitions Center (ADMC) located at Anniston Army Depot in Bynum, Alabama, is a multi-functional ammunition facility under the US Army Joint Munitions Command.. The primary mission is receipt, storage, surveillance and shipment of missiles and ...
The Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (PEO ACWA) is responsible for the safe and environmentally sound destruction of chemical weapons stockpiles previously stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky, and the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot, Colorado. In 1996, the United States Congress established the ACWA ...
Bridge weight 15 short tons (14 t) [5] The M1074 Joint Assault Bridge System (JAB, JABS) is an American armored military engineering vehicle based on the Abrams M1 A1 main battle tank chassis. [8]: p.154 The M1074 was designed by Leonardo DRS for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps to provide deployable bridge capability for units engaged in ...