ammunition depots

Military ordnance warehouses

Ammunition depots are facilities where military explosives, projectiles, and related supplies are stored.

The term appears in military contexts and news reports about conflicts: The strike destroyed several ammunition depots behind enemy lines.

A single facility is an ammunition depot.

Related

powder magazine · cartridges · live rounds · artillery shells · missiles · bunkers · bombs · high explosive · ordnance · grenades · munitions factories · warheads · weapons stockpile · stockpiles · bullets · cache · crates · warehouses

Opposites
military function

ammunition depotsfield hospitals

Temporary treatment centers near combat

demilitarized zones · MASH units · refugee camps · supply shortages · veterans hospitals

SUPPLY vs. DEPLETION

ammunition depotsfiring ranges

Venues for target practice

battlefields · combat zones · front lines · kill zones

military vs. civilian purpose

ammunition depotsgrain silos

Agricultural bulk storage towers

hospitals · school buildings · churches · schools · libraries

Family

depot, ammunition

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