Did they have an ammo Bunker there?.....Attap Valley Road?.....gee!, they last time I went down the road, they were constructing the power plant..
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History of Ammo Storage in Singapore
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Did they have an ammo Bunker there?.....Attap Valley Road?.....gee!, they last time I went down the road, they were constructing the power plant..
I am not too sure about this. I know the US Army used the cheaper ball powder for the M855 cartridge for the M-16. This caused a lot of fouling issues. Later rounds used IMR propellant. But the M-16 was introduced into the US Army in 1962 and used in Vietnam, where you noted they had serious problems with fouling. By 1967, the original M-16 has already been upgraded to M-16A1, where the fouling problems were taken care of. The SAF did not adopt the AR-15 until the late 1960s, which would have meant CIS only started manufacturing the 5.56mm ammo in the lat 1960s. By then, the issues were supposed to have been largely solved with the M-16. The US Army would have been procuring rounds from CIS in the mid 1960s to rectify the problem they had, but CIS did not start making them till the late 60s. Can someone confirm the time line? MAybe a former Chartered Industry staff? Or WHore Jinx?
Not forgetting Kranji ammo dump at Stagmont Ring Road. The camp surrounded by sugar cane farm and lot of house flies in the cook house.
it is also the camp that has a vegetable farm.
It was started by the OC who was so on he ball that he cant stand to see those GD men idleing around ,he started the first "hydrophonic' farm in Singapore.
It was so successful, it even supplied all the vegetables to 5 or 6 camps cook house every day.He was promoted to Captain and posted to Ammo base HQ in Riffle Range Road..
Only a captain....so poor thing.... he helped save so much money on food...should at least be a BG...
Yes there was a very big ammo depot there. Even the Malaysian navy stored some ammo there
The place had a jetty with cranes. I heard the british opened the place way back before WW1.
Forgot about Kranji ammo base:o
Is the ammo base at Riffle Range still there
It sits on valuable land that could be used for condos or golf courses. Many elites stay around that area & it would be a disaster if something happened to them 
I heard a story which is probably true.
Someone who worked there resigned & when he left the country they strip searched him to male sure he wasn't carrying any secrets
When PIE was constructed, they stumbled upon old WW2 Ammo dumps.......
I wonder how many WW2 bombs and shells are still hidden away..... sometimes beneath your feet......
And British army Mustard Gas shells were kept in Labrador during WW2. These were thrown into Keppel Harbour upon the British surrender. Some were recovered after WW2. Some British officer did say he would never want to swim in the waters off Labrador.....
And of course, the British kept their nuclear bombs at Tengah Air base.......
I wonder how many WW2 bombs and shells are still hidden away..... sometimes beneath your feet......
And British army Mustard Gas shells were kept in Labrador during WW2. These were thrown into Keppel Harbour upon the British surrender. Some were recovered after WW2. Some British officer did say he would never want to swim in the waters off Labrador.....
And of course, the British kept their nuclear bombs at Tengah Air base.......
I heard a story which is probably true.
Someone who worked there resigned & when he left the country they strip searched him to male sure he wasn't carrying any secrets
I wonder when Whore Jinx left CIS, did they strip search her too? hehehehe. Did she enjoy it?
The nuclear bombs at Tengah, I knew about that. Did not know about the mustard gas. I did not know the Brits stockpiled them at all.
Who are they supposed to use it on? Who is their enemy in SE Asia?
Too bad lor he only Cambridge Cert (O level). later part he was seconded to civil defence and was a major.
He was my OC then promoted to CO in Rifle Range ammo base
Mustard Gas was kept in Singapore because the Japs had used it in their attack in China. The British were prepared to use chemical warfare if the Japs used gas in Malaya and Singapore. Good thing the Japs did not. The chemical weapons were all disposed of by chucking them into the nearest seafront...... the channel into Keppel Harbour.......
See reference to 12,000 Mustard Gas bombs and Shells kept in Singapore (from Singapore Burning):
https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=LvPjNAMacDsC&pg=PT231&lpg=PT231&dq=singapore+mustard+gas&source=bl&ots=LFNuvJVdfb&sig=XgcD_THKJA3SWwzbrqzE_Mcx7rM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiHs4_T1OfLAhUVTo4KHUuZB5MQ6AEIQzAH#v=onepage&q=singapore%20mustard%20gas&f=false
See reference to 12,000 Mustard Gas bombs and Shells kept in Singapore (from Singapore Burning):
https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=LvPjNAMacDsC&pg=PT231&lpg=PT231&dq=singapore+mustard+gas&source=bl&ots=LFNuvJVdfb&sig=XgcD_THKJA3SWwzbrqzE_Mcx7rM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiHs4_T1OfLAhUVTo4KHUuZB5MQ6AEIQzAH#v=onepage&q=singapore%20mustard%20gas&f=false
I believe some of the 12,000 Mustard Gas shells were not recovered from the sea after the war. Anyway, it was an impossible task. For a long time, the Labrador area was home to a Naval camp. I wonder if this has anything to do with the old ammo under the sea. Up till today, the old WW2 structures in Labrador remains out-of-bounds to visitors. Only the old pre-WW2 structures in the park is open to visitors......
One fine day, some of the old shells may just corrode through, poisoning the waters off some beautiful seafront Condos in the area.
More on the structures in Labrador : http://sgurbex.blogspot.sg/2014/06/labradors-forgotten-relics.html
One fine day, some of the old shells may just corrode through, poisoning the waters off some beautiful seafront Condos in the area.
More on the structures in Labrador : http://sgurbex.blogspot.sg/2014/06/labradors-forgotten-relics.html
Yes there was a very big ammo depot there. Even the Malaysian navy stored some ammo there
The place had a jetty with cranes. I heard the british opened the place way back before WW1.
I went down that road ( Attap Valley Road) this was some many years ago, when the power plant was under construction to see a Major Japanese Contractor. There were some leftovers British days buildings there...did not think much of it...AMMO DUMP...wow!. This was so long ago & I have not been down that road since then...
What do the Brits know that the SAF scholar generals don't? It appears the Brits spread out all the ammo dumps all over the island. yet, the Scholar generals have deemed it necessary to consolidate all the ammo dumps into one large one. is that what the article is saying?
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