One of the main challenges that every army faces during a war is that of logistics: the supply of all the material necessary to fight.<\/p>\n
Of all the logistical tasks of an army, one of the most delicate has to do with the storage and transport of ammunition<\/strong>. During both world wars, astronomical amounts of small arms bullets, artillery shells and bombs were consumed. Storing so much explosive material was a great challenge, and for this purpose some mines and natural caves were used<\/strong>, which made it possible to store these ammunition safely and without the risk of an air attack detonating them or humidity spoiled<\/p>\n To give us an idea,in 1941 the Royal Air Force (RAF) had an ammunition storage capacity of 158,000 tons<\/strong>. In all, there were dozens of large munitions depots in Britain during World War II, plus smaller depots that served as \"satellites\" to the main ones.<\/p>\n
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