The Ordnance Reference Library
Every RedLeg3D replica starts with the real book. This library collects the declassified U.S. Government technical manuals and ordnance pamphlets we build and stencil from — free to read and download. Every document here is either a U.S. Government work approved for public release (Distribution Statement A) or a public-domain historical publication. If you collect inert ordnance, restore military vehicles, curate a museum case, or just want to know what the markings on a shell mean, start here.
Look for the "From the data sheet" section on our product pages — those specifications come straight from these manuals.
U.S. Army Ammunition Data Sheets
TM 43-0001-28 — Artillery Ammunition (1994)
The big one: data sheets for every U.S. artillery cartridge and projectile — guns, howitzers, mortars, recoilless rifles, and artillery fuzes — with dimensions, weights, fillers, and marking schemes. Documents our 105mm, 155mm, 165mm, 203mm lines and most of the fuze rack. Download at the Internet Archive
TM 43-0001-27 — Small Caliber Ammunition (1994)
Data sheets from .22 caliber through 30mm — the reference behind our 20mm and 30mm replicas. Download the PDF — hosted right here · Internet Archive mirror
TM 43-0001-29 — Grenades (1994)
Fragmentation, smoke, incendiary, illumination, and practice grenades — the source for our grenade replicas. Download at the Internet Archive
Weapon System Manuals
TC 3-22.84 — M3 MAAWS, the Carl Gustaf (2019)
The U.S. Army's own manual for the 84mm Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle, with an appendix covering the full ammunition family — HEAT, HEDP, ASM, ADM, smoke, illum, and training rounds. The source behind our complete 84mm MAAWS replica series. Download from Army Publishing Directorate
The World War II Shelf
TM 9-1904 — Ammunition Inspection Guide (1944)
Eight hundred pages of wartime ammunition knowledge: construction, packing, and the paint-and-stencil marking system of the WWII U.S. Army. If you want to know why a 1944 shell is yellow and a 1954 shell is olive drab, this is the book. Download at the Internet Archive
OP 1664 — U.S. Explosive Ordnance, Volumes 1 & 2 (1947)
The Navy's encyclopedia of U.S. ordnance. Volume 2 carries the projectiles — including the 5"/38 family our MK 35 replica and fuze-cover accessories reproduce. Volume 1 · Volume 2
OP 1665 — British Explosive Ordnance (1946)
The Royal Artillery's ammunition through American eyes — covers the 18-pounder, 3.7-inch, and British mortar lines we print. Download at the Internet Archive
TM 9-1985-3 — German Explosive Ordnance: Projectiles & Fuzes (1953)
The declassified study of German WWII ammunition — the 8.8cm KwK and FlaK rounds, the 15cm, the 10.5cm FlaK 38 — behind our German-caliber replicas. Download at the Internet Archive
TM 9-1985-4 & -5 — Japanese Explosive Ordnance (1953)
The companion studies of Japanese Army and Navy ammunition, bombs, mines, and grenades. Download -5 at the Internet Archive
Handbook on Ammunition (1905)
Ammunition at the turn of the last century — black powder giving way to smokeless, and the Hotchkiss 1-pounder era in its own words. A 120-year-old public-domain window into where all of this started.
About These Documents
Every manual in this library is a work of the United States Government — either formally approved for public release with unlimited distribution (Distribution Statement A, printed on the document itself) or a declassified historical publication preserved by public archives. We host or link them for education, collecting, restoration, and historical research. RedLeg3D sells only 100% plastic inert display replicas; nothing on this site is, contains, or documents how to construct a functional weapon or munition.
Build your collection with the book open: shop the replicas these manuals document, or see the Whiskey Stash that started it all.