Contributions / Expertise

In 2012 IMEMG claims 20 member companies from 6 countries. Each member company comes in with his specific domestic knowledge and his own in-house expertise.

In 2001, 12 founding member companies from 3 European countries decide to work together, pooling their expertise and working practices, in a suitable structure.

From United Kingdom: The British IM Policy

British members bring the asset of an effective IM Policy : since September 2001, all new munitions requirements are to stipulate compliance with STANAG 4439.

The UK has ratified STANAG 4439 Ed 3.
More information about the British IMIS Policy

From France: The French Murat doctrine

French authorities have initiated and implemented the Murat doctrine in 1992.

France has ratified STANAG 4439 Ed3 and has issued in July 2011 the implementation document (Instruction n° 211893).

The Instruction's main points are:

Every new munition to be developed has to be MURAT (IM).
If the new munition is not compliant to Stanag 4439, the Programme Manager is expected to explain that it follows the state of the art. Then, an IM signature of the munition should be presented. There could be a possible waiver, through QRA (Quantitative Risk Assessment) to ascertain the probability between the risks vs. the life cycle. DGA/IPE has to be questioned before any final decision of the Program Director to accept the waiver.

Download the MoD and DGA Instruction n°211893/DEF/DGA/INSP/IPE
More information about the French Policy

From Germany: The German position

From Germany: The German position and understanding on munitions safety implementation.

From Norway: The Norwegian official directive

Norway has ratified STANAG 4439 in July 1995.

A relevant document presents the Norwegian official position: The Chief of Defence directive for safety approval of ammunition for the use of the defence forces (Forsvarssjefens direktiv for sikkerhetsmessig godkjenning av ammunisjon til bruk I forsvaret).