The Bamberg Ammunition Plant ("Muna", from German
Munitionsanstalt) was originally built in 1917 for the production of
ammunition for
World War I. During
World War II, it was reactivated and expanded, with 67 buildings, mostly ammunition bunkers, in 1945. Each of the
bunkers had a storage capacity for 60 tons of explosives. In April 1945, only 10 days after the U.S. forces entered Bamberg, the 2nd Platoon, and 33rd Chemical Decontamination Company captured the ammunition plant, and placed guards at the facility. The depot was cleared, but it was decided that the facility should remain under U.S. command. An additional chemical shell dump was closed in Bayreuth on 5 May by the 61st Chemical Depot Company. Chemical supplies from this depot were transported to Bamberg. During the first year of occupation, a total of 12,000 tons of
ammunition was removed from the Bamberg Ammunition Depot. 10,000 tons of this ammunition were shipped to U.S. depots, while 2,000 tons were destroyed. After all German ammunition was removed from the Muna, the U.S. forces used the facilities for ammunition storage. Personnel at the depot provided technical and operational supervision for the Ordnance Ammunition Companies that were stationed in the installation and in the sub-depot Breitenguessbach after 1947. The sub-depot at Breitenguessbach, which was utilized for the storage of engineered high explosives and mines, was closed 15 March 1951. The Oberdachstetten Explosives Depot also fell under Bamberg's operational control; this was closed in 1947 after the disposal of all the captured enemy ammunition. ==U.S. Army units stationed in Bamberg==