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DA Form 4508 exists to ammunition transfer record — that is the short version. Title of record: AMMUNITION TRANSFER RECORD. The page covers the download, the entries and the disposition, nothing else. Current here: edition 03/01/2017, status ACTIVE, 1 page(s), near 200 fields.
Authority sits in two places. G-4 owns the form, PAM 700-16 says when it is raised and where it goes. Routine cases need neither read in full — the page itself carries the sequence. The entries are completed by their subject or by unit administrative staff working from what that person supplies.
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What the form asks for
- CNTRL_No
- COND_10A
- COND_10B
- COND_11A
- COND_11B
- COND_12A
- COND_12B
- COND_13A
- COND_13B
- COND_14A
- COND_14B
- COND_15A
- COND_15B
- COND_1A
- COND_1B
- COND_2A
- COND_2B
- COND_3A
- COND_3B
- COND_4A
- COND_4B
- COND_5A
- COND_5B
- COND_6A
Header first, always. Name as your official records spell it, identification number, unit, date of preparation — these four index the finished record, and an error in them hides the document from anyone searching for it later. The substantive blocks can wait thirty seconds.
Tab through the fields rather than clicking. The tab order was fixed when the form was built and generally follows the page, which catches boxes a mouse skips past. Check boxes and option buttons take a click, and an exclusive group clears the previous selection when you make a new one. Single-line fields do not wrap — text past the field width prints truncated while still showing in full on screen, which is why the loss is discovered after printing. Overflow goes to remarks or a continuation sheet. A field that does not apply gets the mark meaning none; blank space reads as an omission.
The signature closes the form and nothing precedes it. Draft status holds until it is applied, by hand or by an accepted electronic method. Countersignatures go in printed order, each dated at signing. Then one final read from the top, looking for the four recurring defects: empty mandatory fields, swapped digits in identification numbers, day-month inversion in dates, and residue from a reused file that goes forward as though intended.
The Privacy Act statement is read before the personal entries, not after. It gives the collection authority, the purpose, the routine uses and whether disclosure is mandatory or voluntary. Once filled, your copy is a personal record and gets stored and transmitted accordingly.
The prescribing directive names the destination; office custom does not. Depending on the case that means a specific office, the unit administrative channel, or the personal record. Keep a copy first, because the original does not come back. Retention runs on the applicable records schedule.
Related forms are found by series and number. DA series documents under the same proponent or the same prescribing directive are commonly required as a set, and any form named on the face of this one goes forward with it. Assemble continuations, covers and transmittals before submitting, not after the query comes back.
Edition date is the version number, printed on the page. Hold a locally saved copy against the current edition before reuse, since nothing on your machine signals a revision. Work already executed under a superseded edition remains as filed.
The files are copies of published Department of the Army forms. This site has no official connection, no authority to issue anything, and no basis for saying whether an office will accept a given submission. None of the text is legal advice. Real questions — entry, requirement, eligibility — belong with G-4 or the administrative office servicing your unit.
Questions and answers
- What is DA Form 4508?
- AMMUNITION TRANSFER RECORD
- Which edition is current?
- 03/01/2017
- Who is responsible for this form?
- G-4
- In which formats can it be downloaded?
- PDF, PDF