Ammunition is the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon or weapon system. Ammunition is both expendable weapons (e.g., bombs...
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Caseless ammunition Caseless ammunition (CL), or caseless cartridge, is a configuration of weapon-cartridge that eliminates the cartridge case that typically...
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An ammunition ship is an auxiliary ship specially configured to carry ammunition, usually for naval ships and aircraft. An ammunition ship's cargo handling...
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Tracer ammunition, or tracers, are bullets or cannon-caliber projectiles that are built with a small pyrotechnic charge in their base. When fired, the...
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Exploding ammunition or spiked ammunition is an ammunition and other ordnance that is sabotaged (propellant replaced) and left behind for enemy forces...
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Incendiary ammunition is a type of ammunition that contains a chemical that, upon hitting a hard obstacle, has the characteristic of causing fire/setting...
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The majority of today's handguns, rifles, and shotguns use centerfire ammunition, with the exception of some .17 caliber, .20 caliber, and .22 caliber...
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Overpressure ammunition, commonly designated as +P or +P+ (pronounced Plus-P or Plus-P-Plus), is small arms ammunition that has been loaded to produce...
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Vapen & ammunition (Swedish for Weapons & Ammunition) is the fifth studio album by Swedish alternative rock band Kent. It was released on 15 April 2002...
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of a short-ranged flamethrower or fireworks. The safety aspects of the ammunition are disputed, as the magnesium shards burn at approximately 3,000 to 4...
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Idaho, manufactures rimfire ammunition, centerfire handgun ammunition, and primers for reloaders and industrial ammunition production. CCI made the first...
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Telescoped ammunition is an ammunition design in which the projectile is partially or completely enveloped by the propellant. Examples include ammunition for...
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Swiss Colonel Eduard Rubin while he was working for the Swiss Federal Ammunition Factory and Research Center, in fact it was known already in the 1880s...
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An Ammunition Column was a support echelon of a British or Dominion brigade or division during the First World War and consisted of dedicated military...
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Cartridge (firearms) (redirect from Casing (ammunition))
cartridge, also known as a round, is a type of pre-assembled firearm ammunition packaging a projectile (bullet, shot, or slug), a propellant substance...
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Supply depot (redirect from Ammunition dump)
ammunition dump, ammunition supply point (ASP), ammunition handling area (AHA) or ammunition depot is a military storage facility for live ammunition...
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Subsonic ammunitions are ammunitions designed to operate at velocities below the speed of sound (Mach 1), which at standard conditions is 340.29 m/s (1...
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Armour-piercing ammunition Armour-piercing ammunition (AP) is a type of projectile designed to penetrate armour protection, most often including naval...
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Arsenal (redirect from Arsenal (ammunition))
An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly...
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weapon or weapon system. Ammunition may also refer to: Ammunition (Chamillionaire EP), 2012 Ammunition (Krewella EP), 2016 "Ammunition" (song), a 2003 song...
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on Ammunition, from 1926 retitled Text Book of Ammunition, is a series of manuals detailing all British Empire military and naval service ammunition and...
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An ammunition technician (AT) is a British Army soldier, formerly of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps but since 1993 of the Royal Logistic Corps, trained...
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Ammunition Hill (Hebrew: גִּבְעַת הַתַּחְמֹשֶׁת, Giv'at HaTahmoshet; Arabic: تلة الذخيرة) was a fortified Jordanian military post in the northern part...
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Ammunition boots are a form of military footwear. They were the standard combat boot for the British Army and other forces around the British Empire and...
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Belt (firearms) (redirect from Ammunition Belt)
An ammunition belt is a firearm device used to package and feed cartridges, typically for rapid-firing automatic weapons such as machine guns. Belt-fed...
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is by far the most common ammunition found in the world today in terms of units manufactured and sold. Rimfire ammunition is so named because the firing...
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Hawthorne Army Depot (redirect from Hawthorne Army Ammunition Plant)
Hawthorne Army Depot (HWAD) is a U.S. Army Joint Munitions Command ammunition storage depot located near the town of Hawthorne in western Nevada in the...
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The Ammunition Hunters is a 1971 Taiwanese action film directed by Ting Shan-hsi, starring Peter Yang and Chen Chen. Peter Yang Chen Chen Sally Chen Sun...
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An ammunition box or cartridge box is a container designed for safe transport and storage of ammunition. It is typically made of metal, wood, and corrugated...
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Lake City Army Ammunition Plant (LCAAP) is a 3,935-acre (15.92 km2) U.S. government-owned, contractor-operated facility in northeastern Independence, Missouri...
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