ball propellant ammunition

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• ammunition — /am yeuh nish euhn/, n. 1. the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon, as bombs or rockets, and esp. shot, shrapnel, bullets, or shells fired by guns. 2. the means of igniting or exploding such material, as primers,… …   Universalium

• Badger Army Ammunition Plant — Infobox Military Structure name=Badger Army Ammunition Plant caption=General view of Badger Army Ammunition Plant location=Sauk Prairie, Wisconsin built=1942 used=World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War controlledby=Department of the ArmyThe Badger …   Wikipedia

• Caseless ammunition — as a type of small arms ammunition eliminates the cartridge case that typically holds the primer, propellant, and projectile together as a unit. Caseless ammunition is an attempt to reduce the weight and cost of ammunition by dispensing with the… …   Wikipedia

• Rimfire ammunition — A rimfire is a type of firearm cartridge. It is called a rimfire because instead of the firing pin striking the primer cap at the center of the base of the cartridge to ignite it (as in a centerfire cartridge), the pin strikes the base s rim. The …   Wikipedia

• Tubes and primers for ammunition — Tubes and primers are used to ignite the propellant in projectile weapons. In ancient times various devices were adopted to ignite the charge. Small guns were fired by priming powder poured down the touch hole (or vent) and ignited by glowing… …   Wikipedia

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• 7.62x54mmR — Infobox Firearm Cartridge name=7.62x54mmR caption= Assortment of 7.62x54R rounds origin=flagcountry|Russian Empire type=Rifle service=1891 present used by=Soviet Union, former Warsaw Pact wars=Russo Japanese war, World War I, Russian civil war,… …   Wikipedia

• small arm — small armed, adj. Usually, small arms. a firearm designed to be held in one or both hands while being fired: in the U.S. the term is applied to weapons of a caliber of up to one in. (2.5 cm). [1680 90] * * * ▪ military technology Introduction… …   Universalium

• Military equipment of Turkey — The military equipment of Turkey includes a wide array of arms, artilleries, large surface vessels, cannons, armored vehicles, mortars, unmanned vehicles and many different equipments. Contents 1 Historical development 1.1 General 1.2 1923 1950 …   Wikipedia

• Internal ballistics — Internal ballistics, a subfield of ballistics, is the study of a projectile s behavior from the time its propellant s igniter is initiated until it exits the gun barrel. The study of internal ballistics is important to designers and users of… …   Wikipedia