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• high explosive ammunition — ammunition which contains an increased amount of explosives …   English contemporary dictionary

• High explosive squash head — (HESH) is a type of explosive ammunition that is effective against buildings and is also used against tank armour. It was fielded chiefly by the British Army as the main explosive round of its main battle tanks during the Cold War. It was also… …   Wikipedia

• Ammunition boot — Ammunition boots, also known as Boots, General Service (BGS), were the standard footwear for the British Army from the Victorian Era until the late 1950s. The term Ammunition boots comes from the boots unusual source; they were procured by the… …   Wikipedia

• High Explosive Incendiary/Armor Piercing Ammunition — (HEIAP) is a form of shell which combines both an armour piercing capability and a high explosive effect. In this respect it is a modern version of armour piercing shell. The ammunition may also be called Semi armor piercing high explosive… …   Wikipedia

• Ammunition boots — Ammunition boots, also known as ammo boots, were the standard footwear for the British Army in World War II. They were leather ankle boots with dimpled uppers and sides and a brown leather sole. The boots were the focus of much drill and… …   Wikipedia

• Ammunition — This article is about ammunition for firearms and artillery. For the product design company, see Ammunition Design Group. A belt of 0.50 caliber ammunition loaded to a …   Wikipedia

• High explosive incendiary — In warfare, High explosive incendiary (HEI) is a type of ammunition specially designed to pierce armor, fragment, and ignite readily combustible materials.High Explosive Incendiary shells (HEIS) are designed to penetrate the armor of the target… …   Wikipedia

• 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

• high angle fire — Fire delivered at angles of elevation greater than the elevation that corresponds to the maximum range of the gun and ammunition concerned; fire, the range of which decreases as the angle of elevation is increased …   Military dictionary

• high explosive cargo — Cargo such as artillery ammunition, bombs, depth charges, demolition material, rockets, and missiles …   Military dictionary

• Overpressure ammunition — Overpressure ammunition, commonly designated as +P or +P+, is small arms ammunition that has been loaded to a higher internal pressure than is standard for ammunition of its caliber (see internal ballistics), but less than the pressures generated …   Wikipedia