metallic ammunition

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• 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

• 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

• belt ammunition — noun ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun • Syn: ↑belt, ↑belted ammunition • Hypernyms: ↑ammunition, ↑ammo * * * noun : ammunition of usually small caliber loaded in web or metallic link… …   Useful english dictionary

• Maxim M/32-33 — 7,62 mm Maxim M/32 33 Type Machine gun Place of origin …   Wikipedia

• Pom-pom — Pompom Pom pom , Pom pom Pom pom , n. [Imitative.] (Mil.) originally, a Vickers Maxim one pounder automatic machine cannon using metallic ammunition fed from a lopped belt attached to the gun; popularly so called from its peculiar drumming sound… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Pompom — Pom pom , Pom pom Pom pom , n. [Imitative.] (Mil.) originally, a Vickers Maxim one pounder automatic machine cannon using metallic ammunition fed from a lopped belt attached to the gun; popularly so called from its peculiar drumming sound in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cartridge (firearms) — From left: .50 BMG, .300 Win Mag, .308 Winchester, 7.62×39mm, 5.56×45mm NATO, .22LR. A cartridge, also called a round, packages the bullet, gunpowder and primer into a single metallic case precisely made to fit the firing chamber of a firearm …   Wikipedia

• Brass — For other uses, see Brass (disambiguation). Brass die, along with zinc and copper samples. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc; the proportions of zinc and copper can be varied to create a range of brasses with varying properties.[1] In …   Wikipedia

• M60 machine gun — Infobox Weapon name=Machine Gun, 7.62 mm, M60 caption=M60 machine gun origin=flagcountry|United States type= General purpose machine gun is ranged=yes service= 1957 present used by=See Operators wars= Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Gulf War War… …   Wikipedia

• Depleted uranium — The DU penetrator of a 30 mm round[1] Depleted uranium (DU; also referred to in the past as Q metal, depletalloy, or D 38) is uranium with a lower content of the fissile isotope U 235 than natural uranium (natural uranium is about 99.27% uranium… …   Wikipedia

• Ballistic vest — A ballistic vest is an item of protective clothing that absorbs the impact from gun fired projectiles and shrapnel fragments from explosion. This protection is for the torso. Soft vests are made from many layers of woven or laminated fibers and… …   Wikipedia