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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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Tracer ammunition, or Tracers, are
bullets or cannon-caliber
projectiles that are
built with a
small pyrotechnic charge in
their base. When fired, the...
- 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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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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Exploding ammunition or
spiked ammunition is an
ammunition and
other ordnance that is
sabotaged (explosive 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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Federal Ammunition Factory and
Research Center,
which developed ammunition for the
Swiss military. The use of full
metal jacketing in
military ammunition came...
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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...
- The
majority of today's handguns, rifles, and
shotguns use
centerfire ammunition, with the
exception of some .17 caliber, .20 caliber, and .22 caliber...
