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Ammunition, also
known as ammo, is the
material fired, scattered, dropped, or
detonated from any
weapon or
weapon system. The term
Ammunition includes...
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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...
- Sub-caliber_
ammunition Sub-caliber
ammunition (also
spelled subcaliber) is
firearm ammunition where the
projectile has a
smaller diameter than the bore...
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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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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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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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Subsonic ammunition is
ammunition designed to
operate at
velocities below the
speed of
sound (Mach 1),
which at
standard conditions is 340.29 m/s (1,116...
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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...
- The
majority of today's handguns, rifles, and
shotguns use
centerfire ammunition, with the
exception of some .17 caliber, .20 caliber, and .22 caliber...
- far the most
common ammunition found in the
world today in
terms of
units manufactured and sold. It is
named rimfire ammunition as the
firing pin strikes...
