Ammunition

thumb|upright=0.8|A belt of .50 BMG|0.50 caliber ammunition loaded into an [[M2 Browning. Every fifth round (red tip) is an M20 (armor piercing incendiary tracer).]]

type of ammunition packaging that includes a bullet or shot, a propellant substance, and a primer within a metallic, paper, or plastic case

thumb|7.92 mm caliber rifle barrel (Swedish Mauser|Mauser m/96) thumb|right|Rifle cartridges: from left: .50 BMG|50 BMG • 300 Win Mag • 308 Winchester • 7.62 × 39 mm • 5.56 × 45 mm NATO • [[22 LR]] thumb|right|A .45 ACP|45 ACP hollowpoint (Federal HST) with two 22 LR cartridges for comparison

thumb| A projectile being fired from an artillery piece A projectile is an object that is propelled by the application of an external force and then moves freely under the influence of gravity and air resistance. Although any objects in motion through space are projectiles, they are commonly found in warfare and sports (for example, a thrown baseball, kicked football, fired bullet, shot arrow, a ball from a cannon, stone released from catapult).

explosive weapon that uses oxygen from the surrounding air to generate a high-temperature explosion

uranium with a lower content of the fissile isotope U-235 than natural uranium

thumb|300px|A B61 nuclear bomb in various stages of assembly; the nuclear warhead is the bullet-shaped silver canister in the middle-left of the photograph.

speed of a projectile at the moment it leaves the muzzle of a gun

A propellant (or propellent) is a mass that is expelled or expanded in such a way as to create a thrust or another motive force in accordance with Newton's third law of motion, and "propel" a vehicle, projectile, or fluid payload. In vehicles, the engine that expels the propellant is called a reaction engine. Although technically a propellant is the reaction mass used to create thrust, the term "propellant" is often used to describe a substance which contains both the reaction mass and the fuel that holds the energy used to accelerate the reaction mass. For example, the term "propellant" is of

unit of mass

explosive charge shaped to focus the effect of the explosive's energy

thumb|right|upright=1.5|A "Brown Bess" muzzle-loading musket, used by the [[British Army from 1722 to 1838]] A muzzleloader is any firearm in which the user loads the projectile and the propellant charge into the muzzle end of the gun (i.e., from the forward, open end of the gun's barrel). This is distinct from the modern designs of breech-loading firearms, in which user loads the ammunition into the breech end of the barrel. The term "muzzleloader" applies to both rifled and smoothbore type muzzleloaders, and may also refer to the marksman who specializes in the shooting of such firearms. The

ammunition consisting of round pellets

a small metallic cap or cup, usually of copper or brass, containing a shock-sensitive explosive compound

In military munitions, a fuze (sometimes spelled fuse) is the part of the device that initiates its function. In some applications, such as torpedoes, a fuze may be identified by function as the exploder. The relative complexity of even the earliest fuze designs can be seen in cutaway diagrams.

frequency at which a specific weapon can fire or launch its projectiles

component of the firearm cartridge for initiating propellant combustion

type of ammunition designed to penetrate vehicle armour

thumb|right|Mexican revolutionary general Pancho Villa wearing two bandoliers

type of firearm cartridge where the firing pin crushes the primer located in the rim of the cartridge to fire it

thumb|250px|Examples of various small-arms flechettes (scale in inches)

artillery projectile (line of sight)

artillery projectile

A tandem-charge or dual-charge weapon is an explosive device or projectile that has two or more stages of detonation, assisting it to penetrate either reactive armour on an armoured vehicle or strong structures.

type of firearm cartridge where the firing pin strikes the primer located in the center of the cartridge case head to fire it

type of firearm cartridge where the hammer strikes a small pin which protrudes radially from just above the base of the cartridge to ignite the primer and fire it

shaped charge designed to penetrate armor effectively

thumb|Modern made waddings out of leather and jute thumb|Wadding schematic used on the .41 Swiss intermediate cartridge

organization

ammunition that causes fire upon hitting a target

cartridge

box to carry cartridges

type of weapon-cartridge

ammunition type used for training

The kinetic energy a projectile has at the moment it leaves the muzzle of the gun

Explosive weapon

the study of the processes originally accelerating the projectile, for example the passage of a bullet through the barrel of a rifle

tower for the production of shot pellets

part of firearm cartridge

naval torpedo designed to be launched by aircraft or helicopters

German armor-piercing bullet

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Magazine loading device

aspect of history

Primer system designed by Edward Maynard

thumb|Very high-speed photography of a small projectile striking a thin [[aluminium plate at 7,000 m/s. The impact causes the projectile to disintegrate, and generates a large number of small fragments from the aluminium (spallation). This can occur without penetration of the plate.]]

premature explosion of ammunition due to ambient heat

antique metallic cartridge

In a firearm; the distance measured from the face of the bolt to the part of the chamber that stops forward motion of the cartridge

type of ammunition

type of ammunition

thumb|right|A Smith & Wesson Model 66 revolver, displayed with two speedloaders

container designed for safe transport and storage of ammunition

explosive device utilizing a tube of long welded metal cylinders

munitions designed to withstand heat, shock, and nearby explosions

guided bullet

series of studies conducted by NATO

type of air gun, typically with a 4.5 mm smoothbore barrel, for use with spherical bullets

disintegrating metallic ammunition link used for belt-fed firearms