Ammunition

any cartridge, but generally a rifle cartridge, with a shell casing that has a pronounced "belt" around its base that continues 2–4 mm past the extractor groove

type of firearm ammunition

Firearm malfunction

Obturation is the necessary barrel blockage or fit in a firearm or airgun created by a deformed soft projectile. A bullet or pellet made of soft material and often with a concave base will flare under the heat and pressure of firing, filling the bore and engaging the barrel's rifling. The mechanism by which an undersized soft-metal projectile enlarges to fill the barrel is, for hollow-base bullets, expansion from gas pressure within the base cavity and, for solid-base bullets, "upsetting"—the combined shortening and thickening that occurs when a malleable metal object is struck forcibly at one

small bore shotguns for pest control

aspect of history

small United States multi-purpose landmine

tactical explosive ammunition

A headstamp is the markings on the bottom of a cartridge case designed for a firearm. It usually tells who manufactured the case. If it is a civilian case it often also tells the caliber: if it is military, the year of manufacture is often added.

Ammunition that has been loaded to a higher internal pressure than is standard for ammunition of its caliber, but less than the pressures generated by a proof round

A dud is in general something that fails to function in the way it is intended to. In a military context the word is often used to refer to an ammunition round or explosive that fails to fire or detonate as expected. Poorly designed devices (for example, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), shoddy workmanship at the munitions factory, over-complicated fuses, and small devices), have higher chances of being duds. They must be deactivated and disposed of carefully. In war-torn areas, many curious children have been injured or killed from tampering with such devices.

type of Small submunition-type missile

Ammunition designed to operate at velocities below the speed of sound, which at standard conditions is less than 273 m/s (900 ft/s) or Mach 0.80

brass comprising 95% copper and 5% zinc

Sand contaminated by weapon projectiles

Japanese anti-aircraft shell

type of handgun and rifle cartridge loaded with small lead shot that is generally used for shooting snakes, rodents, birds, and other pests at very close range