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The Mk 211/NM140 is graded into two accuracy classes: Class A is match grade ammunition, while Class B is ordinary linked ammunition for machine gun use. Under the international (or Norwegian) NM nomenclature, revisions are indicated by a trailing "Fn", with "F3" being the current revision as of 2020. There is also a tracer variant, the Mk 30 ...
The actual bullet diameter of the .56-56 varied between .54 and .555 inches (13.7-14.1 mm), depending on ammunition manufacturer. The .56-52, made by Spencer, and the .56-50, made by Springfield, differed only in the degree of crimp, with the .56-50 having a greater crimp; both fired 350-grain (23 g) .512-inch (13.0 mm) bullets.
The use of the term dumdum for expanding bullets other than the early .303 designs is considered slang by most ammunition and ballistics sources. [15] [16] Manufacturers have many terms to describe the particular construction of the various types of expanding bullets, though most fall into the category of soft-point or hollow-point designs.
Ammunition, also known as ammo, is the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon or weapon system. [1] The term Ammunition includes both expendable weapons (e.g., bombs , missiles , grenades , land mines ), and the component parts of other weapons that create the effect on a target (e.g., bullets and warheads ).
In warfare, high-explosive incendiary (HEI) is a type of ammunition specially designed to impart energy and therefore damage to its target in one or both of two ways: via a high-explosive charge and/or via its incendiary (fire-causing) effects. Each round has both capabilities. HEI ammunition is fused either mechanically or chemically. The ...
The city law, dating back to the 1980s, makes it a requirement for residents to own guns and ammo. Kennesaw's gun law states: "In order to provide for and protect the safety, security and general ...
The following is a list of ammunition fired by the 125 mm smoothbore gun series used in the T-64, T-72, T-80, M-84, T-90, PT-91, T-14 Armata, and other tanks derived from those designs, as well as the 2A45 Sprut anti-tank gun.
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