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  2. Exploding ammunition - Wikipedia

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    Exploding ammunition or spiked ammunition is an ammunition and other ordnance that is sabotaged (propellant replaced) and left behind for enemy forces, generally insurgents, to find and use.

  3. Rim (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    The .38 Super, a higher pressure loading of the old .38 ACP case, is notorious for being less accurate than rimless cases, and so most modern .38 Super handguns are chambered so that the cartridge headspaces off the case mouth, like a rimless case. If the chamber is cut shallow, so the case headspaces off the mouth, the rim is used for ...

  4. Sling (weapon) - Wikipedia

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    The sling is an ancient weapon known to Neolithic peoples around the Mediterranean, but is likely to be much older.It is possible that the sling was invented during the Upper Palaeolithic at a time when new technologies such as the spear-thrower and the bow and arrow were beginning to emerge.

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  6. Terminal ballistics - Wikipedia

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    Bullet parts: 1 metal jacket, 2 lead core, 3 steel penetrator. Terminal ballistics is a sub-field of ballistics concerned with the behavior and effects of a projectile when it hits and transfers its energy to a target. Bullet design (as well as the velocity of impact) largely determines the effectiveness of penetration. [1]

  7. Frangible bullet - Wikipedia

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    Attempting to crimp a brittle frangible bullet into the cartridge case may break the bullet. [1] Brittle frangible bullets may break during the self-loading cycle of semi-automatic firearms; [2] and those fired from revolvers often break as the bullet encounters the barrel forcing cone after leaving the cylinder. [3]

  8. Child who shattered rare 3,500-year-old artifact is invited ...

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    A 4-year-old accidentally knocked over and shattered a 3,500-year-old Bronze Age jar during a visit to the Hecht Museum at the University of Haifa in Israel on Friday.. The museum said the ...

  9. Prince Rupert's drop - Wikipedia

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    Prince Rupert's drops have remained a scientific curiosity for nearly 400 years due to two unusual mechanical properties: [4] when the tail is snipped, the drop disintegrates explosively into powder, whereas the bulbous head can withstand compressive forces of up to 664,300 newtons (67,740 kg f).