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  2. Incendiary ammunition - Wikipedia

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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 flammable materials in the vicinity of the impact on fire.

  3. High-explosive incendiary/armor-piercing ammunition - Wikipedia

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    The ammunition may also be called semi-armor-piercing high-explosive incendiary (SAPHEI). [ 1 ] Typical of a modern HEIAP shell is the Raufoss Mk 211 [ 2 ] designed for weapons such as heavy machine guns and anti-materiel rifles .

  4. High-explosive incendiary - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Dragon's breath (ammunition) - Wikipedia

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    Dragon's breath is a special type of incendiary-effect round for shotguns. Dragon's breath consists primarily of magnesium pellets/shards. When the round is fired, sparks and flames can shoot out to about 100 feet (30 meters), although, some sources claim it extends to 300 feet (91 meters). [ 1 ]

  6. List of the United States Army munitions by supply catalog ...

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    The M1 ammo crate held a total of 1,000 belted or linked rounds packed in 4 M1 ammo boxes and the later M1A1 ammo crate held a total of 1,000 belted or 1,100 linked rounds packed in M1A1 ammo boxes. There were two .50 M2 ammo boxes to a crate (for a total of 220 belted or 210 linked rounds) with a volume of 0.93 cubic feet.

  7. Tracer ammunition - Wikipedia

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    M2HB Browning machine gun and armor-piercing incendiary (M8) ammunition loaded. Note every fifth round is a red-and-silver-tipped armor-piercing incendiary tracer round (M20). 7.62×51mm NATO Orange-tipped FMJ tracer ammunition in a five-round stripper clip

  8. List of UN numbers 0001 to 0100 - Wikipedia

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    Ammunition, incendiary with or without burster, expelling charge, or propelling charge UN 0010: 1.3G: Ammunition, incendiary with or without burster, expelling charge, or propelling charge UN 0011? (UN No. no longer in use) UN 0012: 1.4S: Cartridges for weapons, inert projectile or Cartridges, small arms: UN 0013? (UN No. no longer in use) UN ...

  9. Armour-piercing ammunition - Wikipedia

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    Armour-piercing ammunition (AP) is a type of projectile designed to penetrate armour protection, most often including naval armour, body armour, and vehicle armour. [1]The first, major application of armour-piercing projectiles was to defeat the thick armour carried on many warships and cause damage to their lightly armoured interiors.