Ammunition Flashcards
Refers to a “loader shell” for rifles, muskets, carbines, shotguns, revolvers and pistols from which a ball, bullet, shot, shell or other missile may be fired by means of gun powder or other explosives
Legal Definition
Ammunition
Legal Definition
Refers to a complete unfired unit consiting of a bullet, gunpowder, cartridge case and primer or loaded shell for use in any firearm
R.A. 10591
Ammunition, again
Self-contained ammunition, in which the propellant, projectile and primer are held together by a cartridge case
Fixed ammunition
Artillery ammunition with separate components
Semi fixed ammunition
Latin word which mean paper
Etymology of cartidge
charta
General Types of Ammunition
A carefully made replica of a cartridge, usually made of steel and discreetly dimensioned to be used by weapons instructors, inscpector and repairmen when checking if weapins are functional
Dummy Ammunition
General Types of Ammunition
A type of cartidge for a firearm that contains gun powder but no bullet or shot
Blank Cartridge
Blanks are commonly used when the sound and flash of gunfire is needed
General Types of Ammunition
It is composed of a complete unit of unfire cartridge
Live Cartridge
General Types of Ammunition
Completely inert and without propellant; used in military training to practice loading and manipulation of firearms
inert - lack the ability or strength to move
Drill ammo
Parts of an Ammunition/ Cartridge
4
- Bullet
- Gunpowder
- Cartridge Case
- Primer
Classification of Cartirdges; according to location of Primer
Any point the pin hit will explode
Pin fire
Obsolete apparently
Classification of Cartirdges; according to location of Primer
Priming powder is located at the center of the base of the case
Center-fire
Classification of Cartirdges; according to location of Primer
The primer is located at the rim at the base point
Rim-fire
Classification of Cartirdges; according to Rim
The diameter of the rim is greater than the diameter of the body of the cartridge case
Common to revolver cartridges
Rimmed type
Classification of Cartirdges; according to Rim
The diameter of the rim is slightly greater than the diameter of the body of the cartridge case
Eg: caliber .25, .32 auto, super .38
Semi-Rimmed Type
