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Armor-piercing (AP): A hard bullet made from steel or tungsten alloys in a pointed shape typically covered by a thin layer of lead and or a copper or brass jacket. The lead and jacket are intended to prevent barrel wear from the hard-core materials. AP bullets are sometimes less effective on unarmored targets than FMJ bullets are.
A similar bullet called the Nessler ball was also developed for smoothbore muskets. [31] Between 1854 and 1857, Sir Joseph Whitworth conducted a long series of rifle experiments and proved, among other points, the advantages of a smaller bore and, in particular, of an elongated bullet. The Whitworth bullet was made to fit the grooves of the ...
Bolt-action rifles for hunting typically have a small magazine of five rounds or less, rather than the ten rounds or more are found on more modern military rifles firing smaller caliber bullets (the maximum number of rounds a hunting rifle can take is fixed by law in many jurisdictions; two in the magazine and one in the chamber is the limit in ...
Semi-wadcutter (SWC): A type of all-purpose bullet commonly used in revolvers that combines features of the wadcutter target bullet and traditional round nosed revolver bullets, and is used in both revolver and pistol cartridges for hunting, target shooting, and plinking. The basic SWC design consists of a roughly conical nose, truncated with a ...
Every fifth round (red tip) is an M20 (armor piercing incendiary tracer). Ammunition is the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon or weapon system. [ 1 ] Ammunition is both expendable weapons (e.g., bombs , missiles , grenades , land mines ) and the component parts of other weapons that create the effect on a target ...
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Ferret rounds: rounds designed to penetrate a thin barrier (e.g. a car door) and release a gas payload. Bolo rounds: two large lead balls attached by a wire. Piranha rounds: loaded with sharp tacks. Dragon's breath rounds: loaded with incendiary chemicals that create a fireball/flame when discharged, and can ignite a flammable target at close ...