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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. It is designed to explode and destroy the weapon it is used in and perhaps injure or kill the person attempting to fire the weapon.
Ammunition for 4.2 inch mortar rounds was first created for chemical warfare with the bullets being used for “saturating enemy positions with gas.” Later on, an explosive was created and ...
The United States Bureau of Mines governs the federal regulations for restrictive protocols with regards to explosive materials. Combustible ingredients are held or purchased in minimal quantities; Data and formulation processes prohibited from disclosure; Explosive inspectors authorized by U.S. Bureau of Mines
Civilian flare guns, which fire 37 mm flare caliber (1.46 inch) non-weapon rounds. Fireworks are non-weapon explosive ordnance. Flare launchers are normally exempt as they are signalling devices, not weapons; however, possession of a flare launcher and anti-personnel ammunition for it puts it in the DD category as it is then considered to be a ...
The Raufoss Mk 211 is a .50 BMG (12.7×99mm NATO) multi-purpose anti-material high-explosive incendiary/armor-piercing ammunition projectile produced by Nammo under the model name NM140 MP. [1] It is commonly referred to as multipurpose or Raufoss , meaning red waterfall in Norwegian.
Similarly to SLAP rounds (saboted light armor penetrator) which get their armor-piercing ability from the propulsion of a 7.62 mm tungsten heavy alloy bullet from a 12.7 mm barrel (.50 caliber) using a sabot with much more energy than is usually possible from a 7.62 mm round, HEIAP munitions utilize a similar theory with an added explosive ...
The convention covers fragments that are undetectable in the human body by X-rays, landmines and booby traps, and incendiary weapons, blinding laser weapons and the clearance of explosive remnants of war. Parties to the convention must take legislative and other actions to ensure compliance with the convention.
Examples of destructive devices include grenades, grenade launchers, artillery weapons, [1] and firearms (2) any type of weapon by whatever name known which will, or which may be readily converted to, expel a projectile by the action of an explosive or other propellant, the barrel or barrels of which have a bore over one half of an inch (.50 ...