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 Ammunition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Infantry need to be provided with the weapons and ammunition to deal with the expected threat, be it another foot soldier, a mounted warrior, armoured vehicle or aircraft.
Infantry machine guns and rifles may improve their ability against aircraft by utilising tracer ammunition, to allow the aimer to better gauge the lead aim necessary to strike his target.
Naval ammunition is therefore optimized for great velocity (to reach those great ranges, to hit aircraft flying at altitude and also with the benefit of reducing the lead that has to be applied to hit a distant moving target) and to disable said machines, rather than rending human flesh.
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 Ammunition
Ammunition for rifles and handguns are usually bullets, while large caliber guns such as artillery fire shellss.
The components of ammunition intended for rifles and ordnance may be divided into (a) explosives and propellants, (b) projectiles of all kinds, and (c) cartridges.
The supply of ammunition may be divided roughly into (a) that for guns forming the movable armament, (b) that for guns placed in permanent positions.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/a/am/ammunition.html   (1526 words)

  
 Ammunition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Ammunition is a generic military term meaning (the assembly of)a projectile and its propellant.
Ammunition for rifles and handguns are usually bullets, while large caliber guns such as artillery fire shells.
The supply of ammunition may be divided roughly into (a) that for guns forming the movablearmament, (b) that for guns placed in permanent positions.
www.therfcc.org /ammunition-11123.html   (1508 words)

  
 Chapter XXI: Artillery And Armored Units In the ETO
Keeping up with the infantry and armored units so that they would be in positions within range of targets when and if needed became a problem for heavy artillery units as the spring drive of the armies across Germany picked up speed.
Company A, 784th, was relieved from attachment to the 137th Infantry and, with the rest of the 784th, moved to Tegelen, Holland, where, from 12 to 25 March, the battalion was refitted, performed maintenance, and trained replacements.
In the meantime the remainder of the battalion, attached to the 137th Infantry, crossed the Rhine and began to attack toward Neukoln.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wwii/11-4/chapter21.htm   (17741 words)

  
 Chapter VI: The Fight for the Borders
Although it was certainly not the efforts of the mounted infantry alone that drove the Viet Cong from the villages, the mechanized troopers performed a task that neither police, local militia, nor standard U.S. infantry could accomplish alone.
After the aerorifles and infantry reinforcements were sent in, Troop A of the 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry, arrived, and in an all-day battle in the heavy jungle finally drove the enemy out.
The 25th Infantry Division controlled the western and southern approaches to Saigon, and the 1st Infantry Division commanded the entrances to the Saigon River corridor and the old, now quiet war zones in southern Binh Long and Phuoc Long provinces.
www.army.mil /CMH-pg/books/Vietnam/mounted/chapter6.htm   (9588 words)

  
 Infantry Magazine: Ammunition management/resupply for the light infantry mortar - Professional Forum
The basic load of a light infantry company should be approximately 245 HE, 60 WP, and 45 illumination, for a total of 350 rounds, which can be in any combination to best support the mission.
The percentage of ammunition used by the unit should be modified by the commander on the basis of the mission.
The fix to ammunition management and resupply must be obtained through a detailed company level control procedure (SOP) for the distribution, drop-off, and retrieval of mortar ammunition.
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 Ammunition for infantry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The infantry soldier generally carries, in pouches, bandoliers, &c., one hundred rounds of small-arms ammunition (S.A.A.), and it is usual to supplement this, when an action is imminent, from the regimental reserve (see below).
It is to be noticed that every reduction in the calibre of the rifle means an increase in the number of rounds carried.
One hundred rounds of the Martini-Henry ammunition weighed 10 pounds 10 ounces; the same weight gives 155 with.303 ammunition (including charges), and if a.256 calibre is adopted the number of rounds will be still greater.
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 Mirage 1/72 T-26TB Ammunition Transport
The T-26T artillery tractor was selected as the basis for the infantry and ammunition carrier.
Those on the infantry transport were located on the sides to allow a quick exit through the side doors.
The ammunition carrier had no side ladders, but at the front of the vehicle there was a ladder for climbing onto the tank.
www.internetmodeler.com /2003/november/armor/T26TB.htm   (1661 words)

  
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The 4th Battalion 23rd Mechanized Infantry “Tomahawks”, which was on a search mission a short distance to the south of the enemy’s position, was directed to engage the VC force.
All artillery beehive ammunition was expended in defense of the firebase.
The 4th Battalion 9th Infantry “Manchus” was relocated from the Duc Hoa area to a new battalion area of operations northeast of Hoc Mon, where it established a new base camp.
www.manchu.org /download/Manchu_Diary/taskforce.doc   (15256 words)

  
 Ammunition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Army recovers arms and ammunition in RS Pura area
(PTI): Army troops today recovered a bag containing arms and ammunition in a border village of RS Pura sector in Jammu division, a defence spokesman said here.
The report said the ammunition disappeared after thieves allegedly broke into the armoury, despite heavy security presence of the facility.
www.wikiverse.org /ammunition   (1680 words)

  
 Training Infantry To Win In The Deadly Battlefield Of The Future
From the perspective of a Marine whose occupational specialty is infantry, the chief vehicle through which the Corps attains this goal is training.
Training at the School of Infantry As we follow the individual Marine to the School of Infantry, we will again find the training to be of good quality.
The first problem is that an infantry unit's training allowance for ammunition does not support either the training or the testing of individual Marines to the ITSM standards.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/1990/RPD.htm   (4837 words)

  
 6th Indiana Infantry
The 6th Indiana was the first volunteer regiment mustered in to Federal service from Indiana during the Civil War.
The 1st through 5th Indiana Infantry regiments had seen service during the Mexican War and were disbanded after that war.
The 6th Indiana Infantry Regiment lost during service 9 Officers and 116 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 140 Enlisted men by disease.
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 The Vickers Machine Gun: Transporting the gun PACKSADDLERY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In the 1918 manual, there are load tables for both the Cavalry and Infantry types of packsaddlery.
Although the transportation of the Vickers gun is mainly thought to of happened in the First World War, it was still an appendix to the Small Arms Training, Volume I, Pamphlet No. 7 Machine Gun manual of 1939.
In this manual it only mentions the Infantry method of carrying the gunand it is quite different to the First War method.
www.vickersmachinegun.org.uk /horse.html   (368 words)

  
 Imi Ammunition, Imi Ammunition information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
investigation of explosions in ammunition depots, corruption among the higher leaders of the city.
In 2002 Eley shotgun ammunition was purchased by the UEE...
We are authorized distributors for: American Ammunition - importer for IMI ammo in 50BMG, 649 gr.
www.ammunitionammo.com /ammunition3/imiammunition   (1786 words)

  
 Sixth Georgia Infantry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Like the other regiments in Colquitt's Brigade, the sixth held its position during part of the battle despite running low on ammunition.
At one time, for at least half an hour, the regiment was without ammunition, except as it was obtained from the cartridge boxes of the killed and wounded.
When almost the last round of ammunition was expended, and the bravest began to despair, a supply of ammunition was received.
extlab1.entnem.ufl.edu /olustee/6th_GA_inf.html   (478 words)

  
 Ammunition for infantry at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Currently, every army of an internationally recognized country (except those who rely on others for defense, such as Andorra, and those that do not have a true army, such as the Vatican City) has adopted guns as its main weapon.
The United States Army, to take a common example, has adopted the Colt M16 as its main infantry weapon (carrying 30 rounds of 5.56mm ammo, generally) and the M4 Carbine as its main mobile weapon (also carrying 30 rounds of 5.56 ammo).
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 The Infantry - Small Arms in the Section
This will significantly reduce the ammunition load that the Infantry section carries, while enhancing its capabilities.
The UGL will be able to fire 40 mm High Explosive (HE), smoke and illuminating rounds out to a range of 350 m to destroy, obscure or indicate enemy positions.
The LMG will not replace the LSW, but will complement it and enhance the effectiveness of the LSW and all section weapons across the spectrum of Infantry operations.
www.army.mod.uk /infantry/current_equipment/the_infantry_small_arms_in_the_section.htm   (599 words)

  
 Infantry  RE:Caseless Ammunition - Why is it so expencive StrategyPage.com
Infantry RE:Caseless Ammunition - Why is it so expencive StrategyPage.com
RE:Caseless Ammunition - What are the benefits/drawbacks and why was it not adopted?
Caseless Ammunition - What are the benefits/drawbacks and why was it not adopted?
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