small arms ammunition


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small arms ammunition

Ammunition for small arms, i.e., all ammunition up to and including 20 millimeters (.787 inches).
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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Next we had a chance to visit the Small Arms Ammunition factory in Ankara, Gazi Fizek Fabrikasi.
Orbital makes rocket propulsion systems, small arms ammunition, warhead fuses and missile controls.
The Venezuelan defense industry comprises state-owned defense companies, which mainly produce small arms ammunition, explosives, some spare parts, and coastal patrol craft for the navy.
On the other hand, the Army is required by government procedures to procure small arms ammunition from the Government Arsenal.
also helped deliver coalition donations of 22 million rounds of small arms ammunition and 12,000 mortar rounds to the Iraqi army, Warren said.
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Details published last month by the Commons Committees on Arms Export Controls (CAEC) show they include small arms ammunition, weapons sights, military communications equipment and "all-wheel drive vehicles with ballistic protection" as well as a components for an array of equipment of various kinds.
Small arms ammunition (up to 19.1 mm for rifle and pistol cartridges, any size bshotgun shells) for personal use, when securely boxed (checked baggage only).
This included body armour, parts for "all-wheel drive vehicles with ballistic protection", assault rifles, pistols, military support vehicles and small arms ammunition. These details featured in a report from the cross-party arms export committee on licences for countries which the Foreign Office itself describes as "of concern" because of their poor record on human rights, War on Want added.
The seizure also included small arms ammunition, ground-to-ground rockets, explosives, Iranian- and Russian-made military-grade binoculars, missile tubes and battery units along with other weapons and military equipment.
Egyptian authorities have confiscated trucks carrying explosive warheads and a variety of small arms ammunition smuggled from Libya, the country's interior minister Ahmed Gamal Eddin said.
Caracal Light Ammunition currently produces 5.56mm to 12.7mm for small arms ammunition.

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