| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb ammunition.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (ammunition) | 1. To provide with ammunition.[Websters]. 2. Base verb from the following inflections: ammunitioning, ammunitioned, ammunitions, ammunitioner, ammunitioners, ammunitioningly and ammunitionedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "AMMUNITIONING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ammunition
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Dream Interpretation | To dream of ammunition, foretells the undertaking of some work, which promises fruitful completion. To dream your ammunition is exhausted, denotes fruitless struggles and endeavors. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... | ||
| Military | See munition. (references) | ||
| Military & Defense | A device charged with explosives, propellants, pyrotechnics, initiating composition, or nuclear, biological, or chemical material for use in connection with defense or offence, including demolitions. Certain ammunition can be used for training, ceremonial, or non-operational purposes. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: ammunition
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Alabama Army Ammunition Plant | The Alabama Army Ammunition Plant (ALAAP), was a United States munitions plant built and operated during World War II. The facility is located a four miles (6 km) north of Childersburg, Alabama in Talladega County, Alabama. (references) | ||
| Ammunition chest | A chest to hold ammunition. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Ammunition dump | An ammunition dump, ammunition compound, ammunition depot or ammo dump, is a military storage facility for live ammunition and explosives. The storage of live ammunition and explosives is inherently hazardous. There is the potential for accidents in unloading, packing and transfer; the threat of theft, misuse or sabotage; and, if neglected, the near-certainty that poorly stored explosive will degrade and become shock-sensitive over time. (references) | ||
| Battle of the Ammunition Hill | The Ammunition hill (in Hebrew Giv'at HaTachmoshet, גבעת התחמושת) was a Jordanian post in East Jerusalem, and was one of the hardest battles in the Six Day War. (references) | ||
| Belt ammunition | Ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Belted ammunition | Ammunition (usually of small caliber) loaded in flexible linked strips for use in a machine gun. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Caseless ammunition | Caseless ammunition is firearm ammunition that aims to eliminate the metal case that typically holds the primer, or igniter, and the explosive charge ("gunpowder") that propels the bullet. (references) | ||
| Centerfire ammunition | A centerfire cartridge is a cartridge in which the primer is located in the center of the cartridge case head. (references) | ||
| Fixed ammunition | (Mil.), a projectile and powder inclosed together in a case ready for loading. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Kilauea class ammunition ship | The Kilauea class ammunition ships are a class of eight auxiliary vessels of the United States Navy, designed to specialise in the transfer of missiles and other munitions. (references) | ||
| Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute | The American Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (commonly abbreviated as SAAMI) is an association of American firearms and ammunitions manufacturers that is publishing various industry standards related to the field, ranging from policy to acceptable chamber pressure. (references) | ||
| Stand of ammunition | The projectile, cartridge, and sabot connected together. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Suribachi class ammunition ship | The Suribachi class ammunition ships are a class of two auxiliary vessels of the United States Navy. They were among the first specialised underway replenishment ships built after the Second World War. The Nitro class ammunition ships are sometimes considered part of this class. (references) | ||
| Tracer ammunition | Tracers are special bullets that contain a powder in their base that burns very brightly during their flight. This enables the shooter to follow the bullets' trajectories. The shooter then, typically, "walks" his cone of fire onto the target by seeing where the tracer is going. Tracers have been used extensively in machine guns since World War I (1914-1918) and are usually loaded at a ratio of one tracer per four rounds in ground guns, and one tracer per every two or three rounds in aircraft guns. (references) | ||
| Tubes and primers for ammunition | In ancient times various devices were adopted to ignite the charge. Small guns were fired by priming powder poured down the touch hole (or vent) and ignited by glowing embers or a red-hot iron rod. (references) | ||
| Unit of ammunition | A charge of ammunition for a single shot. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: ammunition
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Ammunition and toxic material open space | Military | (DOD, NATO) An area especially prepared for storage of explosive ammunition and toxic material. For reporting purposes, it does not include the surrounding area restricted for storage because of safety distance factors. It includes barricades and improvised coverings. See also storage. (references) | |
| Ammunition controlled supply rate | Military | (DOD) In Army usage, the amount of ammunition estimated to be available to sustain operations of a designated force for a specified time if expenditures are controlled at that rate. It is expressed in terms of rounds per weapon per day for ammunition items fired by weapons, and in terms of units of measure per organization per day for bulk allotment ammunition items. Tactical commanders use this rate to control expenditures of ammunition during tactical operations at planned intervals. It is issued through command channels at each level. It is determined based on consideration of the required supply rates submitted by subordinate commanders and ammunition assets available. (references) | |
| Ammunition hoist | Environment | A mechanical device for moving projectiles and powder from the magazine to the level of the gun. (references) | |
| Ammunition lot | Military | (DOD, NATO) A quantity of homogeneous ammunition, identified by a unique lot number, which is manufactured, assembled, or renovated by one producer under uniform conditions and which is expected to function in a uniform manner. (references) | |
| Ammunition storekeeper | Occupations | Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in storing, issuing, and accounting for ammunition or explosives, performing duties as described under SUPERVISOR (clerical) Master Title. (references) | |
| Ammunition supply point | Military | See distribution point. (references) | |
| Ammunition with incendiary projectiles | Military & Defense | Ammunition for military use where the projectile contains a chemical mixture which bursts into flame on contact with the air or on impact. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Chemical ammunition | Military | (DOD, NATO) A type of ammunition, the filler of which is primarily a chemical agent. (references) | |
| Fixed ammunition | Military | (DOD, NATO) Ammunition in which the cartridge case is permanently attached to the projectile. See also munition. (references) | |
| INSPECTOR, LIVE AMMUNITION | Occupations | Examines magazines and chambers of guns after final test firing to ensure removal of live ammunition. Records number and disposition of guns passing through department. (references) | |
| LABORER, AMMUNITION ASSEMBLY I | Occupations | Assembles component parts of tracer shells, signals, flares, and other pyrotechnics, performing any combination of following tasks: Loads relays (devices for transferring ignition sequence to various charges in shell) with black powder pellets. Tends press that pushes powder charge tightly into relay. Assembles and loads mine fuses with red phosphorous and black powder. Installs relays in shells and screws them in place. Loads shells with tracer powder, tamps pellets with automatic press, and seals chamber with celluloid disk. May cut and sew silk to assist in making of signal flare parachutes. (references) | |
| LABORER, AMMUNITION ASSEMBLY II | Occupations | Assembles and packs complete rounds of ammunition (projectile and cartridge), performing any combination of following tasks: Greases threads on fuses and starts them into threaded fuse sockets. Screws fuses into place, using screw press. Places primers in cartridge cases and stamps them in place, using press. Weighs and inserts propellants into cartridge cases. Brushes band of adhesive compound around base of projectile to seal cartridge. Gauges completed shells, using simple acceptance jigs. Stamps shell data on cartridge, using rubber stamp or stamping machine. Packs completed rounds in cardboard tubes. Stamps shell data on tubes, dips tubes in molten paraffin, and packs tubes in crates. Screws pierced and threaded plugs into bases of aerial bombs. Screws rod-supporting fin assembly into threaded hole in plug. Slips metal sleeves about bombs and packs them in metal containers, attaching tags with identification data to containers. (references) | |
| Semi-fixed ammunition | Military | Ammunition in which the cartridge case is not permanently attached to the projectile. See also ammunition. (references) | |
| Service ammunition | Military | (DOD) Ammunition intended for combat rather than for training purposes. (references) | |
| Small arms ammunition | Military | (DOD) Ammunition for small arms, i.e., all ammunition up to and including 20 millimeters (.787 inches). (references) | |
| SUPERINTENDENT, AMMUNITION STORAGE | Occupations | Directs and coordinates, through subordinate supervisory personnel, activities concerned with handling and storing ammunition, rockets, mines, and other explosive components at ammunition supply depot or arsenal: Reviews invoices and requisitions to plan work activities. Prepares schedules for storing incoming and issuing ammunition specifying magazine or bunker number for storing each type of ammunition, quantity to store in bunker or magazine, and numerical order of bunkers or magazines from which to issue requisitioned ammunition. Enforces, through subordinate personnel, worker compliance with established safety regulations, and method and procedures for handling and storing each type of ammunition. Inspects bunkers and magazines to ensure that automatic safeguards and control instrumentation are operative and security measures are in force. Prepares reports and correspondence and directs clerical personnel in typing reports and record keeping activities. (references) | |
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