Home > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Caseless ammunition

Caseless ammunition

A type of small arms ammunition that eliminates the cartridge case that typically holds the primer, propellant, and projectile together as a unit.

This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.
0
Improve it
  • Part of Speech: noun
  • Synonym(s):
  • Blossary:
  • Industry/Domain: Military
  • Category: Firearms
  • Company:
  • Product:
  • Acronym-Abbreviation:
More
Collect to Blossary

Other Languages:

More

Member comments

You have to log in to post to discussions.

Related terms

caseless ammunition
Military; Firearms

A type of small arms ammunition that eliminates the cartridge case that typically holds the primer, propellant, and projectile together as a unit.

ammunition
Military; General military

Any object hurled from a weapon or made to explode through a weapon.

ammunition
Law; Legal

The supply of material that is expelled at force and at speed from a weapon such as a gun.

ammunition
Language; Dictionaries

Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense.

ammunition
Military; Firearms

Gunpowder and artillery. Since the design of the cartridge, the meaning has been transferred to the assembly of a projectile and its propellant in a single package.

trigger guard
Military; Firearms

The loop shaped construction that encircles the trigger. Usually extending from the receiver and connecting again to the firearm at the grip. The purpose of the trigger guard is ...

chamber
Military; Firearms

The cylinder in which ammunition is fired from. The cylinder in most firearms is directly connected to the barrel and holds the cartridge in place as its primer is struck by a ...

take-down pin
Military; Firearms

In the field of rifles, take-down levers and tabs are rare and most rely on proprietry disasembly methods. One of the most popular methods for adding a quick disassembly function ...

trigger
Military; Firearms

A lever which connects the index (in most cases) with the trigger shear, usually shaped in a wide-radius convex curve in an otherwise flat piece of material. Older triggers have a ...

trigger housing
Military; Firearms

The area milled, pressed, moulded or otherwise created in the receiver to hold the trigger assembly.

take-down lever
Military; Firearms

When dealing with small arms that use a lever in the operation of field-stripping, the term 'take-down lever' is used. It describes the wing of metal attached to a pin which ...

Terms in the News

Featured Terms

Harry8L
  • 0

    Terms

  • 0

    Blossaries

  • 1

    Followers

Industry/Domain: Earth science Category: Mapping science

Outline map

A map showing just enough geographic information to permit the correct placement of additional details. Outline maps correspond to what were at one ...

Contributor

Featured blossaries

French Saints

Category: Religion   1 20 Terms

Semiotics

Category: Science   3 10 Terms

Browers Terms By Category

TERMS

SOCIAL

EXTRAS

SOLUTIONS