Firearms

Firearms

Guns such as pistols or rifles that use explosives to shoot bullets. These are usually small arms as compared to big weapon systems such as artillery cannons or missiles.

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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.

Chambering

Military; Firearms

Inserting a round into the chamber, either manually or through the action of the weapon (e.g., pump-action, lever-action, bolt-action, or automatic-action.).

Cartridge

Military; Firearms

The assembly consisting of a bullet, gunpowder, shell casing, and primer. When counting, it is referred to as a round.

Chain gun

Military; Firearms

Type of machine gun or autocannon that uses an external source of power to cycle the weapon.

Are a system of aligned markers used to assist in the aiming of a device such as a firearm, crossbow, or telescope, and exclude the use of optics as in a scope. Iron sights are typically composed of ...

Internal ballistics

Military; Firearms

A subfield of ballistics, that is the study of a projectile's behaviour from the time its propellant's igniter is initiated until it exits the gun barrel. The study of internal ballistics is ...