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Ranged weapons
Firearms
Ammunition
Ammunition
Ammunition
Material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from a weapon or weapon system
Ammunition box
Container designed for safe transport and storage of ammunition
Armor-piercing bullet
Type of ammunition
Bullet
Projectile propelled by a firearm, sling, or air gun
Cartridge (firearms)
Ammunition consisting of a casing, projectile, propellant and primer
Flechette
Projectile
Gunpowder
Explosive once used in firearms
Hollow-point bullet
Type of expanding bullet used for controlled penetration
Powder keg
Barrel of gunpowder
Sabot (firearms)
Ammunition component for holding sub-caliber projectiles aligned
Shot (pellet)
Type of ammunition
Shotgun cartridge
Self-contained cartridge loaded with either shot or a solid slug
Shotgun slug
Type of ammunition used mainly in hunting game
Smokeless powder
Type of propellant
Tracer ammunition
Ammunition whose bullets emit light or smoke during flight