Talk:Ammunition

message: *Clinical and legal significance of fragmentation of bullets in relation to size of wounds: retrospective analysis
*Declaration on the Use of Bullets Which Expand or Flatten Easily in the Human Body
*Military Open-tip Ammunition
The article says, "anti-personnel ammunition is often designed to break up or tumble inside the target, in order to maximize the damage done." Is this accurate? Anyone have examples of such ammunition? Tom harrison 13:24, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Links that may be handy sometime

message: In English Fuze is the customary spelling for igniters in the nose or base of shells. Why did this get changed to Fuse ? Rcbutcher (talk) 11:21, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: FYI, the Manual of Style says in the very first section that it's uncool to change valid spelling variants, and indicates how to determine the "original" variant if there's an issue. ENeville (talk) 02:25, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Why does Fuze get changed to Fuse ?

message: Munition is comparatively tiny and lacks clear differentiation in subject matter, so it looks like it should be merged in. ENeville (talk) 02:13, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I must argue that munition should not redirect here. Munitions are weapons or weapons systems. Ammunitions are charges for those weapons systems. IE a bullet is fired from a rifle. The bullet is ammunition, the rifle is a munition. A tank fires a shell from its main gun. The tank is just a vehicle, the gun is a munition, and the shell is ammunition.  A bomb is dropped from an airplane. Here the bomb is its own self-contained weapon system, and so is considered a munition, the aircraft is merely the vehicle once again. Thusly I think munition should not redirect here, but rather to Weapon, but I'll leave that to one better versed in the Wiki and subject matter. --75.16.251.224 (talk) 20:50, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge from Munition 

message: This article is desperately in need of images. Does anyone have any free images that depict a range of ammunition types/sizes? If not, there's a few pic from the list of handgun cartridges article that might be useful here. ce1984 (talk) 10:03, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images 

message: my Webster's 1988 dictionary defines "Ammunition" as "Anything hurled by a weapon or explodes as a weapon, as bullets, gunpowder, shot, shells, bombs, grenades, rockets, etc.". so..
*1. Why are bombs, rockets, missiles etc. called "munitions"? Yes, I understand "Munition" means war materials, but wouldn't it be more semantically correct to call them Ammunition?
*2. Is there such a difference between "Ammunition" and "Munition" in other languages? looking at the other wikis, this article links to "Munition" in european languages. --Phil1988 (talk) 03:22, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Phil, originally munitions referred to emplaced demolition charges, usually gunpowder packed in large barrels. Later when small (relatively) charges appeared for muzzle loading cannons, these became known as amunitions, the prefix means 'not' (old days) munitions. This is not the usual etymology thoughKoakhtzvigad (talk) 10:25, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Unless your dictionary says: ©Merriam-Webster on it it's not a Noah Webster dictionary and is not considered to be authoritative. 
A 1998 version says this: 
Ammunition:
* 1: projectiles fired from guns
* 2: explosive items used in war
* 3: material for use in attack or defense
While the ©Merriam-Webster New International 2nd edition says:
* 1: Military Stores
* 2: Mil. In warfare, the projectiles thrown against an enemy, such as bullets, shells, grenades, and bombs with their necessary propellants, detonators, fuses, and primers.  Modern ammunition for firearms consists basically of a priming charge of powder, a propelling charge of powder, and some form of missile to be ejected form the firearm.
* 3: A stock of missiles: any material that may be used in attack or defense: as ammunition for a speech.
Further: ©Merriam-Webster online:
* 1: a the projectiles with their fuses, propelling charges, or primers fired from guns
*     b cartridges
*     c explosive military items (such as grenades or bombs)
* 2:  material for use in attacking or defending a position ammunition for the defense lawyers
 
The genuine ©Merriam-Webster dictionary results are much better than the one you cited. Digitallymade (talk) 17:33, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ammunition/Munition 

message: It seems to me that the images in the article are chosen to grossly over-represent US ammunition...all are of US ammunition!Koakhtzvigad (talk) 05:07, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: So fix it! Being bold is what makes us different from the other guys. Marcus Qwertyus  05:32, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I think I'm doing enough for now Koakhtzvigad (talk) 06:35, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: In accordance with So fix it! ..but no problems if the main contributors object or reposition, I'm about  to add a 15" shell from HMS Malaya, kindly preserved in Genoa Cathedral! JRPG (talk) 11:23, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images 

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message: This article is almost entirely concerned with the use of ammunition in war. What about hunting & target shooting? I came here hoping for information about special ammunition for the latter. This is way out of my area of expertise, so I don't think I'm the right person to rebalance the article. --D Anthony Patriarche (talk) 01:40, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
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