Ammunition
Ammunition (informally ammo) is the material fired, scattered, dropped or detonated from any weapon. Ammunition is both expendable weapons (e.g., bombs, missiles, grenades, land mines) and the component parts of other weapons that create the effect on a target (e.g., bullets and warheads). Nearly all mechanical weapons require some form of ammunition to operate. The term ammunition can be traced back to the mid-17th century. The word comes from the French la munition, for the material used for war. Ammunition and munitions are often used interchangeably, although munition now usually refers to the actual weapons system with the ammunition required …
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Greens/EFA: The Greens/European Free Alliance · 3 June 2024 English
Summary of the activities carried out by the EFA Group during the 2019-2024 mandate.
on peace. Coherently, he voted against the EU ammunition plan to Ukraine. He presented a motion of no …
ISW: Institute for the Study of War · 30 April 2024 English
Geolocated footage published on April 28 and 29 indicates that Russian forces advanced in western and northeastern Ocheretyne (northwest of Avdiivka), along the rail line to the northwestern outskirts of …
helped GRU Unit 29155 facilitate attacks against ammunition depots in the Czech Republic and Bulgaria, including … including destroying 150 tons of ammunition and killing two people in the Czech Republic in 2014, by providing … arms company EMCO, Emilian Gebrev, who provided ammunition to Ukraine in 2014. The Insider reported that … additional 13 million CAD ($9.5 million) to the Czech ammunition initiative for Ukraine, and an additional 100 … Commissioner Josep Borrell announced that the Czech ammunition initiative should begin deliveries of artillery …
ISW: Institute for the Study of War · 29 April 2024 English
Russian forces will likely continue to make tactical gains in the Avdiivka direction in the coming weeks, and Ukrainian commanders may decide to conduct additional withdrawals if Russian forces threaten …
(MoD), claimed that Russian forces struck an ammunition and aircraft equipment warehouse in Chernihiv …
ISW: Institute for the Study of War · 26 April 2024 English
The scale and intensity of the forecasted Summer 2024 Russian offensive operation that will likely begin in June also remains unclear, and the Russian military command may be actively assessing …
Rocket Systems (HIMARS) munitions, artillery ammunition, and equipment to integrate Ukrainian and Western … the Bila Hora area are regrouping, accumulating ammunition, and actively demining the frontline.[44] Elements … ZNPP by storing military equipment including ammunition, armored personnel carriers, anti-aircraft guns …
Cato Institute · 25 April 2024 English
Earlier this month Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) took to X (formerly Twitter) to address criticisms--including from me--of recent opinion pieces he penned calling for the expanded use of industrial policy. …
solutions (aside from purchasing more weapons and ammunition from countries with successful industrial policies …
MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 25 April 2024 English
During the last ten years, several issues such as the Arab Spring, the emergence and spread of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the COVID-19 pandemic, oil price …
their relations in the fields of small arms and ammunition. Indian forces are using Israeli small arms such … Guided Bomb Griffin Guided Bomb Harop Loitering Ammunition Crystal Maze ASM Barak-1 SAM India-Israel Ties …
ORF: Observer Research Foundation · 24 April 2024 English
Introduction The US’s relationship with Ukraine has evolved since the end of the Cold War when the latter became an independent country. A crucial development came in 2014 when Russia …
accumulating deficits on the battlefield now encompass ammunition, soldiers and, perhaps most importantly, air … would require drawing from the US’s arms and ammunition stockpiles and likely lead to political wrangling … (c-UAS) and munitions 8 c-UAS gun trucks and ammunition 9 mobile c-UAS laser-guided rocket systems … Other c-UAS equipment 11 Anti-aircraft guns and ammunition 12 Air defence systems components 13 Equipment … 39 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems and ammunition 2 Ground-launched Small Diameter Bomb launchers …
Amnesty International · 23 April 2024 English
This report documents human rights concerns during 2023 in 155 countries, connecting issues at global and regional levels and looking forward to the implications for the future. States and armed …
and armed men in civilian clothing fired live ammunition to disperse violent protests in the capital, Dakar …
SIPRI: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute · 22 April 2024 English
Total global military expenditure reached $2443 billion in 2023, an increase of 6.8 per cent in real terms from 2022. This was the steepest year-on-year increase since 2009. The 10 …
replenish stocks sent to Ukraine and meet Ukraine’s ammunition needs. China, the world’s second largest military …
Amnesty International · 22 April 2024 English
An alarming spike in violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians across the occupied West Bank in recent days highlights the urgent need to dismantle illegal settlements, end Israel’s occupation of …
media reports 25 people were wounded by live ammunition and houses and vehicles were set on fire during …
