Ammunition [sv]

Ammunition is the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon or weapon system. 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).

The purpose of ammunition is to project a force against a selected target to have an effect (usually, but not always, lethal). An example of ammunition is the firearm cartridge, which includes all components required to deliver the weapon effect in a single package. Until the 20th century, black powder was the most common propellant used but has now been replaced in nearly all cases by modern compounds.

Ammunition comes in a great range of sizes and types and is often designed to work only in specific weapons systems. However, there are internationally recognized standards for certain ammunition types (e.g., 5.56×45mm NATO) that enable their use across different weapons and by different users. There are also specific types of ammunition that are designed to have a specialized effect on a target, such as armor-piercing shells and tracer ammunition, used only in certain circumstances. Ammunition is commonly labeled or colored in a specific manner to assist in its identification and to prevent the wrong ammunition types from being used accidentally or inappropriately.

Ampumatarvikkeita ovat muun muassa ampuma-aseiden ammukset, kuten luodit, haulit ja muut tarvikket, jotka laukaistaan ruutikaasunpainella, nallimassan räjähdyspaineella tai muun räjähdyspaineen avulla, ja joka voivat aiheuttaa vaaraa ihmiselle.

Suomen Puolustusvoimissa erilaisia sotilasräjähteitä ja niiden osia kutsutaan ampumatarvikkeiksi. Puolustusvoimisen etymologiassa ampumatarvikkeita ovat esimerkiksi: ajopanokset, erikoisampumatarvikkeet, hylsyt, irtoräjäyttimet, nallit, panokset, miinat, patruunat, polttotaisteluaineet, raketit, ruudit, sotilas- ja siviliiräjähdysaineet, sytyttimet, ohjukset, lentopommit, tytärammukset ja -pommit, torpedot sekä merimiinat.

Ammunisjon (frå latin munire, å forsyne og frå fransk munition) er eksplosiv og prosjektil til våpen og våpensystem. Patronar, missil, granatar og piler (til boge) er døme på ammunisjon, men idag bruker ein stort sett ordet berre i høve til skytevåpen og artilleri.

Ammunition (från franska: la munition, av latin: munire, "förse", eller munitia, "befästa") är materiel avsett att rikta kraft mot ett objekt med syfte att oskadliggöra det.

Ur militär synvinkel räknas till ammunition projektiler, patroner, drivämnen (krut), tändmedel, sprängämnen, minor, bomber, robotar, raketer och liknande.

Materiel som för övningsändamål efterliknar olika ammunitionseffekter betraktas ej som ammunition. Till exempel barlastad ammunition som är en övningsammunition med samma vikt och drivladdning som ammunition men utan sprängladdning i projektilen.