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...250px|An example of FMJ bullets in their usual shapes: pointed ("[[Spitzer bullet|spitzer]]") for the [[7.62x39mm]] [[rifle]] and round-nosed for the [[7.62x ... core materials. This bullet type distinguishes itself from [[hollow point bullet]]s.

...aws, such as prohibition on possession of tracer ammunition, handgun armor piercing ammunition, .50 BMG rifles, and the sale or transfer of magazines with a ca ...[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQY/is_7_47/ai_75287344 "Bite The Bullet" Guns Magazine, July 2001]</ref>, when in fact the word Magnum is rather me

... [[.30-06 Springfield|M1906 .30-06]] cartridge with a 150-grain, flat-base bullet. ...ew M1 Ball (172-grain boat-tail bullet) and the M1906 (150-grain flat-base bullet) ammunition.<ref name="Dunlap309">Dunlap, Roy, ''Ordnance Went Up Front'',

...nks]] are used. The new tungsten cored M993 [[Armor-piercing bullet|Armor-piercing]] rounds may also be fired in the M60 as well, though they did not enter th

...ol. A weapon originally designed, made and intended to fire a projectile (bullet) from one or more barrels when held in one hand, and having: a) a chamber(s ...nition for Firearms Other than Ammunition for Destructive Devices or Armor Piercing Ammunition

... used in a [[firearm]] or [[cannon]] to fire a [[projectile]], such as a [[bullet]], that is smaller than the [[caliber|bore]] diameter. The term is also app Spindle sabots are the standard western type armor piercing ammunition type. Two and three piece spindle type sabots are shown in the

'''Teflon-coated bullets''' are handgun [[bullet]]s that have been covered with a coating of Teflon to reduce [[barrel]] wea ...er of Teflon to reduce barrel wear. The inventors named the round the "KTW Bullet," after their initials.

===Classes of bullet=== There are three basic classes of [[bullet]]:

...weapons used by military snipers like the [[M82 Barrett rifle]] with armor piercing rounds, would '''not''' be suitable for taking use on a soft target in a ci

|bullet=7.82 mm (0.308 in) ...er case neck but identical overall length, and a higher velocity [[spitzer bullet]]. There were three main production runs of the round that roughly correspo

|bullet=.511 ...all]], [[Tracer ammunition|tracer]], [[Armor-piercing shot and shell|armor piercing]], [[incendiary]], and [[sabot]]ed [[sub-caliber round]]s. The rounds inten

|bullet=5.680 mm (0.2236 in) ...llow air space also makes the bullet's point prone to deformation when the bullet strikes anything solid, inducing yaw. The brown-lacquered steel case is [[B

|bullet=5.69 mm (0.224 in) ...better long-range performance, specifically to meet a requirement that the bullet be able to penetrate through one side of a steel helmet at 600 m. Some beli

|bullet= 5.7 mm (0.224 in) |btype1= SS90 [[Armor piercing round|AP]] [[Full metal jacket bullet|FMJ]]

|bullet=7.90 mm (0.311 in) ...is what causes the AK-47 to have distinctively curved magazines. While the bullet design itself has gone through a few redesigns, the cartridge itself remain

|bullet=7.82 mm (0.308 in) ... [[.30-06 Springfield]]. While the cartridge itself is shorter, the actual bullet and loadings are about the same (muzzle velocities on the order of 860 m/s

|bullet=8.20 mm (0.323 in) ...ripper clip]] in the [[Gewehr 88]] (or Rifle 88) rifle. The 7.92x57mm IS [[bullet]] was lighter, pointed, and 8.2 mm (.323 inches) in diameter instead of 8.0

...ammunition; for a modern small arms cartridge this is the combination of [[bullet]], [[propellant]], [[Percussion cap#Primers|primer]] and cartridge case in ... explode in mid-air, so its fragments will spread over a large area. Armor-piercing ammunition tends to be hard, sharp, and narrow, often with lubrication. Inc

...big-game hunting. The anti-tank rifle would follow the same route: a large bullet with a high velocity and the ability to penetrate armour. ...lar infantry rifle. It had an increased propelling charge and a steel core bullet. This had about a 30% chance of penetrating the 8&nbsp;mm armour of contemp

...llery fuzes are nose fuzes. However, base fuzes have been used with armour piercing shells and for squash head (HESH or HEP) anti-tank shells. At least one nuc ...nt meaning for artillery in other parts of the English speaking world) or "bullet" fired downrange. This may or may not be an explosive device. Traditionally