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A cartridge trap is a type of booby trap devised by the Viet Cong and subsequently used against American and other anti-Communist forces supporting South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. It derives its name from the fact that the wounding component of the trap is a small arms cartridge.

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Cartridge trap

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A cartridge trap is a type of booby trap devised by the Viet Cong and subsequently used against American and other anti-Communist forces supporting South...

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Booby trap

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booby trapping the enemy's ammunition supplies, in an operation code-named "Project Eldest Son". The propellant in a rifle or machine-gun cartridge was...

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Shotgun cartridge

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A shotgun cartridge, shotshell, or shell is a type of rimmed, cylindrical (straight-walled) ammunition used specifically in shotguns. It is typically...

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Trap shooting

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are able to be obtained by people who reload their own cartridges at little to no cost. Trap shooting has been around since the 18th century. A publication...

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by a ballistite (blank) cartridge. In common with other rifle grenades of this era, they became obsolescent when the bullet trap form of propulsion became...

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Barrel Double Rise Automatic Ball Trap (ABT) Olympic Trap Double Trap Helice (or ZZ) Also known as DTL, this is a popular trap shooting discipline. Targets...

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Slamfire

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A slamfire is a discharge of a firearm occurring as a cartridge is being loaded into the chamber. Some firearms are designed to slamfire, but the term...

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Chemical cartridge

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A respirator cartridge or canister is a type of filter that removes gases, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and other vapors from air through adsorption...

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Handloading

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Handloading, or reloading, is the practice of making firearm cartridges by manually assembling the individual components (metallic/polymer case, primer...

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Rifle grenade

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type which are propelled by a blank cartridge inserted into the chamber of the rifle. And, the newer "bullet trap" and "shoot through" types, as their...

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Nintendo Entertainment System

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who called for a simple, cheap console that could run arcade games on cartridges. The controller design was reused from Nintendo's portable Game & Watch...

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Springfield model 1873

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minute, loading from the cartridge-box. (It has been fired from the shoulder at the rate of 25 times per minute from the cartridge-box)." The rifle was originally...

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List of Master System games

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compilation with Pit Pot for that region. Released as both a Sega Card and cartridge for that region. Released as a Sega Card for that region. Released exclusively...

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Tromboncino M28 grenade launcher

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modern 40 mm grenades. The bullet trap was headspaced to have the bullet resting on it before firing. The cartridge chamber was relieved at the front...

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Firing pin

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firing mechanism of a firearm that impacts the primer in the base of a cartridge and causes it to fire. In firearms terminology, a striker is a particular...

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Exploding ammunition

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kill the person attempting to fire the weapon. In addition to explosive cartridges used in small arms, exploding ammunition can include rocket-propelled...

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Brass catcher

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A brass catcher (also brass trap) is a device designed to capture cartridge casings, often made of brass, as they are ejected from a firearm. Various...

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M67 recoilless rifle

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the cartridge case. It also permits faster loading because the projectile and the cartridge case are loaded as one unit. The rear end of the cartridge case...

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Breechloader

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Boxer cartridge. Following a competitive examination of 104 guns in 1866, the British decided to adopt the Peabody-derived Martini-Henry with trap-door...

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Colt SCAMP

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Remington Fireball as the basis of their new cartridge, leading to the design of a .224-caliber centerfire cartridge known as the .22 SCAMP. This round was...

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List of Nintendo Entertainment System games

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utilized ROM cartridges as the primary method of game distribution; measuring 3 inches (7.6 cm) high by 5.3 inches (13 cm) wide, each cartridge featured 60...

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Multicart

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In video game parlance, a multicart is a cartridge that contains more than one game. Typically, the separate games are available individually for purchase...

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