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"Three-quarters" cuirassier's armour (early 17th century).
Typical Swiss or Landsknechts half-armour worn by foot soldiers in the 16th century, known in England as almain rivet.

Munition armour (also "munitions-grade armour", "munition quality armour") was mass-produced armour stockpiled in armouries to equip both foot soldiers and mounted cuirassiers.

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Munition armour

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Munition armour (also "munitions-grade armour", "munition quality armour") was mass-produced armour stockpiled in armouries to equip both foot soldiers...

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Plate armour

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fitting armour to the individual wearer like a tailor. The cost of a full suit of high quality fitted armour, as opposed to the cheaper munition armour (equivalent...

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Japanese armour

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tested armour Gyorin kozane-gusoku — Scale armour Nanban-gusoku — western-inspired armour Okasi-gusoku — lending or borrowing armour or munition armour, usually...

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Ashigaru

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centuries) required large quantities of armour to be produced for the ever-growing armies of ashigaru. Simple munition armour cuirasses and helmets were mass-produced...

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Cluster munition

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A cluster munition is a form of air-dropped or ground-launched explosive weapon that releases or ejects smaller submunitions. Commonly, this is a cluster...

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Buff coat

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finest quality buff coats were expensive, often much more so than the munition armour cuirasses typically issued to common soldiers, which may account for...

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Ammunition

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from the French la munition, for the material used for war. Ammunition and munition are often used interchangeably, although munition now usually refers...

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Spaced armour

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Armour with two or more plates spaced a distance apart falls under the category of spaced armour. Spaced armour can be sloped or unsloped. When sloped...

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Kinetic energy penetrator

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penetrator (LRP), is a type of ammunition designed to penetrate vehicle armour using a flechette-like, high-sectional density projectile. Like a bullet...

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Glossary of military abbreviations

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precision-guided munition APHC – Armour-piercing hard core APHE – Armour-piercing high-explosive API – Armour-piercing incendiary APIT – Armour-piercing incendiary...

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Leopard 2

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vertically faced turret armour. The second tranche, from Leopard 2A5 onwards, has an angled, arrow-shaped, turret appliqué armour, together with other improvements...

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ZALA Lancet

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designation: Item 52/Item 51) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and loitering munition developed by the Russian company ZALA Aero Group (part of Kalashnikov Concern)...

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MATADOR

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anti-tank, anti-door) is a 90-millimetre (3.5 in) man-portable, disposable anti-armour and anti-brickwall weapon system developed by Germany, Israel and Singapore...

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Tank

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rocket launchers. They have heavy vehicle armour which provides protection for the crew, the vehicle's munition storage, fuel tank and propulsion systems...

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Armoured warfare

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the rear and top sections of the engine compartment of a tank. Loitering munition (suicide drone) is also used to attack tanks in modern warfare. Certain...

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Panzergranate 39

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Oktober 1942. L.Dv. 4402/8 Munition der 8,8 cm Flak 41 (Munition der Flakartillerie Teil 8) Mai 1943. D 435/1, Handbuch, Munition der deutschen Geschütze...

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Tiger II

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was the successor to the Tiger I, combining the latter's thick armour with the armour sloping used on the Panther medium tank. The tank weighed almost...

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Fuze

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can be seen in cutaway diagrams. A fuze is a device that detonates a munition's explosive material under specified conditions. In addition, a fuze will...

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STM Kargu

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STM Kargu is a small portable rotary wing loitering munition produced in Turkey by STM (Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislik ve Ticaret A.Ş.) that has been...

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Rheinmetall

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GmbH and Pyrotechnik Silberhütte GmbH to form the new Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH. Further, Rheinmetall cooperated with Rafael Ltd. and Diehl Munitionssysteme...

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IMI Systems

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bullet-trap rifle-grenade IMI produced, license-produced and exported cluster munition in the form of artillery projectiles, mortar bombs and rockets. CornerShot...

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AeroVironment Switchblade

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The AeroVironment Switchblade is a miniature loitering munition designed by AeroVironment and used by several branches of the United States military. Small...

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