types of bullets

[ptltejas]

There are five types of bullets.

1. Full Metal Jacket
2. Armour Pearcing
3. Tracer
4. Incendiary
5. Explosive

Out of this five only first type is used by private citizens; other four are used by the miletries.

 

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[ptltejas]

The mordern bullets consists following

1. the BULLET which serves as a projectile
2. CASE which serves as a lropellant
3. the PROPELLANT gunpowder or clrdite
4. part of casing used for the loading
5. the PRIMER which ignites the propellant



once the primer is burnt it burn the propellant charge and creates pressure due to which burn the propellant creages pressure and hence fire the bullet.

 

[ptltejas]

1. Metal Jacket- FMJ Bullets :

This bullets jacket is made with the good quality steel and have Lead inside that so its just have general bullet andattack on the humans and things andpearcing the same.

 

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Expanding bullets were given the name Dum-dum, or dumdum, after an early British example produced in the Dum Dum Arsenal, near Calcutta, India by Captain Neville Bertie-Clay.There were several expanding bullets produced by this arsenal for the .303 British cartridge, including soft point and hollow point designs. These were not the first expanding bullets, however; hollow point expanding bullets were commonly used for hunting thin skinned game in express rifles as early as the mid-1870s. The use of the term "Dum-dum", applied to expanding bullets other than the early .303 designs, is considered slang by some.Manufacturers have many terms to describe the particular construction of the various types of expanding bullets, though most fall into the category of soft point or hollow point designs.

Soft-point bullet

Hollow point bullets

An expanding bullet is a bullet designed to expand on impact, increasing in diameter to limit penetration and/or produce a larger diameter wound. It is informally known as a Dum-dum or a dumdum bullet. The two typical designs are the hollow point bullet and the soft point bullet.

 

[ptltejas]

2. Armour Pearcing Bullet:

This bullet is generally used to attack on Infantry vehicles. It consists Diplimeted Uranium inside the bullet jacket. So its piercing capacity is increased due to uranim inside it.

 

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Rubber bullet

Rubber bullets are rubber or rubber-coated projectiles that can be fired from either standard firearms or dedicated riot guns. They are intended to be a non-lethal alternative to metal projectiles. Like other similar projectiles made from plastic, wax, and wood, rubber bullets may be used for short range practice and animal control, but are most commonly associated with use in riot control and to disperse protests. These types of projectiles are more correctly called baton rounds. Rubber projectiles have largely been replaced by other materials as rubber tends to bounce uncontrollably.

Such "kinetic impact munitions" are meant to cause pain but not serious injury. They are expected to produce contusions, abrasions, and hematomas. However, they may cause bone fractures, injuries to internal organs, or death. In a study of 90 patients in Northern Ireland, one died, 17 suffered permanent disabilities or deformities and 41 required hospital treatment after being fired upon with rubber bullets.

 

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Shotgun shell

Series of individual 1/1,000,000 second exposures showing shotgun firing shot & sabot separation

 

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3. Tracer Bullet

Tracer Bullets are used to trace the direction or to give military sign to spot where you are.

 

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Commando Warrior is using "simunitions," dye-filled rounds that fit in M4s or 9MM weapons, to train Airmen on team tactics and movement under fire in simulated combat environments.

 

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Caseless Ammo

Caseless ammunition is a type of small arms ammunition that eliminates the cartridge case that typically holds the primer, propellant, and projectile together as a unit. Caseless ammunition is an attempt to reduce the weight and cost of ammunition by dispensing with the case, which is typically precision made of brass or steel, as well as simplify the operation of repeating firearms by eliminating the need to extract and eject the empty case after firing.

Caseless round of the experimental Heckler & Koch G11

 

[ptltejas]

4. Incendiary Bullets:

This bullets hacket is not hard and which easily broken it has White Phosphorous inside, as it touch the target its broken and White Phosphorous inside start burning and hence starts fire at the the place.

5. Explosive Bullets:

This bullet consists either RDX or TNT or PETN inside it. When it dash with target it blast there. It is impact there as a mini bomb.

 

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Cartridges may be classified in to two further categories

Centre Firing cartridges

A centerfire cartridge is a cartridge with a primer located in the center of the cartridge case head. Unlike rimfire cartridges, the primer is a separate and replaceable component.

The centerfire cartridge has supplanted the rimfire in all but the smallest cartridge sizes. Excepting some .22 and .17 caliber pistol and rifle cartridges, small-bore shotgun cartridges (intended for pest-control), and a handful of antique, mostly obsolete cartridges, most pistol, rifle, and shotgun ammunition used today is centerfire.

Pistol and shotgun primers next to scale in inches and mm Pistol primer on left is already fired (notice the small bump on it)





Rim firing cartridges

A rimfire is a type of firearm cartridge. It is called a rimfire because instead of the firing pin of a gun striking the primer cap at the center of the base of the cartridge to ignite it (as in a centerfire cartridge), the pin strikes the base's rim.

The rim of the rimfire cartridge is essentially an extended and widened percussion cap which contains the priming compound, while the cartridge case itself contains the propellant powder and the projectile (bullet).

Once the rim of the cartridge has been struck and the bullet discharged, the cartridge cannot be reloaded, because the head has been deformed by the firing pin impact.

While many other different cartridge priming methods have been tried since the 19th century, only rimfire technology and centerfire technology survive today in significant use.

Various rimfire ammunition cartridges, from left to right, .22 Short, .22 Long Rifle, .22 WMR, .17 HM2, .17 HMR

 

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Blank cartridge

A blank is a type of cartridge for a firearm that contains gunpowder but no bullet or shot. When fired, the blank makes a flash and an explosive sound (report). Blanks are often used for simulation (such as in historical reenactments, theatre and movie special effects), training, and for signaling (see starting pistol). Blank cartridges differ from dummy cartridges, which are used for training or function testing firearms; these contain no primer or gunpowder, and are inert.

Specialized blank cartridges are also used for their propellant force in fields as varied as construction, shooting sports, and fishing.

 

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2. Armour Pearcing Bullet:

This bullet is generally used to attack on Infantry vehicles. It consists Diplimeted Uranium inside the bullet jacket. So its piercing capacity is increased due to uranim inside it.

Small firearms like rifles and handguns don't have depleted uranium in their rounds (even armor piercing versions)

Examples of armor piercing handgun sub machine guns ammos are

FN 5.7×28mm for P-90 & Five-Seven Pistol

HK 4.6×30mm for the MP-7

and Overpressure 9mm ammo

Here by armor we mean body armor

All standard rifle and assault rifle rounds can defeat standard kevlar vests