X-Nico

unusual facts about munition



Anti-Structures Munition

The Anti-Structures Munition is a developmental program for the British Army to provide a man-portable shoulder-launched weapon capable of destroying hardened structures such as buildings or bunkers.

DRB Class 52

Key HAS figures were the Reichsminister for munition and armament, Albert Speer and the Reich transport minister, Julius Dorpmüller.

E48

E48 particulate bomb, a U.S. biological sub-munition designed during the 1950s

E77 balloon bomb

From October to December 1954 41 E77s were launched at Vernalis, California which demonstrated that the munition met "military characteristics" to create high levels of plant infection on targeted crops.

High-explosive squash head

HESH was developed by Charles Dennistoun Burney in the 1940s for the British war effort, originally as an anti-fortification "wallbuster" munition for use against concrete.

K2 Black Panther

The KSTAM (Korean Smart Top-Attack Munition) is a fire-and-forget, top-attack anti-tank munition with an effective operating range of 2–8 km, developed specifically for use with the K2.

M982 Excalibur

The munition was co-developed by United States-based Raytheon Missile Systems (guidance system) and the Swedish BAE Systems Bofors (body, base, ballistics and payload).

Mass destruction

Weapon of mass destruction, a munition with the capacity to indiscriminately kill large numbers of living beings

Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach

Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach is a United States Navy weapons and munitions loading, storage and maintenance facility located in Seal Beach, California with detachments in Concord, Fallbrook, Norco and San Diego, all also in California.

William Henry Warren

During World War I, Warren conducted over 10,000 tests of munition steel.


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