The self-contained metallic cartridge is one the most significant innovations in the history of firearms. It consists of four items—brass, bullet, powder, and primer. Any recent graduate of a ...

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. (March 21, 2014) -- One day, during a tough, live-fire training, an infantryman fires his mortar and the round is on target--an event which announces itself with flame and ...

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THE thermal decomposition of lead styphnate monohydrate has been re-investigated prior to a study of the effects of gamma-ray and reactor irradiation upon the decomposition. The two previous studies 1 ...

You may have recently heard or even read about the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School's efforts to reduce lead exposure on its firing ranges at Fort Bragg, N.C. The command's ...