CUTSHAW Charles Q (ed.)

Ammunition handbook: 2002-2003 - 11th ed. - Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group Ltd, 2002 - 725p.

COVERAGE AND ARRANGEMENT:Divided into 12 sections according to type of ammunition: Small arms; Cannon; Medium calibre air defence guns; Tank and anti-tank guns; Naval and coastal defence guns; Field artillery; Modular propellant charge systems; Artillery fuzes; Mortars and fuzes; Projected grenades; Artillery rockets; Rocket fuzes. Within each section entries are arranged by calibre, from the smallest upwards and in the larger calibre sections the contents are arranged alphabetically by country of origin. Each entry includes: Synonym; Development - product's development and commercial history; Description; Technical specification; and Equivalent rounds, which provides where possible a listing of all known manufacturers on an international basis. There is also a section on identification of small arms ammunition, by cartridge dimensions, by headstamps, and by colour codes. Indexed by manufacturer's name; by calibre and by product name.

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AMMUNITION
ANTI AIRCRAFT AMMUNITION
ANTI SHIP AMMUNITION
ANTI TANK AMMUNITION
ARTILLERY AMMUNITION
ARTILLERY FUZES
ARTILLERY ROCKETS
FIN STABILIZED AMMUNITION
GRENADES
MODULAR PROPELLANT CHARGE SYSTEMS
MORTAR AMMUNITION
NAVAL GUN AMMUNITION
RIFLE GRENADES
ROCKET FUZES
SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION
SPIN STABILIZED AMMUNITION
TANK GUN AMMUNITION