Magazine is the name for a item or place within which ammunition is stored. 5. ...

Small Arms Magazines

A individual clip or metal holder for fixed ammunition, often designed to be inserted into the mechanical workings of a handheld weapon, is often referred to as a magazine. Several of these are typically carried by a soldier or other armed person for each firearm carried. See also firearms magazine. A Norwegian soldier (a Corporal, armed with an MP-5) A soldier is a person who has enlisted with, or has been conscripted into, the armed forces of a sovereign country and has undergone training and received equipment to defend that country or its interests. ... A firearm is a kinetic energy weapon that fires either a single or multiple projectiles propelled at high velocity by the gases produced by action of the rapid confined burning of a propellant. ... Categories: Military stubs | Firearm components ...

Magazine is often used as well for a place where ammunition for weapons that can be carried by a single combatant is stored. This small-arms ammunition storage is kept under careful control due to the potential for theft and misuse. The weapons themselves are kept in a separate armory for safety and improved security. A firearm is a kinetic energy weapon that fires either a single or multiple projectiles propelled at high velocity by the gases produced by action of the rapid confined burning of a propellant. ... A combatant (also referred to as an enemy combatant) is a soldier or guerrilla member who is waging war. ... An armory is a military depot used for the storage of weapons and ammunition. ...

Autoloaders

Canadian prototype Mobile Gun System. The autoloader holds 18 rounds.

Some modern artillery uses a preloaded magazine similar to a firearms magazine. For example, some tank guns use this system. Categories: Military stubs | Firearm components ... Powerful cannon designed to be mounted in a tank as primary armament. ...

Ammunition Storage Areas

Magazine is also a term used for a place where large quantities of ammunition are stored for later distribution, or an ammunition dump. This usage is less common. An ammunition dump, or ammo dump, is a military storage facility for live ammunition and explosives. ...

Field Magazines

In the early history of tube artillery drawn by horses (and later by mechanized vehicles), ammunition was carried in separate unarmored wagons or vehicles. These soft-skinned vehicles were extremely vulnerable to enemy fire and to fratricidal explosions caused by a weapons malfunction. Historically, artillery refers to any engine used for the discharge of projectiles during war. ...

Therefore, as part of setting up an artillery battery, a designated place would be used to shelter the ready ammunition. In the case of batteries of towed artillery the temporary magazine will be placed, if possible, in a pit, or natural declivity, or surrounded by sandbags or earthworks. Circumstances might require the establishment of multiple field magazines so that one lucky hit or accident would not disable the entire battery. In military science, a battery is a group of artillery or cannon, so grouped in order to facilitate battlefield communication and the organization of barrages. ... Sandbag may refer to a Nintendo character, Sandbag A sandbag is typically used in flood control, but the exact use can vary. ... Earthworks can refer to: Civil engineering earthworks based on moving massive quantites of soil; The Earthworks audio equipment company; The novel Earthworks by Brian Aldiss; The earthworks style of art. ...

Naval Magazines

The ammunition storage area aboard a warship is referred to as a magazine or the "ship's magazine" by sailors. USS Port Royal (CG-73), a Ticonderoga class cruiser. ...

Historically, when artillery was powered by gunpowder, a vessel's magazine would be kept below water level. The gunner and his mates would wear felt slippers, or bare feet, to prevent sparks. The door to the magazine would be a wet, felt curtain. Light would be provided through a window, from an adjacent room. A naked flame was never allowed inside the magazine. Gunpowder is a substance which burns very rapidly and is used as a propellant in firearms. ... Gunner refers to anyone whose main job is to operate a gun. ... Felt was also the name of a 1980s UK Indie band. ...

More modern warships use semi-automated or automated ammunition hoists. The path through which the cannons ammunition passed typically has blast-resistant airlocks and other safety devices, including provisions to flood the compartment with seawater in an emergency.

An aircraft carrier magazine is required to store not only the carrier's own integral weapons, but reloads for the many varieties of [[aircraft] carried on board. An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft. ...

Nuclear Weapons Storage

Nearly every detail of nuclear weapons storage is highly classified, although many of the same principles of an ammunition dump would apply. The one consistent factor is that every imaginable precaution has been taken, including the use of concealed and lethal security devices, to prevent theft or unintended detonation of nuclear weapons, even by a combination of intruders and suborned facility personnel. An ammunition dump, or ammo dump, is a military storage facility for live ammunition and explosives. ...

See also:

• ammo dump
• ammunition
• armory