Calibers of US Ammunition and Weapons

II. Artillery Ammunition consists of project-ilesfshells) to be fired fpflm ",J SpOi larger than 0.60 inch in caliber. Calibers of US artillery ammunition and weapons are given mostly in millimeters, some, however are given in inches(eg, most naval guns)... 

The calibers of US artillery weapons are listed under Ammunition and Weapons Refs l)Merriam-Webster s (1951), 157 2) EncyclBritannica 2(1952), 463-78 3)Collier s Encycl 2(1957), 294-310... 

The calibers of US artillery weapons are listed under Ammunition and Weapons... 

Munitionen und Waffen in Ger Munitions et Armes in Fr Boyepripassy i Qruzhiye (Boyevyiya Sredstva) in Russ Municiones y Armas in Span Munizioni(Proietti) e Armi in Ital]. Ammunition is any material used in warfare and designed to inflict damage upon the enemy. The term includes the complete round of ammunition as w ell as other components or elements. Reduced to its fundamentals, ammunition usually consists of a container(metallic or other material) containing propellant and a missile with/or without explosive. Weapons may be subdivided into small arms (calibers up to about 0.60" in the US) such as pistols, revolvers, carbines, rifles, submachine guns machine... 

I. Small Arms Ammunition(SAA), which includes various kinds of bullets to be fired by propellants enclosed in metallic cartridges from weapons called "small arms and which are carried by one or two men. US small arms are weapons 0.60 inch or under in caliber and include riflesfexcept recoiless), semi-automatic rifles, automatic rifles, pistols, revolvers, carbines, machine guns and submachine guns. This category also includes shells used in shot gun and rifle grenades... 

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