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INTERESTING AND USEFUL FACTS & COMMENTS CONCERNING AMMUNITION

An outline history of ceremonial gun salutes up to present day - (Last updated Mar 2008)

Basic internal ballistics - useful definitions and explanations

Gun salutes in the British army of 1822

International lead shot comparative size tables - in current use - (Last updated Jan 2008)

Names for some early English cannon types circa 1643

Notes on designing commercial explosive stores

Small arms of the British service - 1854

Some technical terms and definitions describing explosives

Some dangers of explosive storage and purchase of surplus stocks