Primer (ammunition)/Definition

From Citizendium
< Primer (ammunition)
Revision as of 18:58, 24 April 2010 by imported>Howard C. Berkowitz (New page: <noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude> The assembly that contains a sensitive primary explosive#primary explosive intended to initiate the propellant train of a piece of [[smal...)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This article contains just a definition and optionally other subpages (such as a list of related articles), but no metadata. Create the metadata page if you want to expand this into a full article.


Primer (ammunition) [r]: The assembly that contains a sensitive primary explosive#primary explosive intended to initiate the propellant train of a piece of small arms or artillery ammunition, usually triggered by either the impact of a firing pin or with an electrical current, and arranged either to be part of, or loaded next to, the piece of ammunition