Practice ammunition

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Practice ammunition is a collective term for ammunition that is used for exercises in the use of firearms. The term is mainly known from military sources, but ammunition used by private individuals on shooting ranges is sometimes referred to as practice ammunition.

Practice ammunition on shooting ranges

In the 21st century, special ammunition was developed for shooting ranges with video projections, which is optimized for the small distances and for use with projection screens. A well-known type of this ammunition is the so-called "Cineshot" for shooting cinemas. Because hunters in the 21st century were required to provide annual proof of shooting, the use of such ammunition became known.

Practice ammunition in history

Practice ammunition of the Reichswehr

As early as the 19th century, practice ammunition was regularly carried by the Reichswehr. A distinction is made in the ordinances: practice ammunition as "live cartridge" and practice ammunition as "blind cartridge". Older stocks of live ammunition should preferably be used as practice ammunition to renew supplies. The so-called "blind cartridge" was used for safe handling for exercises in which no shot should be fired.

Practice ammunition international

Practice ammunition is used internationally by the armed forces. In private areas, the distribution of practice ammunition is heavily dependent on the respective legislation in the countries.

Practice ammunition of the Bundeswehr

As practice ammunition , even ammunition with shortened danger area or PT-ammunition (from Plastic Training derived) in which is armed forces the kind of ammunition referred which is used for training purposes. In contrast to blank cartridges, practice ammunition is effective ammunition, which is only considerably weakened in terms of its effective energy.

Labelling

Practice ammunition is colored blue to distinguish it from normal ammunition, which is usually brass-colored. Practice ammunition for landmines is usually olive in color.

Establishment of weapons

Practice ammunition may distort the firing properties of the weapon in which it is used. Practice ammunition can be used as standard for the G36 rifle . The G3 rifle and the MG 3 must be converted for the use of practice ammunition. This is due to the fact that the recoil of the practice ammunition is considerably weaker than that of normal ammunition, and the mechanics of the weapons were not set up or manufactured for the weaker recoil. As a result, practice ammunition sometimes jams in the rifle mechanics and thus causes malfunctions that have to be remedied manually. To counteract this, there are modifications for some weapons (e.g. G3, MG3) in the form of special locks that are specially designed for this ammunition, but do not work with combat ammunition. A special practice lock was introduced for the use of practice ammunition with the HK MG5 , for the development of which the federal government provided budget funds amounting to 7.3 million euros.

Types of practice ammunition

Practice ammunition is produced as an alternative to almost all types of ammunition, for example cartridges for handguns and hand grenades to cartridges that are fired by anti-aircraft tanks.

properties

Practice ammunition behaves like normal ammunition in use. Only the effective energy is limited. The safety guidelines are the same, only the use of practice ammunition is permitted in test areas for which live ammunition is not permitted (for example in barracks with their own shooting ranges, which, however, border on residential areas due to their limited length).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Reh: Kino-Kracher ( Memento from March 20, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), Pirsch, Issue 16, 2008, (online PDF 426 KB) accessed on March 20, 2018
  2. ↑ Hans-Jürgen Thies: Proof of shooting - and what now? ( Memento from November 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Rheinisch-Westfälischer Jäger, issue 9, 2015, accessed on March 20, 2018
  3. ↑ Budget for the annual exercise ammunition: May 1873 , Verlag FS Hübschmann, 1873, accessed on March 20, 2018
  4. ↑ Reichswehr Ministry . Reichswehr Command Center Prussia: Heeres-Verordnungsblatt , 1920, accessed on March 20, 2018
  5. ↑ Identification catalog for ammunition and ordnance from both world wars and modern times ( memento from March 20, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) (online PDF 1.84 MB), accessed on March 20, 2018
  6. ↑ A2-2090 / 0-0-1 Central guideline shooting safety. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Bundeswehr , January 1, 2018, archived from the original on March 20, 2018 ; accessed on March 20, 2018 .
  7. ^ Armed forces base ( memento of October 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), practice ammunition when used in the G 36 rifle
  8. ^ Bundeswehr: G3 rifle ( Memento from August 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 20, 2018
  9. ^ Bundeswehr: MG 3 machine gun ( memento from March 20, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 20, 2018
  10. ^ Paperback for military training, Army edition, as of October 1988 . WALHALLA U. PRAETORIA VERLAG, 1988, p.  F13-15 .
  11. ↑ German Bundestag printed matter 18/6491 ( memento of March 20, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), procurement of the MG5 and G27 rifles, (online PDF 829 KB) accessed on March 20, 2018