materiel
Wartime equipment collectively
Materiel is military equipment, apparatus, and supplies—distinct from personnel.
The term covers everything from weapons and vehicles to ammunition and communication gear: The army's materiel losses exceeded its human casualties.
The spelling with an e distinguishes it from material, though both derive from the same root.
Materiel occasionally extends to equipment in non-military contexts, but the word remains primarily a military term.
Weapon projectiles and charges
- ordnanceMilitary weapons collectively
- munitionsMilitary weapons and ammunition
- armamentsCollective military weapons
- weaponsTools for fighting
artillery · tanks · missiles · grenades · rifles · machine-guns · cartridges · shells
Stockpiled food and supplies
- rationsControlled food portions
- consumablesItems requiring regular replacement
- fuelEnergy source material
- ammunitionWeapon projectiles and charges
spare parts · medical supplies · equipment · stores · stockpile · reserves · replenishments · necessities
Product delivery infrastructure
- procurementObtaining goods externally
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- warehousingStoring goods commercially
- freightGoods being transported
cargo · shipping · receiving · dispatch · inventory · stockpile · depot · requisition
Unmanned aerial vehicles
- guided missilesSelf-directing explosive projectiles
- radarRadio-wave object detection
- sonarUnderwater detection by echoes
- night visionAbility to see dimly
GPS · encryption · surveillance · countermeasures · unmanned vehicles · stealth technology · robotics · cyberwarfare
ammunition
Weapon projectiles and charges
- ordnanceMilitary weapons collectively
- munitionsMilitary weapons and ammunition
- armamentsCollective military weapons
weapons · artillery · tanks · missiles · grenades · rifles · machine-guns · cartridges · shells · rockets
provisions
Stockpiled food and supplies
- rationsControlled food portions
- consumablesItems requiring regular replacement
- fuelEnergy source material
ammunition · spare parts · medical supplies · equipment · stores · stockpile · reserves · replenishments · necessities · resources
supply chain
Product delivery infrastructure
- procurementObtaining goods externally
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- warehousingStoring goods commercially
freight · cargo · shipping · receiving · dispatch · inventory · stockpile · depot · requisition · provisioning
drones
Unmanned aerial vehicles
- guided missilesSelf-directing explosive projectiles
- radarRadio-wave object detection
- sonarUnderwater detection by echoes
night vision · GPS · encryption · surveillance · countermeasures · unmanned vehicles · stealth technology · robotics · cyberwarfare · military satellites
- supplysupply, supplies, stock, provisions, stockpile
- military suppliesammunition, ammo, rifles, bombs, bandages
- military logisticssupply depots, supply lines, supply depot, resupply, supply ships
- war economicswar funding, war effort, mobilization, defense contracts, munitions
- produits de consommationaliment, medicament, parfum, dentifrice, detergent
- logisticsshipping, delivery, warehouses, warehousing, shipment
materielpersonnel
Workers at an organization
manpower · troops · soldiers · combatants · human resources
materielmorale
Group emotional well-being
esprit de corps · fighting spirit · training · discipline · intelligence
- raw materialsUnprocessed production inputs
- reading materialWritten works for perusal
- bedding materialSubstrate for rest surfaces
- source materialOriginal work adapted from
- building materialsSubstances for erecting structures
- adult materialSexually explicit content
material, materials, materialize, immaterial, materialistic, materialism, materialist, materialized, materiality