munitions
Military explosive stockpiles
Munitions are military weapons, ammunition, and equipment—the material of war.
The term usually appears in plural form and often in compounds: munitions factory, munitions depot, munitions dump.
As a verb, to munition is to supply with weapons, though this use is rare.
The word emphasizes the industrial and logistical side of warfare rather than combat itself.
Small thrown explosive devices
- landminesConcealed explosive ordnance
- bombsExplosive munitions dropped
- missilesSelf-propelled guided weapons
- torpedoesSelf-guided underwater explosives
dynamite · TNT · C-4 · plastique · detonators · fuses · warheads · depth-charges
Encased charges for firing
- bulletsFirearm projectiles
- shellsProtective outer layers
- roundsAmmunition or bout divisions
- projectilesObjects forcefully launched
magazines · clips · caliber · armor-piercing · tracer · incendiary · jacketed · sabot
Stockpile of munitions
- depotVehicle storage facility
- cacheConcealed storage spot
- armoryMilitary weapons storehouse
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
magazine · stockpile · storehouse · inventory · surplus · reserves · hoard · supply
Long-barreled shoulder firearms
- pistolsSmall one-handed firearms
- shotgunsWide-bore pellet firearms
- revolversCylinder-fed handguns
- carbinesShort-barreled long guns
machine-guns · artillery · howitzers · cannons · mortars · sidearms · anti-aircraft · flak
Industrial production facility
- productionMaking or generating something
- assemblyConstructing from components
- forgingShaping heated metal; faking documents
- machiningSubtractive metalworking process
brass · casing · tooling · foundry · stamping · rifling · bore · calibration
Obtaining goods externally
- supply-chainProduction-to-consumer pathway
- provisioningSupplying resources in advance
- quartermasterOfficer managing military supplies
- allocationDistribution of shares
distribution · resupply · sustainment · replenishment · dispatch · requisition · rationing · consignment
grenades
Small thrown explosive devices
- landminesConcealed explosive ordnance
- bombsExplosive munitions dropped
- missilesSelf-propelled guided weapons
torpedoes · dynamite · TNT · C-4 · plastique · detonators · fuses · warheads · depth-charges · shrapnel
cartridges
Encased charges for firing
projectiles · magazines · clips · caliber · armor-piercing · tracer · incendiary · jacketed · sabot · casings
arsenal
Stockpile of munitions
bunker · magazine · stockpile · storehouse · inventory · surplus · reserves · hoard · supply · repository
rifles
Long-barreled shoulder firearms
carbines · machine-guns · artillery · howitzers · cannons · mortars · sidearms · anti-aircraft · flak · turrets
factory
Industrial production facility
- productionMaking or generating something
- assemblyConstructing from components
- forgingShaping heated metal; faking documents
machining · brass · casing · tooling · foundry · stamping · rifling · bore · calibration
procurement
Obtaining goods externally
- supply-chainProduction-to-consumer pathway
- provisioningSupplying resources in advance
- quartermasterOfficer managing military supplies
allocation · distribution · resupply · sustainment · replenishment · dispatch · requisition · rationing · consignment · readiness
- Air Combatair strike, airstrikes, fighter pilot, bombing run, combat aircraft
- military aidmilitary aid, arms sales, military advisors, military training, military hardware
- war mobilizationmobilization, troop mobilization, military draft, selective service, mobilization orders
- WWII Homefrontwar bonds, victory gardens, war effort, ration books, scrap drives
- Foreign Interventionforeign volunteers, Soviet aid, Soviet advisors, military advisors, Luftwaffe
- guerrecombat, offensive, defensive, front, invasion
munitionshumanitarian aid
Crisis relief for sufferers
provisions · rations · medical supplies · field rations · medicine
munitionsrelief supplies
Emergency goods for victims
medical equipment · aid · food aid · building materials · construction materials
- munitions factoryFacility producing military weapons
- munitions depotMilitary weapons storage site
- munitions factoriesPlants producing military weapons
- munitions dumpMilitary ordnance storage site
- munitions plantWeapons manufacturing facility
- cluster munitionsWeapons dispersing multiple explosives