war materiel
Military equipment stockpile
War materiel is military equipment, weapons, and supplies—everything an army needs to fight except personnel.
The French spelling *matériel* (with the accent) distinguishes physical goods from *personnel* (people), and English borrowed both terms.
The factory converted to producing war materiel.
The phrase emphasizes hardware and logistics: ammunition, vehicles, fuel, and provisions rather than troops.
- jeepsCompact rugged utility vehicles
- riflesLong-barreled shoulder firearms
- ammunition cratesMilitary supply containers
- radiosWireless audio devices
- rationsControlled food portions
supply chain · helmets · torpedoes · satellite systems · submarines · landing craft · trucks · artillery · sonar systems · fighter jets · air support · medical kits · field rations · body armor · helicopters · missiles · drones · grenades
- military aidmilitary aid, arms sales, military advisors, military training, military hardware
- military logisticssupply depots, supply lines, supply depot, resupply, supply ships
- war productionwar production, munitions factories, weapons factories, weapons manufacturing, arms factories
- naval transporttroopships, troop transport, supply ships, cargo ships, merchant marine
- Revolutionary WarsFrench Republic, revolutionary army, coalition forces, Napoleon Bonaparte, British forces
- submarine warfaresubmarine, submarines, torpedo, U-boat, sonar
war materielhumanitarian aid
Crisis relief for sufferers
medical supplies · medicine · relief supplies · humanitarian relief · famine relief
war materielconsumer goods
Products bought by individuals
household goods · commercial goods · trade goods · industrial materials · construction materials
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