Artillery has over time become limited in meaning to refer only to those engines of war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the range of effect of personal weapons. These engines comprise specialised devices which use some form of stored energy to operate, whether mechanical, chemical, or electromagnetic.

Ammunition is a generic term which embraced all material used for war, but which in time came to refer specifically to gunpowder and artillery. The collective term for all types of ammunition is munitions.

Explosive materials may be categorized by the speed at which they expand. Materials that detonate (explode faster than the speed of sound) are said to be high explosives and materials that deflagrate are said to be low explosives. Explosives may also be categorized by their sensitivity.

Military Operations are, by definition, an expensive item in any country's budget. In an environment of budget cuts and spiralling procurement costs, there are significant benefits in the use of very capable upgraded legacy platforms in the military support / training arena.

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The arms industry is a global industry and business which manufactures and sells weapons and military technology and equipment. It comprises government and commercial industry involved in research, development, production, and service of military material, equipment and facilities. Products include guns, ammunition, missiles, military aircraft, military vehicles, ships, electronic systems, and more.

Pyrotechnics is the science and craft of using self-contained and self-sustained exothermic chemical reactions to make heat, light, gas, smoke and/or sound. The name comes from the Greek words pyr ("fire") and tekhnikos ("made by art").[1] Pyrotechnics includes, among other things, fireworks; safety matches; oxygen candles; explosive bolts and other fasteners; parts of automotive airbags; and gas-pressure blasting in mining, quarrying, and demolition.People responsible for the safe storage, handling, and functioning of pyrotechnic devices are pyrotechnicians.