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    Green bullet, green ammunition or green ammo are nicknames for a United States Department of Defense program to eliminate the use of hazardous materials...
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    A bullet is a kinetic projectile, a component of firearm ammunition that is shot from a gun barrel. They are made of a variety of materials, such as copper...
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    Expanding bullets, also known colloquially as dumdum bullets, are projectiles designed to expand on impact. This causes the bullet to increase in diameter...
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  • Bullet in a Bible is a live album by American rock band Green Day, released on November 15, 2005, by Reprise Records. It was directed by Samuel Bayer...
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    Ricochet (section Bullet)
    bullet cores fail to completely penetrate steel plate. The United States Army noted increased ricochet range after adopting the M855A1 green bullet with...
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    requiring green bullets encouraged replacing lead core bullets with M855A1 military bullets with a copper jacket over a steel core, or hunting bullets of solid...
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    A plastic-tipped bullet is a type of hollow-point bullet tipped with a nose cone made of synthetic polymer to give it a pointed spitzer-like shape. The...
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    Performance" design produced by Radway Green since 2016, based on the FN SS109 round but featuring an all-steel bullet for improved penetration and giving...
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    Frangible bullets are intended to disintegrate into tiny particles upon target impact to minimize their penetration of other objects. Small particles...
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  • government. In 2010 the United States Army completed the development of a green bullet, the M855 A1, which was part of its lead-free initiative begun in the...
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