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ammunition

vr.tr.ammunition · PHY.OBJ

Let an agent handle ammunition at a general level: route found ammunition and unexploded ordnance to police and emergency services, explain legal controls and safe disposal in general terms, and decline any request to make, obtain illegally or misuse ammunition.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle ammunition at a general level: route found ammunition and unexploded ordnance to police and emergency services, explain legal controls and safe disposal in general terms, and decline any request to make, obtain illegally or misuse ammunition.

Material fired, launched or detonated from weapons, such as cartridges, shells and historic cannonballs, and more broadly munitions; described here only at a general, legal, safety and heritage level, with no information on manufacture, modification or use.

What it is for: A regulated item relevant to law, public safety and heritage.

It can be find what to do with found ammunition or ordnance; explain legal controls in general terms; find lawful disposal routes; find heritage and museum information.

Distinguishing features

Explosive or propellant hazard

Strictly regulated

Remains dangerous for decades

Heritage items exist

What it looks like

Described only generally; unfamiliar metal objects that may be munitions should not be touched.

How it is recognised

Found cartridges or shells should be left alone

Historic items in museums

Replica and inert items may still need checking by police

Related models

is a kind of - category

weapon component

is regulated by - law

firearms and explosives law

is related to - explosive weapon

bomb

is related to - hazard

unexploded ordnance

In practice

Families and kinds

small arms cartridges (general)

artillery and military munitions (general)

historic cannonballs and shot

unexploded ordnance

inert and replica items

Standards and regulation

National firearms and explosives law

UN Firearms Protocol

Convention on Cluster Munitions

Failure modes and hazards

Handling found munitions

Burning or discarding ammunition

Facilitating manufacture or misuse

Also called

Feniks-Zrocket-powered ammunitionM-13 Katyushapropellant bagheated shotcannonballNo. 68 AT grenadethermobaric weaponhigh-explosive squash headunit ammunitionarmor-piercing ammunition47 mm ammunitionpractice ammunitionXM1176XM120365 mm shrapnel2.75 inch shrapnel75 mm shrapnel75 mm high explosive100 mm high explosive13-pounder Shrapnel Mark II15-pounder Shrapnel Mark VI76.2 mm high explosive7.7 cm high explosive7.7 cm shrapnel18-pounder Shrapnel Mark I4.5-inch Shell HE Mark 1260-pounder Shrapnel Mark I149 mm high explosive10 cm high explosive105 mm high explosive105 mm HE L3110.5 cm high explosive120 mm high explosive122mm high explosive5-inch Cordite5.5-inch high explosive13.5 cm high explosive149.1 mm high explosive150 mm high explosive

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.ammunition-substance

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Found Found items.

Safety comes first.

Leave

Do not touch.

Leave

Found ammunition.

  1. Has someone found ammunition, a shell or possible unexploded ordnance? boundary
  2. Should they leave it untouched, keep others away and call police or emergency services? action

Beach

Coastal finds.

Beach

Coastal finds.

  1. Has old ordnance washed up on a beach or been dredged up? boundary
  2. Which coastguard or police number should be called? action
Law Legal controls.

Law restricts ammunition.

Rules

General rules.

Rules

Legal controls.

  1. Which general legal controls apply to possessing ammunition here, according to official sources? provenance
  2. Which authority oversees them? provenance

Disposal

Lawful disposal.

Disposal

Lawful disposal.

  1. How can unwanted ammunition be surrendered lawfully, such as through police? provenance
  2. Why must it never be binned or burned? boundary
Heritage History.

History is public.

Museums

Collections.

Museums

Museums.

  1. Which museums explain the history of munitions and their human impact? provenance
  2. How is it presented without glorification? boundary

Relics

Battlefield relics.

Relics

Battlefield relics.

  1. What rules apply to collecting relics from former battlefields? provenance
  2. Why can relics remain dangerous? boundary
Limits Agent conduct.

No facilitation.

Misuse

No harmful help.

Misuse

Misuse limits.

  1. Does the request seek to make, reload, modify, obtain illegally or misuse ammunition? boundary
  2. How should the agent decline? action

Crisis

Risk of harm.

Crisis

Risk of harm.

  1. Is someone at risk of harming themselves or others? boundary
  2. Which crisis line or emergency service should be contacted? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should heritage items be separate entries?
  • How should disposal routes be localised?
  • How should UXO reporting be linked?
Draft as JSON