** The breech refers to the mass of solid metal behind the bottom of the bore extending to the base of the breech and including the base ring ; it also generally refers to the end of the cannon opposite the muzzle, i. e., the location where the explosion of the gunpowder begins as opposed to the opening through which the pressurized gas escapes.

** At a mail rockets demonstration by Gerhard Zucker on Hasselkopf Mountain near Braunlage ( Lower Saxonia, Germany ), 3 persons are killed by a rocket explosion.

** Space: 1999 ( 1975 – 1977 ): A huge explosion sends the Moon hurtling out of Earth's orbit on September 13 ( a Friday in the series, but not in reality ).

** Halifax Explosion: Two freighters collide in Halifax Harbour at Halifax, Nova Scotia and cause a huge explosion that kills at least 1, 963 people, injures 9, 000 and destroys part of the city ( until the Trinity nuclear test, the biggest manmade explosion in recorded history ).

** A coal gas explosion at the giant Bishop coal mine in Bishop, Virginia kills 37 men.

** An explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii kills 27 and injures 314.

** The worst coal dust explosion to date, in Honkeiko, China, claims 1, 549 lives.

** An explosion in Shaoyang, China kills 122 and injures over 400 when 10 tons of dynamite in an illegal explosives warehouse underneath an apartment building detonate.

** An explosion in a São Paulo suburban shopping centre kills 44 and injures more than 100.

** An explosion in a firecrackers factory in Sichuan Province, China kills at least 36 people and injures another 52.

** A bomb explosion in Kaspiysk, Russia, kills 32 people.

** A propane explosion at the Humberto Vidal shoe store and office building in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 33.

** Miike Coal Mine explosion: In Japan, a coal mine explosion kills 458 and sends 839 carbon monoxide poisoning victims to the hospital.

** A coal mine explosion in West Virginia kills 50 miners.

** A double explosion in downtown Richmond, Indiana kills 41 and injures 150.

** An explosion in Seveso, Italy, causes extended pollution to a large area in the neighborhood of Milano, with many evacuations and a large number of people affected by the toxic cloud.

** Mother Frances Hospital opens in Tyler, Texas in response to the New London School explosion.

** In Sriperumbudur, India, former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated at a public meeting in Sriperumbudur, by suicide bomber Thenmozhi Rajaratnam ; many others are killed in the explosion.

** A huge gas explosion at a subway construction site in Osaka, Japan kills 79 and injures over 400.

** The Clarkston explosion in Scotland kills 22 people.

** An explosion and fire aboard the U. S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Forrestal in the Gulf of Tonkin leaves 134 dead.

** A coal mine explosion in Fukuoka, Japan kills 237.

** WWII: Polish troops on the Westerplatte are forced, due to lack of food and ammunition, to surrender.

** The SS E. A. Bryan, loaded with ammunition, explodes at the Port Chicago naval base ; 320 are killed.

** A Serbian ammunition depot explodes at Smederevo on the outskirts of Belgrade, Serbia, killing 2, 500, and injuring over 4, 500.

** 4 – 9 October: Bounty navigated with a partial crew to an ammunition loading station, south of Deptford

** indoor display-uniforms, ammunition, pistols and smaller guns, soldier equipment, photographs and documents

** 3 field artillery brigades ( 12 batteries-18 pounders (~ 8 kg ) with three ammunition columns )

** 1 heavy battery ( 4 x 60 pounder ( 27 kg ) with one ammunition column )

** 1 divisional ammunition column

** 1 divisional ammunition column

** Arranged for air tickets through Altafali Mushtaqali Sayyed, East West travels for the youths who were sent for arms and ammunition training to Pakistan.

** Requested co-accused, Amjadali Meherbux and Altafali Sayyed, to store suitcases containing arms, ammunition, hand grenades and detonators.

** Participated in the landing of arms and ammunition at Shekhadi

** He also participated in the landing of RDX, arms and ammunition at Shekhadi.

** Bomber Command begins a series of small night raids against German ammunition dumps in forests in northern France.

** The Japanese make their last kamikaze attack on the U. S. invasion force off Mindoro, causing a cargo ship carrying ammunition to explode, killing all 71 merchant mariners on board.

** Arms trafficking, the trade of illegal weapons or ammunition

** Weapons and ammunition

** Military logistics, especially provision of weapons and ammunition

** Day 1, 2-Squad attacks and offensive maneuvers using blank ammunition with a new " squad leader " for each separate attack.

** Marder 1 A1 (+) ( 1979 – 1982 ): dual feed for 20 mm cannon enabling choice of ammunition, night vision equipment including image intensifiers and a thermal imager.

** 10th Virginia Militia Regiment, Colonel George Minor, 700 all ranks ( Arrived late and without ammunition and held in reserve )

** ZSU-57-2 improved prototype with an increased ammunition load of 300 rounds.

** ZSU-57-2M – Finnish ZSU-57-2 modernization which equips the vehicle with radar and configurable ammunition.

** Arrests were made and seven hand-grenades, gelignite, ammunition, and the S-Plan itself were seized.