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Munitions - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Apparatus, Appliances, Arms, Budget, Collection, Commissariat, Commissary, Cornucopia, Duffel, Dump, Equipment, Facility

Materiel (from the French for material) is the equipment and supplies in Military and commercial supply chain management.

In a military context, materiel relates to the specific needs of an army to complete a specific mission. The term is also often used in a general sense ("men and materiel") to describe the needs of a functioning army.

Materiel in the commercial distribution context comprises the items being moved by the services of or as the products of the business, as distinct from those involved in operating the business itself.

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Example Usage of Munitions

phronq: ... And Munitions didn't squirt out of a giant nose.
phronq: Mucous production in my head is goin' on like Munitions production in a WWII era factory... But without all the factory girls.
Angelicpaladin: Verse of the day-His place of defence shall be the Munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.Isaiah 33:16
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