Meaning of Frangible | Babel Free

Definitions

Something that is breakable or fragile; especially something that is intentionally made so, such as a bullet.

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“For extreme close⟳ range training, frangible bullets – those that disintegrate on hitting a hard target⟳ – are available. I have⟳ found the Winchester frangible loads especially suitable to high-volume training with the 9mm pistol. Frangibles are intended to give⟳ peace officers real safety when training at close⟳ range with steel reaction targets and vehicles used as range props.”

“Is there some law of nature that states that an assassin can only use⟳ one kind of ammunition? Couldn't he just as easily load⟳ a frangible bullet and a nonfrangible one into his magazine as two frangibles or two regular, hardened rounds?”

“Like⟳ other lethal-use frangibles, it is designed exclusively for use⟳ against soft targets. The "projectile" is composed of tungsten powder encapsulated by a traditional copper jacket. The powdered medium itself does not comprise a solid-mass projectile, per se, but it is tightly packed and contained within the jacket, which acts as the container. Like⟳ all frangible projectiles, these projectiles return⟳ to powder when impacting an object.”

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