Dummy bullets

Japanese: 擬製弾 - ぎせいだん
Dummy bullets

…Small arms ammunition is used in pistols, rifles, machine guns, shotguns, etc., and is usually a combination of a bullet, propellant, and a detonator-equipped brass cartridge (Figure 1). For actual combat, there are ordinary bullets, armor-piercing bullets, incendiary bullets, tracer bullets, and combinations of these (such as armor-piercing incendiary tracer bullets), while for training, there are blanks, dummy bullets, and constriction bullets. In addition, grenades with a caliber of 20 mm or more may also be included in small arms ammunition. …

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "dummy bullets" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…小火器弾薬は,拳銃,小銃,機関銃,散弾銃などに用いられ,通常,弾丸,発射薬,雷管付き黄銅製の薬莢(やつきよう)で一体化されている(図1)。実戦用としては,普通弾,徹甲弾,焼夷弾,曳光弾(えいこうだん),およびこれらを組み合わせた弾薬(たとえば曳光徹甲焼夷弾)があり,訓練用には,空包,擬製弾,狭窄弾(きようさくだん)などがある。このほか,口径20mm以上であるが擲弾(てきだん)を小火器弾薬に含めることがある。…

※「擬製弾」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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