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Percussion cap
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| Punjabi Meaning | ਪਰਕਸ਼ਨ ਕੈਪ
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| a detonator that explodes when struck / a small amount of explosive powder contained in metal or paper and exploded by striking. Percussion caps are used chiefly in toy guns and formerly in some firearms., | |
| Usage | ⇒ With the introduction of the percussion cap in 1822, and the conical Mini rifle-bullet in 1849, the infantry attack column was doomed, as the Russians found out to their cost in the Crimean war. |
| Synonyms | cap, fuse, primer, priming, squib, |
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