cartridge

type of ammunition packaging that includes a bullet or shot, a propellant substance, and a primer within a metallic, paper, or plastic case
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cartridge

Summary

cartridge is a weapon type[1]. cartridge ranks in the top 5% of weapon_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,149 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • cartridge is credited with the discovery of Jean Samuel Pauly[3].
  • cartridge's instance of is recorded as weapon type[4].
  • cartridge is a type of ammunition[5].
  • cartridge is a type of product[6].
  • cartridge is a type of explosive device[7].
  • cartridge is a type of bullet[8].
  • cartridge's Commons category is recorded as Ammunition cartridges[9].
  • cartridge comprises cartridge case[10].
  • cartridge comprises projectile[11].
  • cartridge comprises percussion cap[12].
  • cartridge comprises propellant[13].
  • cartridge comprises primer[14].
  • cartridge comprises bullet[15].
  • 1812 marks the founding of cartridge[16].
  • cartridge's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pistol and rifle cartridges[17].
  • cartridge's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[18].
  • cartridge's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[19].
  • cartridge's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • cartridge's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • cartridge's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[22].
  • cartridge's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23].
  • cartridge's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[24].
  • cartridge's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox firearm cartridge[25].
  • cartridge's different from is recorded as Patrone[26].
  • cartridge's different from is recorded as Patron[27].

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Works and Contributions

cartridge is credited with the discovery of Jean Samuel Pauly[3]. Things named for cartridge include Patron[28], a dog[29].

Why It Matters

cartridge ranks in the top 5% of weapon_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,149 views/month).[2] cartridge has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] cartridge is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for cartridge include Patron[28], a dog[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . forgottenweapons.com. Retrieved . forgottenweapons.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . forgottenweapons.com. Retrieved . forgottenweapons.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from Patrone, Patron, Cartridge
    Local thumb
    Topic has template Template:Infobox firearm cartridge
    Subclass of ammunition, product, explosive device +1
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 3464, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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