simunition
n.— «Use of Ultimate Training Munitions, a paintball-type bullet that fits in a soldier’s M4 rifle, was added to the approved munitions list last week by state environmental officials for an 18-month trial. On Thursday, soldiers with the National Guard’s 211th Military Police unit used the so-called “simunitions” at the Maj. Jeffrey Calero Military Operations in Urban Terrain facility, known as a MOUT.» —“New ‘simunition’ allows National Guard to boost training” by George Brennan Cape Cod Times (Masschusetts) Mar. 28, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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