Magazine (artillery)
Place of storage for ammunition or other explosive material / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Magazine (firearms).
A magazine is an item or place within which ammunition or other explosive material is stored. The word is taken originally from the Arabic word makhāzin (مخازن), meaning "storehouses", via Italian and Middle French.[1][2][3]
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The term is also used for an ammunition dump, a place where large quantities of ammunition are stored for later distribution. This usage is less common.