Ammunition in which the projectile and charge are loaded into a gun separately. See also ammunition.
separate loading ammunition
separate loading ammunition
[′sep·rət ¦lōd·iŋ ‚am·yə′nish·ən] (ordnance) Ammunition in which the projectile, propellant charge (bag-loaded), and primer are loaded separately into the gun; no cartridge case is utilized in this type of ammunition.