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Materiel
Military arms and supplies / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Material.
Materiel[1][2][3][4] (/məˌtɪəriˈɛl/; from French matériel 'equipment, hardware') is supplies, equipment, and weapons in military supply-chain management, and typically supplies and equipment in a commercial supply chain context.[lower-alpha 1]
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