Usage Note
Munition is almost always used in the plural munitions to mean ammunition or supplies. The singular can appear in formal or legal contexts. Manquer de munitions (to run out of ammunition) is also used figuratively to mean running out of arguments.
Examples
"Les soldats manquaient de munitions."
Natural Translation
The soldiers were running short of ammunition.

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