Target practice refers to any exercise in which projectiles are fired at a specified target, usually to improve the aim of the person or persons firing the weapon. A projectile is any object propelled through space by the exertion of a force which ceases after launch A weapon is a Tool used either in Hunting, or attack or defence in Combat for the purpose of subduing enemy personnel or to destroy enemy weapons
The abbreviation TP is commonly used for "target practice" rounds. TP-T is a target practice round with tracer.