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GUN DRILL [3 records]

Record 1 2022-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Exercises
  • Field Artillery
DEF

The training exercises performed by the gun numbers to manoeuvre a gun.

OBS

gun drill: designation officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exercices militaires
  • Artillerie de campagne
DEF

Ensemble d'exercices exécutés par les servants pour manœuvrer une pièce.

OBS

école de pièce : désignation et définition uniformisées par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

OBS

école de pièce; exercice de pièce; drill de mise en batterie; drill de pièce : désignations uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 2 1987-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drilling (Machine-Tooling)
CONT

Deep hole or gun drills are used for producing holes from 3/8 to approximately 3 inches in diameter and as deep as 20 feet. The most common gun drill consists of a round, tubular stem, on the end of which is fastened a flat, two-fluted drilling insert.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perçage (Usinage)

Spanish

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Record 3 1978-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
  • Geological Research and Exploration
  • Economic Geology
OBS

A drill, usually with one or more flutes and with coolant passages through the drill body, used for deep-hole drilling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondage et forage miniers
  • Recherches et prospections géologiques
  • Géologie économique
OBS

Quelquefois, on peut profiter du carottage électrique pour suspendre au même câble un "carotteur à balles" (...). Celui-ci dérive des appareils servant à la perforation des tubes pour la mise en production d'un forage tubé.

Spanish

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