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Record 1 2017-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Engineering (Military)
  • Military Materiel Management
  • Weapon Systems
DEF

A magazine with interior dividing walls that are constructed with a minimum two-hour fire rating.

OBS

The dividing walls provide virtually no protection against the propagation of an explosive event to adjacent compartments.

OBS

compartmented magazine: term and definition officially approved by the Joint Terminology Panel, the Ammunition and Explosives Terminology Panel and the Defence Terminology Standardization Board.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie construction (Militaire)
  • Gestion du matériel militaire
  • Systèmes d'armes
DEF

Magasin avec murs de refend intérieurs qui sont construits selon une norme minimale de résistance au feu de deux heures.

OBS

Les murs de refend ne fournissent pratiquement aucune protection contre la propagation d'un évènement explosif aux compartiments avoisinants.

OBS

magasin à compartiments : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie des explosifs et munitions et par le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la défense; terme uniformisé par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie interarmées.

Spanish

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