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HAND-EMPLACED MUNITION [1 record]

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Record 1 2021-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
DEF

A munition that is manually emplaced at, or hand-thrown to, the point of its intended function, and requires user action to arm and to achieve a safe separation distance.

OBS

[Examples of hand-emplaced munition are] grenades, mines, pyrotechnic devices.

OBS

hand-emplaced munition; HEM: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
DEF

Munition mise en place manuellement ou lancée à la main jusqu'au point de fonctionnement prévu et qui nécessite l'action de l'utilisateur à la fois pour sa mise en état de service et pour atteindre sa distance de sécurité.

OBS

[Des exemples de munitions mises en place à la main sont des dispositifs pyrotechniques, des grenades, des mines].

OBS

munition mise en place à la main; HEM : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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