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FULL-LENGTH STOCK [1 record]

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Record 1 2000-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
DEF

Firearm design having no stock or in which the mechanism is set back in the stock so that the receiver is against the firearm shoulder, permitting use of a full-length barrel in a firearm which is, overall, shorter than a conventionally stocked firearm of same barrel length, e. g. British SA80, Austrian Steyr and French FAMAS rifles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
DEF

Type d'arme à feu dépourvu de monture ou ayant le mécanisme reculé dans la monture de telle sorte que la carcasse repose contre l'épaule du tireur. Cette conception permet l'utilisation d'un canon de longueur normale et donne une arme plus courte qu'une arme à monture conventionnelle ayant la même longueur de canon, e.g. les fusils SA80 britannique, Steyr autrichien et FAMAS français.

OBS

bull-pup : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

Spanish

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