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MILITARY MACHINE [8 records]

Record 1 2025-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Encryption and Decryption
  • Data Transmission
  • IT Security
  • Electronic Systems
CONT

Cipher devices or machines have commonly been used to encipher and decipher messages. The first cipher device appears to have been employed by the ancient Greeks around 400 BC for secret communications between military commanders.... Advances in radio communications and electromechanical technology in the 1920s brought about a revolution in cryptodevices--the development of the rotor cipher machine.... Since the early 1970s, cryptologists have adapted major developments in microcircuitry and computer technology to create new, highly sophisticated forms of cryptodevices and cryptosystems....

Key term(s)
  • crypto device

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chiffrage et déchiffrage
  • Transmission de données
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Ensembles électroniques
DEF

Instrument, appareil ou machine permettant de procéder aux opérations de chiffrement et de déchiffrement des informations.

OBS

cryptographe : s'emploie surtout en parlant d'une machine; le terme désigne aussi la personne chargée des opérations de chiffrement.

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Sewing Notions
CONT

Equipment. Small metal accessories(sail-eyelets, rivets, buckles, press-buttons, hooks) used in civil and military fields : leather outfits, clothing industry, camping, tarpaulins, shoes... sail-eyelets machines punches the fabric and inserts in one operation eyelets up to 4 mm. Machine 925, new compact fully automatic machine for setting eyelets(setting cycle approximately 3 seconds).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Articles et accessoires de couture
CONT

Matériel. Petits accessoires métalliques (œillets de bâche rivets, boucles, boutons pression crochets) utilisés dans les domaines civil et militaire : équipements cuir et toile, confection, camping, bâches, chaussures. Machine pose-œillets, perce la toile et pose en une seule opération des œillets jusqu'à 40 mm. Machine 925, nouvelle machine performante compacte et entièrement automatique (cycle de pose environ 3 secondes).

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • Military Tactics
OBS

Elaborate defensive barrier in northeast France constructed in the 1930s and named after its principal creator, André Maginot, who was France’s minister of war in 1929–31.

OBS

[The Maginot Line] was composed of an intricate system of strong points, fortifications, and military facilities such as border guard posts, communications centers, infantry shelters, barricades, artillery, machine gun, and anti-tank gun emplacements, supply depots, infrastructure facilities, observation posts, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Tactique militaire

Spanish

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Record 4 2007-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Field Artillery
  • Combat Systems (Naval Forces)
CONT

One way to understand the impact of IW [information warfare] on military thinking is to recall the evolution of mechanized warfare. Beginning in the mid-1800s, the Industrial Revolution made it possible to develop new weapons that were much more capable than anything produced before : mass-produced machine guns, steam-powered armored warships, long-range artillery capable of hitting targets from several miles away, and so on.

Key term(s)
  • long range artillery

French

Domaine(s)
  • Artillerie de campagne
  • Systèmes de combat (Forces navales)

Spanish

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Record 5 2007-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
CONT

Second generation warfare is a term created by the U. S. military in 1989, referring to the tactics of warfare used after the invention of the rifled musket and breech-loading weapons and continuing through the development of the machine gun and indirect fire.... Second generation warfare still maintained lines of battle but focused more on the use of technology to allow smaller units of men to advance separately. These smaller units allowed for faster advances, less concentrated casualties, and the ability to use cover and concealment to advantage.

Key term(s)
  • 2nd generation warfare
  • second-generation warfare
  • second-generation war
  • 2nd generation war

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
CONT

Lind affirme que ce sont les Français qui, au cours de la Première Guerre mondiale, ont créé la guerre de deuxième génération (G2G). [...] Cette génération de guerre est également linéaire, mais se distingue de la première génération par la dispersion des formations. Dans la G2G, l'infanterie progresse sur le champ de bataille en petits groupes et par courtes charges plutôt qu'en une grande ligne, à un rythme soutenu, comme c'était le cas dans la G1G. Les armées de la G2G conservent l'ordre militaire des armées de la première génération, tout comme les États-nations conservent le monopole de la guerre.

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
CONT

Military assault rifles, for example, may be specifically differentiated : light machine guns, submachine guns, fully automatic, or selective-fire rifles...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
CONT

Fusil à tir sélectif chambré pour une munition de puissance intermédiaire (qui est souvent le 5,56 OTAN) dont la portée utile est de 400-500 mètres [...]

Spanish

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Record 7 2002-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
CONT

Rag machine-Largest wholesaler selling recycled clothing, Levis denim... vintage, military surplus and fashion...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
DEF

Machine à effilocher.

OBS

effilocher : Effiler un tissu en vue d'en réutiliser la fibre; le déchirer en petits morceaux.

Spanish

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Record 8 1993-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Engineering (Military)
DEF

Any machine or device that can be improvised in the field by military engineers using materials that are on-hand.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie construction (Militaire)
OBS

Pont improvisé.

Spanish

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