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MILITARY BALL [3 records]

Record 1 2003-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Safety Devices (Mechanical Components)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
CONT

Military pilots took off with air turned off and did not notice the reds for gear up, then for landing did not check 3 greens and the nose wheel was not forward and locked, another shock load, propeller and this time a cowling. The air flow pushed the mains down and it appears locked them. Free falling gears does not always allow the internal ball locking system to operate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organes de sécurité (Composants mécaniques)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
CONT

Un système de verrouillage à bille assure le positionnement final.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
DEF

In small arms ammunition : 1. Method of identifying a particular gauge of shotshells by the colour of the tube. e. g. golden colour of 20 gauge shotshells to prevent their inadvertent and dangerous insertion in 12 gauge shotguns. 2. Method of identifying the type of military cartridges by the colour of the bullet tip :Ball(No marking) ;Tracer(Red) ;Armour-Piercing(Black) ;Armour-Piercing-Incendiary(Silver) ;Incendiary(Blue) ;Observing(Yellow). 3. Method of identifying the type of military cartridges by the colour of the annulus. This practice is now obsolete but is still sometimes encountered on foreign ammunition. 4. Method of identifying a particular type of cartridges by plating the case, e. g. copper plating on a proof cartridge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
DEF

Pour les munitions d'armes légères : 1. Façon d'identifier un calibre spécifique de cartouches de fusils de chasse par la couleur du tube, e.g. la couleur dorée des cartouches de calibre 20 pour prévenir l'erreur dangereuse de les introduire dans les fusils de calibre 12. 2. Façon d'identifier les types de cartouches militaires d'après la couleur de la pointe de la balle : Balle ordinaire (Aucune marque); Traçante (Rouge); Perforante (Noir); Perforante-incendiaire (Argent); Incendiaire (Bleu); De réglage (Jaune). 3. Façon d'identifier les types de cartouches militaires d'après la couleur de la couronne. Cette pratique est maintenant abandonnée, mais on la rencontre encore parfois sur les munitions étrangères. 4. Façon d'identifier un type particulier de cartouches en plaquant la douille, e.g. le placage cuivre sur une cartouche d'épreuve.

OBS

code de couleurs des munitions : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

Spanish

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Record 3 1989-12-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères

Spanish

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