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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 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.  2, record 1, English, - ammunition%20color%20code

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 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.  1, record 1, French, - code%20de%20couleurs%20des%20munitions

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

code de couleurs des munitions : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.  2, record 1, French, - code%20de%20couleurs%20des%20munitions

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A leak detecting device employing two similar Pirani tubes being connected to the system under test. A cold trap is placed between one tube and the system. Condensable tracer gas entering the system reaches one tube but not the other, thus unbalancing the bridge and indicating leakage.  1, record 2, English, - differential%20Pirani%20gauge

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A glass tube with electrodes attached to a source of high-frequency high voltage, such as a Tesla coil or induction coil, so that changes in the color of the electrical discharge can be observed when a suitable tracer such as(methane, carbon dioxide, alcohol) flows through the leak.  1, record 3, English, - discharge%20tube%20leak%20indicator

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish