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DTB [5 records]

Record 1 2021-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
DEF

A device fitted to the muzzle of self-loading small arms to restrict the exit of gas from the muzzle when firing blank cartridges and thus providing sufficient pressure to actuate the firearm's complete cycle of operation.

OBS

blank-firing attachment; BFA: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
DEF

Dispositif fixé à la bouche des armes légères semi-automatiques ou automatiques pour limiter la perte de gaz par la bouche lors du tir à blanc, fournissant ainsi assez de pression pour actionner le cycle de fonctionnement complet de l’arme à feu.

OBS

dispositif de tir à blanc : désignation et définition uniformisées par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

OBS

dispositif de tir à blanc; DTB : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Units (Regular Force, Armed Forces)
OBS

Title and abbreviation to be used by the Department of National Defence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités (régulières, Forces armées)
OBS

Terme et abréviation en usage au ministère de la Défense nationale.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Form Titles (Armed Forces)
Universal entry(ies)
DND 1749
form code, see observation
OBS

DND 1749: Code of a form used by the Department of National Defense.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de formulaires (Forces armées)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DND 1749
form code, see observation
OBS

DND 1749 : code d’un formulaire du ministère de la Défense nationale.

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flights (Air Transport)
OBS

(fuel).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vols (Transport aérien)
OBS

(carburant).

OBS

Terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Comité d’uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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Record 5 1999-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Stock Exchange
  • Banking
OBS

DTB is the abbreviation for the German Exchange, Deustche Terminbörse.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Bourse
  • Banque

Spanish

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