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FORCE MOTRICE INDEPENDANTE [4 records]

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Filter results by subject field

Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2026-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
DEF

Referring to a weapon whose action is driven by electrical, mechanical, hydraulic or pneumatic means.

OBS

externally driven; externally powered: designations and definition officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
DEF

Se dit d’une arme qui est actionnée par des moyens électriques, mécaniques, hydrauliques ou pneumatiques.

OBS

à force motrice indépendante : désignation et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d’experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2025-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Antique and Obsolete Weapons
DEF

A machine gun with a revolving cluster of barrels fired once each per revolution.

OBS

Gatling gun: designation officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes anciennes
DEF

Arme à force motrice indépendante [...] qui pouvait tirer à une cadence de tir relativement élevée [...] grâce à une série de canons tournants qui faisaient feu à tour de rôle en passant au point culminant de rotation.

OBS

mitrailleuse Gatling : désignation uniformisée par le Groupe d’experts en terminologie de l’Armée de terre et par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l’Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 3 2019-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Guns (Land Forces)
DEF

Trade name of a type of externally powered automatic weapon in which the breech and feed mechanisms are driven by an electric motor and chain drive.

OBS

For example, 7.62 mm M34 Chain Gun and 30 mm M242 Chain Gun.

OBS

Chain Gun®: A trademark of McDonnell Douglas.

Key term(s)
  • Chain Gun

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Canons (Forces terrestres)
DEF

Appellation commerciale d’un type d’arme automatique à force motrice indépendante, où les mécanismes de culasse et d’alimentation sont actionnés par un moteur électrique et un entraînement à chaîne.

OBS

Par exemple, la mitrailleuse M34 Chain Gun de calibre de 7,62 mm et le canon automatique M242 Chain Gun de calibre de 30 mm.

OBS

Chain Gun® : Marque de commerce de la société McDonnell Douglas.

Key term(s)
  • Chain Gun

Spanish

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Record 4 2019-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
OBS

On earlier manual machine guns, the most common type was a hand crank. On externally powered machine guns, such as miniguns, an electronic button or trigger on a joystick is commonly used.

Key term(s)
  • externally powered machinegun
  • externally driven machinegun

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes

Spanish

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