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ARME SEMI-AUTOMATIQUE [1 record]

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Record 1 1981-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Police
OBS

Generally, a pump action or semi-automatic weapon having a capacity of five or six rounds and a barrel length of twenty inches, this weapon is frequently carried in patrol cars.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Police
OBS

(...) arme dont le mécanisme de chargement comporte une phase automatique: déverrouillage et ouverture de la culasse, le tireur ou l'artificier n'intervenant que pour la fermeture et le verrouillage. C'est à tort que l'on a qualifié de semi-automatique les armes capables d'effectuer des tirs "coup par coup" et par "rafales". Ces notions ont souvent été prises en mauvaise part (...)

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