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Record 1 2020-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Field Artillery
DEF

An artillery munition designed to disperse many sub-munitions so as to deny or slow movement within a targeted area.

OBS

Mines and bomblets are the most common types of submunitions used.

OBS

area denial artillery munition; ADAM: designations and definition officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel; designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces and standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Artillerie de campagne
DEF

Munition d'artillerie conçue pour disperser un grand nombre de sous-munitions afin d'empêcher ou de ralentir le mouvement dans une zone.

OBS

Les mines et les bombettes sont les sous-munitions les plus courantes.

OBS

munition d'artillerie d'interdiction de zone; MAIZ : désignations et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre; désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

OBS

munition d'artillerie d'interdiction de zone; ADAM : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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