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ROLLING-BLOCK ACTION [1 record]

Record 1 2024-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
DEF

A firearm action in which the sealing of the breech is accomplished with a circular-shaped breechblock that rotates on a pin.

OBS

rolling-block action: designation and definition officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
DEF

Mécanisme d'une arme à feu dans lequel la culasse est scellée au moyen d'un bloc-culasse circulaire qui pivote autour d'un axe.

OBS

culasse à bloc rotatif; mécanisme à bloc rotatif; mécanisme à rotation rétrograde : désignations et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre; désignations uniformisées par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

Spanish

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