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CROSSE TUBULAIRE [4 records]

Record 1 1991-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
DEF

Metallic buttstock made of a single cylindrical piece and a butt plate, e.g. Sten Mk II sub machine-gun.

OBS

Term and definition officialized by the Small Arms Terminology Working Group.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
DEF

Crosse métallique faite d’une seule pièce cylindrique et munie d’une plaque de couche, e.g. mitraillette Sten Mk II.

OBS

Terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

Spanish

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Record 2 1991-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
DEF

Two-piece tubular buttstock which may be shortened by sliding one piece into the other.

OBS

Term and definition officialized by the Small Arms Terminology Working Group.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
DEF

Crosse tubulaire en deux pièces, qu'on peut raccourcir en coulissant une pièce dans l'autre. Aussi appelée "crosse trombone".

OBS

Terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des armes légères.

Spanish

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Record 3 1987-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
OBS

The butt-stock is part of the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon.

Key term(s)
  • straight buttstock

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
OBS

La crosse en question distingue la mitrailleuse légère M249 de la Minimi.

Key term(s)
  • crosse droite

Spanish

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Record 4 1984-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères

Spanish

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