A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

tir 453 tir
tir reel, fire under service conditions as to range,
charge, etc. (e. g., said of ballistic firing as
compared with. d distance fictive)',
re.glage du v. s.
y. reglage;
de reglage, ranging practice;
regie, v. s. v. regie;
reglement de , firing regulations, manual ;
regler le , v. s. v. re.gl.er;
regler le d lafourchette, v. s. v. regler;
relever le to fire , higher, give more elevation;
rcpere, practice corrected by reference to observed
points; corrected practice;
reperer le , v. s. v. reperer;
report du on a , change of target, the application
to the new ranging of the data obtained
for the first target;
reporter le on a , change of target, to apply to
the new ranging the data obtained for the first
target;
de resistance, firing test, to determine
strength;
& revers, oblique reverse fire;
d ricochet, ricochet fire;
en rouage, enfilade, flank, fire (against material
objects);
roulant, smoothbore mortar fire, using small
charges, so that shell may roll over crest (obs.);
de rupture, armor-piercing fire;
de, par, salve, salvo;
de siege, siege practice;
simule, artillery-fire game;
surbaisse, downward fire;
d surcharge, overcharge firing test; test with
overcharge;
table de , ballistic table, range table;
tendu, any fire, giving a flat trajectory;
d toute volee, fire with maximum charge and
at maximum elevation, used in proof only;
firing at random;
transport du the , range being known to a
given target, the transfer of the data to a different
target; change from percussion to time fire;
transporter le to transfer from , one. target to
another; to change from percussion to time
practice;
tube d subcaliber , tube;
vertical, vertical fire;
aux vitesses initiales, practice to determine
muzzle, velocity.
II. Small arms, target practice and miscellaneous:
acceleri, quick firing;
de , rifle rest;
d'affut, fire from a rest or stand;
ajuste, well-aimed fire or practice;
d''amorce, primer fire, to test cartridge cases;
d'application, (t. p.) skirmish practice;
appui de , firing rest;
sur appui, fire from a rest;
des armes d feu, the whole art of pointing
and firing guns, etc., accurately;
des armes portatives, small-arm fire;
assurer le , to make sure of one's aim (as of
a firing party);
avoir le juste, to shoot straight;
d balles, ball practice;
en belle, (nav.) fire over the beam; horizontal
fire;
d, en, blanc, fire with blank cartridges;
a brasfrancs, offhand practice or firing;
de campagne, field firing;
capitaine de v. s. , v. capitaine;
d capsuled balle, (sm. a.) gallery practice;
carnet de v. s. , v. carnet;
carnet de de bataillon, v. s. v. carnet;
d cartouches d balles, case-shot firing;
en chambre, de chambree. gallery practice;
champ de , v. s. v. champ;
chasse au , shooting (sport);
en chasse, (nav.) fire ahead, bow fire;
en chasse directe, (nav.) fire straight ahead;
d la ciblc, target practice;
tir collcctif, collective fire, group firing
troops);
(body of
de combat, actual practice against an enemy;
practice under conditions of active service, i e
at unknown distances;
de combat collectif,
practice;
(inf.) collective service
de combat individuel, (inf.) individual service
practice (to teach use of cover, of natural rests);
de concours, match, competition, firing; competition
practice;
continu, self-cocking fire of a revolver;
couche, (inf.) practice or fire lying down;
d couler bas, (nav.) fire, shot, between wind
and water;
coup par coup, fire, shot by shot; single-shot
fire (said of a repeating arm, as distinguished
from magazine fire);
distance de , distance from the target to the
muzzle;
d distance connues, known distance firing;
d distances inconnucs, practice at unknown
distances;
d'ecole, v. (individuel) d' instruction;
-d'ensemble, (inf.) collective firing;
d' etude, test or experimental firing;
d'examen, firing or practice to test the efficiency
of the men;
d'exercice, practice firing; instruction firing;
firing practice; target practice in general;
exercices de -
, firing drill;
d 'experience , experimental practice;
feuillet de , v. s. v.feuillet;
d genoux, fire kneeling;
de guerre, practice under service conditions;
individuel, (t. p.) individual target practice;
individuel d' application, (t. p.) individual
skirmish target practice;
(individuel) d' instruction, (t. p.) individual
practice at known distances (includes tir preparatoire
and tir d' instruction);
insigne de v. s. , v.
insigne;
intermittent, fire as a single loader of a repeating
rifle; single-action fire of a revolver ;
jusqu'a la destruction, v. d outrance;
dejustesse; v.s.v.justesse;
d longue portee, long-range fire;
muct, (t. p.) snapping in aiming practice;
officier de , v. s. v. officier ;
d outrance, fire to the limit of resistance, to
test ultimate strength;
perdu, random shot;
de perfectionnement, (t. p.) extra practice with
surplus cartridges;
en plein bois, (nav.) shot fired into the hull;
de polygone, practice on range;
d poudrc, blank practice;
de precision, practice to determine the precision
of an arm;
preparatoire, (t. p.) preliminary practice;
rapide, rapid fire;
reduit, gallery practice;
registre de , v. s. v. registre;
de reglage, (t. p.) sighting-shot practice at unknown
distances;
reglement de , firing regulations;
d repetition, magazine fire ;
en retraite, (nav?) fire astern;
en retraite directe, (nav.) fire straight astern;
saison du , target-practice season ;
de, par, salve, volley fire, firing;
seance de ,
v. s. v. seance;
scrgent de , v. s. v. sergent;
de stand, range as distinguished from service
practice;
sur, fire at (a given target) ; fire from (a rest,
a platform, etc.);
tube d , subcaliber tube;
d visee hnrizontale, special case of individual
fire which is taken on objects on level with
muzzle of rifle;