A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

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armee, f., army; fleet (used alone, rare);
coloniale, (France), the colonial army;
federate, the Swiss army;
metropolitainc, (France), the army proper
(service in France).
armfie-cadres, f., an army strong in cadres (staff,
regimental or other organizations) but weak in
numbers.
arinee-ecole, f., ( FT. a.) the army from the point
of view of a training school in citizenship, developing
lofty notions of duty, besides affording
instruction in trades, etc.. against the return
of the soldier to civil life.
armement, m., equipment, equipping, outfitting;
(art., sm. a. ) cocking.
armurerie, f., (mil.) armory, arms factory.
arrache^elous, m., nail catcher, nail finder (chain
or wire to scrape ofl nails, etc., that may have
stuck on the tire).
arrache-douille, m., (art. ) cartridge case extractor.
arraisonnement, m., "speaking" of a vessel, act
of arraisonner, q. v.
arret, m., stop; (mil.) arrest;
d la chambre, (mil.) confinement to quarters;
de cartouche, (mach. gun) cartridge stop;
facultif, (r. r.) stop-over privilege;
faculte d' , (r. r.) stop-over privilege;
faire , (nav.) to stop, come to anchor.
arrfitoir, m., stop;
de bouchon d'appui, (mach. gun) spring guide
cap stop;
bressort, spring stop.
arrieres, m., pi. back (of a motor car);
galbes, curved back (double curve);
Roi des Beiges, straight back;
tulipe, curved back (convex outward).
arrimage, m., (aero) packing, stowing, of balloon
equipment on board; rigging;
de route, (art.) (of guns) travel stowage.
arrimer, v. t., to pack, secure, stow; (aero) to pack, '
stow, equipment on board a ballpon, to rig;
arrimeur, m., (aero.) rigger (balloons).
arrived, f., (mach.) admission;
d' essence, gasoline inlet.
arriver, v. n., to succeed; (/am.) to "get there."
arrivisme, m., ambition, resolution, to succeed by
no matter what means; corrupt ambition;
"the state of soul of some men of unscrupulous
ambition" (Gen. Bonnal).
arriviste, m., a man of unscrupulous ambition.
arrondl, a., (of numbers) round.
arrondissement, m., (France) political unit composed
of several cantons, is the jurisdiction of a
sous-prefet (is not a person of law), arrondissement.
art, m., art;
V mill, (mil. slang), I'art militaire, the art
military.
article, m., article;
* d' argent (adm.) generic term for post-office
money order.
articulation, f., joint;
ti cardan, (mach.) universal joint, Hooke's
joint.
articuler, v. a., (mil.) to spread out troops, space
them apart, so as to diminish the target.
artifice, m., artifice; (artif.) composition, fireworks
(in pi);
eclairant, (mil.) flare,
sa signaux (mil.) signaling devices.
artiflot, m., (mil. slang) artilleryman.
artillerie, f., (art.) artillery;
antitorpilleur. (nav. art.) in the modern
(dreadnaught) type of ship, the guns intended
to beat oft torpedo boats;
automobile, motor-drawn artillery;
d'accompagnement de I'infanterie, (artillery
that assists infantry in an attack both directly
and by taking under fire enemy reinforcements,
counterattacks, etc.) accompanying artillery;
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artillerie d'appui, supporting artillery;
d armee, army artillery, (as distinguished
from corps and division artillery, the artillery
of an army over and above the normal corps and
division artilleries, and assisting them when
needed);
A'assaut, (generic term for the guns carried in
an assault by tanks) tank guns;
de combat, combat artillery (i. e., artillery,
especially field artillery, taking part in trench
conflicts, as distinguished from the heavy
artillery farther to the rear);
de contrc-batterie, artillery whose object is to
destroy hostile batteries and at any moment
to neutralize their fire; counter-battering ar-
tillery.
courte, generic term for short guns, (e. g.,
howitzers);
de destruction, artillery whose object is the
destruction of obstacles, and of principal points
in enemy positions (i. e., batteries, depots,
etc.) and demoralization of survivors;
legere, all guns-less than 95 mm. in caliber;
(nav.) secondary battery;
lonaue, generic term for long guns;
a longue portee, long-range artillery;
lourde, the heavy artillery of a field army, or
of an army in the trenches; heavy artillery in
general, (all guns larger than 95);
lourde d' armee, heavy field artillery ;
lourde de campagne, mobile heavy artillery;
lourde courbe, (generic term for) howitzers;
lourde de destruction, \. de destruction',
lourde de position, heavy position artillery;
Icurdcd, grande puissance, heavy high-powered
artillery (distant targets, special targets);
de r enforcement, subdivision of the heavy
artillery of a sector comprising the corps or
army heavy batteries not included in the
speciale, (Fr. a.) special artillery, i. e., naval
and seacoast guns and certain siege guns used
in trench warfare;
de surete, q. v., certain horsed heavy batteries,
and foot batteries forming reserve groups;
de surete, (Fr. a.) subdivision of the heavy
artillery of a sector, comprising foot artillery
with siege materiel, and a number of heavy
mobile batteries (corps or army batteries);
a tir courbe, generic term for howitzers, highangle
guns;
de tranchee, trench artillery.
as, m., (mil. slang) a "no. 1" man conspicuous for
duty, service, and deeds of valor; (aero.) "ace"
(man who has brought down five or more enemy
planes).
ascension, f., (aero.) trip, journey, ascension;
journal des s, record of ascensions.
mettre en , to send up (balloons);
mise en , sending up (balloons).
ascensionner, v. n., (aero.) to make an ascension,
askar, asJcari (proper name), (mil. slang) Arab mercenary.
aspirant, m., (mil.) candidate for the grade of
officer.
aspirant-officier, m., (mil.) candidate for the
grade of oflicer.
aspiration, f., (mach.) intake;
f., (mach.) suction; admission, aspiration,
suption stroke.
assaut, m., assault; match;
de canne, (fenc.) single stick match;
detachement d' , (mil.) assaulting troops, handto-hand
troops (Stosstruppen, German).
ecole d' , (mil.) assault training; (school or
point for training in assault tactics) assault
school.
de lutte, (sport) wrestling match;
au pistolet. (t. p.) pistol match;
de sabre, (fenc.) sword match.
assemblage, m., (aero.) generic term for parts,
pieces, etc., used to assemble or join various
parts, especially uprights to string pieces;
godet d' , assembling cap.