A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

vibrateur 580 voiturc
vibrateur, ra., (elec.) vibrator.
vibreur, m., (elec.) magnetic make-and-break key,
buzzer; contact breaker.
vieie, a., empty; unloaded;
& , (r. r., mach., etc.) unloaded.
vide-Boch.es, m., (mil. slang) the bayonet.
vicux,a.,old;
le , (mil. slang) the captain [cf. IT. S. A. old
man=c. o.].
vif, a., (of an angle) sharp.
ville,f.,town;
forte, (mil.) fortified town.
Vinceimoise, f., (Fr. a.) mutual benefit society
made up of graduates of Vincennes.
violon, m., fiddle; (mil. slang) bedpan.
virage, m. ; (aero., auto.) turn;
inclint., (aero.) banking;
incline d droite (gauche), (auto.) right (left)
bank ;
de route, turn of the road.
virer, v. n., (aero., auto.) to turn.
virgule,f., comma,
vis, f., screw;
axe, (trench art.) screw axle;
bouchon, (trench art.) screw plug;
de blocage, set scre%v;
de compensation, (mach.) compensating
screw, take-up screw;
ttcremaillcre, (art.) elevating screw;
-frcin, locking screw, set screw;
goujon, f., screw bolt;
dejonction, assembling screw;
ft pas rapide, (mach.) quick-motion screw;
platinee, (elec.) platinum point, platinum
screw;
-pointcau. (art.) set screw;
de pression, set screw;
de pointage en direction, (art.) horizontal aiming
screw; direction screw;
de purge, (mach.) drain cock;
de toe, (mach.) limiting screw, stop screw.
viseur, m., sight hole; window, inspection opening,
(mil.) sight;
oplique, telescopic sight;
periscopiquc, periscopic sight.
vlsite-confgrence, f., (Fr t a.) visit of officers of
the garrison of Paris to Musee de I'armce, preceded
by lecture on use of museum in instructing
the men of the garrison.
vis-pivot, f., pivot screw.
vis-pointeau, f., male center
visser, v. t., to screw;
& force, to screw home.
Vitesse, f., speed;
r commercial, (r. r.) average speed (includes
stops, etc.);
conscrver sa , (art.) (of a projectile) to hold
up well;
critique, (aero.) stall;
de deplacement, rate of travel;
limite, (aero.) terminal speed;
de marche, (r. r.) (actual) running speed;
de montee, (aero.) climbing speed;
perdre la , (aero.) to stall;
perte de , v. s. v. pcrte;
par rapport hi'air, (aero.) air speed;.
par rapport au sol, (aero.) ground speed;
de regime, (aero,) (speed of a balloon, when
the upward force is balanced by the resistance
of the air) normal speed, working speed.
vitre, f., windowglass;
anti-buce, (mil.) glass of antimist composition
for gas masks.
vivre, f., food, supplies (usually in pi.);
de chemin defer , ( mil. r. r.) travel ration.
voie, f., road; (r. r.) track;
de chargement, (trench art.) loading track;
de dcbord, (r. r.) track alongside a road;
encaissee, road in a cut;
normaJe, (r. r.) standard gauge;
de tir, (r. r. art.) firing track.
voilure, f., (aero.) aero foil.
voirie, f., roads, communications:
grande , generic term for highroads (national
and departmental navigable and floatable
rivers, canals, and railways);
petite , communal roads;
urbaine, generic term for streets.
voiture, f., carriage, vehicle;
afftit, (trench art.) carriage truck (transportation);
(r. r. art.) carriage truck;
aux agres, (Fr. a., aero.) kite equipment
truck; (in gen.) equipment truck;
d' ambulance, (med.) ambulance (i. e., vehicle);
aux armcments, (trench art..) equipment
truck;
attcleefi quatre, etc., four, etc., horse carriage;
automobile, motor car; motor truck;
& bagagcs, (mil. aero.) baggage truck;
d ballon demontable, (auto.) car with removable
hood;
btrceau, (art.) cradle truck (transportation);
& blesses, (mil.) wagon for wounded;
burcau-telephonique, (Fr. a., aero.) telephone
truck;
caisson, (trench art.) caisson-truck (transportation);
canon, (art.) gun-truck (transportation);
capitonnee, padded van ; furniture van;
d, capote, (auto.) auto with top;
& cardan, (auto.) carriage driven by cardanic
transmission;
-cartes, f., (mil.) map-wagon (carries the material
of a topographic or map section);
& chainc(s), (auto.) chain-driven vehicle;
de charge, freight wagon;
de chemin defer, (r. r.) railway carriage, car;
acheval, & chevaux, any horse-drawn vehicle;
colombier, f. (mil.) ? pigeon wagon;
avec comparlimente-couchettes, (r. r.) compartment
sleeping car;
& coulotr, (r. r.) corridor carriage;
de course, (auto.) racing car;
couvcrte, (auto.) covered, closed car;
& dais, (auto.) half-closed car;
demi-fcrmee, v., kdais;
decouverte, (auto.) open car;
de demenagcment, moving wagon, furniture
wagon;
dii
iirecte, (r. r.) through carriage, car;
d'eau, (administrative term for any) passenger
boat;
d'eclairage, (mil.) dynamo wagon (German);
clectrique, electrompbile;
electrojene, (mil. wireless) dynamo wagon:
hfauteuil-lit, (r. r.) parlor sleeping car;
filtrante, (mil.) filter wagon or cart (for
troops in the field);
b foyer, (mil.) the cook wagon of a traveling
kitchen;
hippomobile, horse-drawn vehicle;
& intcrdrculation, (r. r.) vestibuled carriage;
leg'ere & munitions d'infanterie, (Fr. a.) two-^
horse ammunition wagon;
filits-salons, (r. r.) parlor sleeping car;
de liwaison, delivery wagon;
avec lits-toilette (r. r') sleeping car;
mixte, motor car (transmitting motor energy
directly, and using electric energy for starts
and hill climbing);
morticr (trench art.) mortar-truck (transportation);
& moteur anlme., any vehicle drawn by an
animal;
ft munitions, (mil.) ammunition wagon;
d'occasion, (adrn.) any hired land vehicle;
petrolco-filectrique, (auto.) any motor car
using hydrocarbon fuel to develop electric
energy;
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photographique,
track;
(Fr. a., aero.) photograph
piece, f., (r. r. art.) gun truck;
plateforme,
tation);
(art.) platform track (transpor-
de poids lourd, (aulo.) truck, van;
porte-affut, (trench art.) carriage truck (transportation);