A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

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voittirc porte-bombes,
(transportation ) ;
porte-canon, (art.) gun truck (i.
porting heavier calibers);
(trench art.) bomb-tr.iok
9., for trans-
porte-mitrailleuse , (mil.) machine-gun cart;
porte-mortier. (trench art.) mortar-truck
(transportation);
portc-plateforme, (trench art.) platform-truck
transportation);
publique, any vehicle for hire (whether rail,
water, or ordinary road);
p-ilpne, i.,(mil.) pylone wagon (German: for
elevating a searchlight);
radiotelfgraphique, (ivireltss, mil.) radiotelegraph
wagon;
sanitaire, (mil. mcd.) generic term for vehicles
of the sanitary service;
selktte, (trench art.) bolster truck (transportation);
ft service re.gulier, any public land vehicle
(other than rail) observing a regular schedule;
sterUisatrice,
water);
sterilizing cart (for drinking
tclcphonique-bureau,
truck;
(mil. aero.) telephone
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tender, (Fr. a., aero.) tender (camp equipage);
de terre, administrative term for any public
land vehicle other than rail;
de tourisme. (auto.) touring car;
ft transmission electriquc, (auto.) motor car
all of whose motor energy is converted into
electric energy;
treuil, (mil. aero.) winch truck ;
& tubes. ( Fr. a., aero.) tube wagon, gas wagon;
ft vapeur, (auto.) steam car;
ft viandes, (mil.) meat wagon;
de ville, (auto.) town car (motor car for town
use as distinguished from touring);
tivivres, (mil. aero.) ration truck.
ft volonte, (adm.) generic term for cabs.
voiture-atelier, f., (auto., mil.) repair truck.
voiture-cantine, f., (mil.) canteen wagon.
voiture-eiterne, f., (mil.) (drinking) water cart.
voiture-ciiisine, f., (mil.) traveling kitchen.
voiturc-observatoire, f., (art.) wheeled observatory.
voiture-remorque, f., (auto.) trailer.
voiturc-tube,'f., (aero., mil.) gas wagon.
voiturette, f.," small carriage; (mach. gun) gun and
ammunition cart (mod. 1907, T); (mil.) small
carriage serving as limber for the 37-mm. T. R.
porte-bombes . (art.) shell cart;
porte-mitrailleuse, (mach. gun) gun cart
(transportation);
porte-morticr, (art.) (trench) mortar cart;
porte-munUions, (mach. gun) ammunition
cart.
remoroue, L, (auto.) trailer.
wagon, in., wagon; (r. r.) car, carriage;
ambulant, (r. r.) mail carriage;
amenage, (mil.) car prepared to take
men;
cellulaire, (Fr. adm., r. r.) prison van;
complet, (r. r.) car load*? full carload;
ft couloir (r. r.) corridor car;
ft munitions, (r. r. art.) shell car;
ordinaire, (mil.) ordinary car;
plombe, (r. r.) sealed car;
zebre, m., zebra; (mil. slang) horse.
zef, m., (mil. slang) short for zephyr, q. v.
zero, m., zero;
erreur du , (inst.) index error.
zig, m., (mil. slang) good, shrewd, fellow.
volx, f . . voice, vote;
pre ponder ante, deciding vote.
vol, m., (aero., etc.) flight;
cabre, (aero.) cabre, tail down;
pique, (aero.) sharp dive:
plane , (aero.) volplane, glide.
rame, bird flight.
volant, m., handwheel; (mach.) flywheel; (auto,
atro. ) steering wheel; (mil.) intermediate dump;
de blocagc, (trench art.) locking handwhoel
(150 T. mortar);
extericur, (mach.) exterior flywheel;
intcrieur, (mach.) internal flywheel (name
sometimes given to a crank disk);
de pointage en hauteur, (art.) elevatinghandwheel;
de reglagc, (trench art.) chamber regulator
(V. D. mortar);
ventilateur, (mach.) flywheel fan.
volateur, a., (aero.) flying.
volatile, m., bird.
vol6e, f., flight;
ft la , at speed, by the run.
voler, v. n., (sm. a.) to sail (said of some bullets);
(aero.) to make a flight.
volet, m., (mach.) shutter (sort of valve); (clcc.)
oscillating sleeve; (r. r., art.) (hinged) bracket
(side-support in firing position);
d'altclage, (art.) assembling plate;
de carburateur, (mach.) butterfly valve:
de culasse, (trench art.) breech closing plate
(150 T. mortar);
de dechirure, (aero.) ripping strip 9r panel;
guide cartouche, (mach. gun) cartridge guide;
de magneto, (elec.) rotating sleeve, make and
break;
dc profondeur, (aero.) elevator;
stabilisatcur , (aero.) stabiliser;
dc tir, (r. r. art.) firing bracket (side sup-
ports in firing position of certain heavy pieces).
tournant, (dec.) revolving sleeve (of a stationary
armature magneto).
voltigcur, m., ( Fr. a.) (to-day, an all-around member
of a grenadier squad, assists wherever
needed, must also know how to throw a grenade)
rifleman.
volume, m., volume;
dufeu, (art., inf., etc.) volume of fire.
voyant, a., (of a uniform) conspicuous.
voyer, m., roadmaster;
agent , roadmaster.
vrille, f., (aero.) tail spin.
vulcanisatetir, m., (apparatus to produce local
vulcanization in repairing pneumatic tires);
vulcanizer.
vulcanisation, f., vulcanization.
vulcaniser, v. t., to vulcanize.
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wagon royal, (r. r.) royal carriage.
vide, (r. r.) idler, empty.
wagonnct, m., truck;
de chargcment, (an.) shell truck.
wagon-poste, m., (r. r.) mail carriage,
wagon-salon, m., (r. r.) parlor car, drawing-room
car.
westrumite, f . , coal-tar preparation for laying road
dust.
zigomar, m., (mil. slang) cavalry saber.
zigouiller, v. t., (mil. slang) to kill, to strangle.
zigue, m. ; (mil. slang) v. zig.
zigza.eruem.eiit, m., zigzagging (mil.) of trenches.
zinc, m., zinc; (aero., slang) bus G. e., airplane).