ﺃﺤﺎﺪﻴﺔ 14,5

English translation: Single action or Single Shot 14.5 pistol /weapon

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Arabic term or phrase:	ﺃﺤﺎﺪﻴﺔ 14,5
English translation:	Single action or Single Shot 14.5 pistol /weapon
Entered by:	James Roberts

15:10 Feb 20, 2008

Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Military / Defense / Iraqi usage

Arabic term or phrase: ﺃﺤﺎﺪﻴﺔ 14,5

(Ahadiya 14.5)

This comes from a list of weapons. I believe it refers to a 14.5mm anti-materiel rifle, but what is ﺃﺤﺎﺪﻴﺔ ?

James Roberts KudoZ activity Questions: 120 (2 open) (2 without valid answers) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 74
Local time: 02:22

Single action or Single Shot 14.5 pistol /weapon

Explanation:
Single action 14.5 weapon or pistol: http://www.davesguns.com/firearms.html

Single shot 14.5 pistol-weapon
http://forums.gunbroker.com/post.asp?method=Reply&TOPIC_ID=2...

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Note added at 39 mins (2008-02-20 15:49:58 GMT)
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Single action or Single Shot 14.5 mm rifle/pistol /weapon

Pls check the two sites as there is a difference between a single action rifle & a single shot.

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-02-20 16:21:38 GMT)
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Ahadiya:أحادية , comes from single, mono,...like number one in Arabic:"Wahid-واحد"

Selected response from:

Ghada Samir
Egypt
Local time: 03:22

Grading comment

I think this is correct, i.e. they are distinguishing a single-shot 14.5mm rifle from a 14.5mm heavy machine gun.
Many thanks to all participants.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

Single action or Single Shot 14.5 pistol /weapon

Ghada Samir

4 +1

14.5 single gun barrel/single 14.5 barrel gun

Mohamed Salaheldin

single barreled gun 14.5 mm

Khalid Nasir

Discussion entries: 2

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36 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Single action or Single Shot 14.5 pistol /weapon

Ghada Samir
Egypt
Local time: 03:22
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

I think this is correct, i.e. they are distinguishing a single-shot 14.5mm rifle from a 14.5mm heavy machine gun.
Many thanks to all participants.

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

14.5 single gun barrel/single 14.5 barrel gun

Explanation:
military arms

Mohamed Salaheldin
Egypt
Local time: 03:22
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4

18 hrs confidence:

single barreled gun 14.5 mm

Explanation:
http://www.iraqmod.org/Press Releases/p_english/p26.pdf

Khalid Nasir
Iraq
Local time: 04:22
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic

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