proiectile găunoase

English translation: hollow cannonball

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Romanian term or phrase:proiectile găunoase
English translation:hollow cannonball
Entered by: adinag

09:44 Nov 18, 2013
Romanian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Military / Defense
Romanian term or phrase: proiectile găunoase
Ghiulele de tun/Proiectile găunoase

enumerare de armament militar....
adinag
Local time: 14:57
hollow cannonball
Explanation:
Sunt proiectile goale pe dinăuntru care se umpleau de obicei cu praf de pușcă pentru a exploda.

„Solid cannonballs (“shot”) did not need a fuse, but hollow munitions (“shells”) filled with something such as gunpowder to fragment the ball, needed a fuse,...”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_(projectile)

„Why is it that hollow cannonballs are more expensive than explosive cannonballs when they do less damage?”
http://en.board.bigpoint.com/seafight/showthread.php?t=7274

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Florin Ular
Romania
Local time: 14:57
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4 +2hollow cannonball
Florin Ular
4Hollow-charge shell
Gad Kohenov


  

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hollow cannonball


Explanation:
Sunt proiectile goale pe dinăuntru care se umpleau de obicei cu praf de pușcă pentru a exploda.

„Solid cannonballs (“shot”) did not need a fuse, but hollow munitions (“shells”) filled with something such as gunpowder to fragment the ball, needed a fuse,...”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_(projectile)

„Why is it that hollow cannonballs are more expensive than explosive cannonballs when they do less damage?”
http://en.board.bigpoint.com/seafight/showthread.php?t=7274



Florin Ular
Romania
Local time: 14:57
Native speaker of: Romanian
PRO pts in category: 8
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mulțumesc

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Hollow-charge shell


Explanation:
http://www.google.co.il/imgres?sa=X&biw=1280&bih=584&tbm=isc...

The correct modern military term.

Gad Kohenov
Israel
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 12
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