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 Translation for 'calibre' from English to Danish
NOUN   a calibre | calibres
SYNO bore | caliber | calibre | ...
calibre [Br.]kaliber {fk} {n}
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Translation for 'calibre' from English to Danish

calibre [Br.]
kaliber {fk} {n}
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Usage Examples English
  • Up to early 1942, in the war in North Africa, the Matilda proved highly effective against Italian and German tanks, although vulnerable to the larger calibre and medium calibre anti-tank guns.
  • 5 inch calibre have been the standard medium-calibre gun of the Royal Navy for use against surface, aircraft and shore targets since 1938.
  • In September 2019, Omega introduced a reissue of the calibre 321.
  • The F-Class Open has no limitations on bullet weight, as long as the calibre is 8mm or less.
  • The 24-pounder calibre was consistent with both the French and the British calibre systems, and was a widespread gun amongst nations between the 17th and the 19th century.

  • In the interim Elswick Ordnance continued to develop 8-inch guns in 40 calibre and 45-calibre lengths for export, mainly to Japan.
  • With the same calibre as the British Mallet's Mortar, constructed in May 1857, it is one of the largest-calibre guns ever built, having a larger calibre than both of Germany's Schwerer Gustav and Dora which were [...] railway guns.
  • 37/24 indicates full-calibre with sabot and sub-calibre without sabot — [...].
  • ] calibre [...] bullets, although subsequently a number of cartridges were developed for this purpose ranging in calibre from [...] and firing [...] bullets at the usual black powder velocities of [...].
  • In 1939 the original pair of [...] Mk VII 45-calibre guns were replaced by more modern and [...] longer 6-inch Mk XIII 50-calibre guns from the decommissioned battleship [...].

  • The ships were armed with four [...] /52-calibre guns, four [...] /80-calibre machine guns, and two [...] torpedo tubes.
  • A new survey of the munitions on site in January 1828 revealed a smaller quantity of artillery, including: one 28-calibre iron piece; six 6-calibre iron pieces; 17 13-calibre iron pieces; two 98-calibre iron mortars; 2,500 balls (of various calibres) and 50 9-calibre bombs.
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