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sub-ˈcalibre, a.
Also (U.S.) sub-caliber.
[sub- 5 c.]
Of a projectile: smaller in calibre than the gun from which it is fired, and discharged from a secondary tube set inside the main barrel. Also, of, pertaining to, or employed in the firing of sub-calibre projectiles.
1876E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2434/2 Subcaliber projectile,..a projectile for cannon or small⁓arms, of smaller diameter than the bore of the gun from which it is fired. 1909Teachers' Assembly Herald 13 Apr. 19/1 Arms. Double-barreled shot-gun, pocket rifles, sub⁓calibre or auxiliary barrels. 1917W. S. Churchill in M. Gilbert Winston S. Churchill (1977) IV. Compan. i. 131 This after all is only applying the sub-calibre principle to actual service. 1946T. C. Ohart Elements Ammunition vii. 179 The subcaliber gun is mounted on a large gun tube for practical purposes. 1967F. W. Hackley et al. Hist. Mod. U.S. Mil. Small Arms Ammunition I. ii. vii. 93 Subcaliber cartridges. These..were at first called ‘ball cartridges for artillery drill cartridges’. They were designed to be fired from subcaliber barrels mounted within..the main artillery gun tube. 1973J. Quick Dict. Weapons & Mil. Terms 426 Subcaliber ammunition is adapted for firing in weapons of larger caliber by subcaliber tubes. |