| 单词 | motor cannon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmotor cannon motor cannon n. (a) a piece of artillery on a motor chassis, similar to the later armoured car or self-propelled gun; (b) an aircraft cannon (firing shells) mounted within the hub of a propeller. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > other pieces of ordnance bombardc1430 ribaudequin1443 stock-gun1465 seven sistersa1529 chamber1540 bastard1545 chamber piece1547 volger1548 dogc1550 battardc1565 long shot1595 quarter piece1625 pelican1639 monkey1650 spirol1653 stock-fowler1669 saltamartino1684 smeriglio1688 botcarda1700 carriage gun1723 Lancaster1857 Armstrong1860 wire gun1860 Columbiad1861 Parrott1861 wedge-gun1876 truck-gun1883 motor cannon1889 Black Maria1914 Jack Johnson1914 supergun1915 flak1938 1889 F. R. Stockton Great War Syndicate 93 She [sc. the vessel] carried one motor-cannon of large size. 1903 Car Illustr. 9 Dec. p. vii./2 What is described as a motor cannon is about to be constructed at Spandau in Germany..a kind of locomotive fort, propelled by a petrol motor and giving shelter to two guns. 1914 Motor Age 26 Mar. 32/2 (heading) French Army Adopts Motor Cannon... The artillery section of the army has been working for a considerable time on the production of a 75-millimeter motor car cannon. 1919 Handbk. Ordnance Data 1918 (U.S. Army) xi. 251 37-mm. motor cannon.—The 37-mm. semiautomatic cannon is mounted in the V of a motor with the barrel extending through the hollow propeller hub. 1939 War Illustr. 9 Dec. 390 It was to a similar type of French engine that the first successful ‘motor-cannon’, or shell gun, firing between the arms of the ‘V’, was fitted. 2013 G. L. Rottman SNAFU 265 The Kanonenboot was armed with three 2cm cannons (one motor cannon and two in under-wing pods..) and two 13mm cowling machine guns. < as lemmas |
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